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The No. 9-ranked Indiana University women’s swimming and diving team qualified two divers and a swimmer for evening finals at the 2018 NCAA Women’s Championships on Friday morning at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion in Columbus, Ohio.
IU’s Lilly King (200 breaststrokes) and Jessica Parratto (platform dive) both earned the top seed in their respective events, while freshman Mya Kraeger earned a place in the Consolation Final of the platform dive. IU sophomore Cassy Jernberg will also swim on Friday afternoon for the Hoosiers in the 1,650 freestyle.
200 Backstroke
Senior Kennedy Goss finished 18th overall in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:52.53, while classmate Marie Chamberlain improved by six spots from her seed time in the event, taking 44th with a mark of 1:56.29.
100 Freestyle
IU senior Ali Rockett had a career swim in the 100 freestyle prelims, moving up 24 spots from her seed time to finish in a tie for 43rdoverall with a personal-best time of 49.47.
200 Breaststroke
Two-time defending NCAA champion in the 200 breaststroke Lilly King will be the top seed in Saturday night’s Championship Final after cruising to a time of 2:05.49. King’s time is the fifth-best in school history.
400 Freestyle Relay
The Hoosiers had a school-record performance in the 400 freestyle relay, as the team of Kennedy Goss, Grace Haskett, Shelby Koontz and Holly Spears set the IU mark with a time of 3:15.59.
IU’s 19th place finish in the event is the best for the Hoosiers since placing 13th in 2011.
Platform Dive
The Hoosiers had a great showing in the platform dive prelims, as 2015 NCAA champion Jessica Parratto earned the top seed for the Championship Final with a score of 353.30.
Freshman Mya Kraeger, in her first NCAA event, nailed her fifth and final dive of prelims, moving from 28th place to 13th to earn a spot in the Consolation Final. Kraeger finished prelims just off her best score with a 253.90.
The Indiana University women’s swimming and diving team will continue competition at the 2018 NCAA Championships on Saturday evening at 6:00 p.m. ET with the finals of the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststrokes, platform dive and 1,650 freestyle.
King’s NCAA Title Caps Indiana’s Effort at NCAA Championships
 COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 9 Indiana University women’s swimming and diving team wrapped up competition in the 2018 NCAA Women’s Championships on Saturday night at the McCorkle Aquatic Center in Columbus, Ohio.
Indiana finished the NCAA Championships in eighth place with a total of 169 points. The Hoosiers posted the team’s third-straight top-10 finish at the NCAA Championships for the first time since accomplishing the feat from 2008-10. The top-10 finish is the ninth in school history.
At the NCAA Championships, the Hoosiers had 11 individuals earn a total of 21 All-America honors, marking the seventh time in the last 10 seasons that Indiana has had 20 or more All-America accolades.
Lilly King had the performance of her career in the Championship Final of the 200 breaststroke, winning her third-straight NCAA title in the event with the best time in history – 2:02.60. King is the first woman to break the 2:03:00 barrier, setting the American, NCAA, NCAA Meet, U.S. Open, Big Ten, IU school and pool records with her performance.
With her win on Saturday night, King matches Rebecca Soni of USC with six total breaststroke titles. Soni won two 100 crowns and four 200 titles from 2006-09. King’s six NCAA titles are the most for any woman in Big Ten history.
In the Championship Final of the platform dive, redshirt junior Jessica Parratto placed seventh overall with a total of 291.35 to earn her eighth-career All-America honor.
In the Consolation Final of the platform dive, freshman Mya Kraeger took fifth to place 13th overall with a score of 250.05 to earn Honorable-Mention All-America honors.
With both Parratto and Kraeger making finals in the platform, the Hoosiers had two divers score in the event for the first time since 2010.
In the 1,650 freestyle, sophomore Cassy Jernberg placed ninth overall with a time of 15:55.10, a career-best finish. Last season, Jernberg placed 14th in the event. The Honorable-Mention All-America honor is the second in Jernberg’s career. The time was the seventh-fastest in school history.
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1,650 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
Platform Dive
2018 Indiana All-America Honors
Delaney Barnard (1) – 800 Freestyle Relay (HM)
Kennedy Goss (3) – 400 Medley Relay, 200 Freestyle (HM), 800 Freestyle Relay (HM)
Grace Haskett (1) – 200 Medley Relay
Maria Paula Heitmann (1) – 800 Freestyle Relay (HM)
Christine Jensen (2) – 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay
Cassy Jernberg (1) – 1,650 Freestyle (HM)
Lilly King (4) – 100 Breaststroke, 200 Breaststroke, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay
Shelby Koontz (1) – 800 Freestyle Relay (HM)
Mya Kraeger (1) – Platform Dive (HM)
Jessica Parratto (3) – 3-Meter Dive, Platform Dive, 1-Meter Dive (HM)
Ali Rockett (3) – 100 Backstroke, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay
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Vanderburgh County – Indiana State Police conducted a sobriety checkpoint last night between 11:00 and 1:00 this morning on Broadway Avenue at Tekoppel Avenue. Troopers checked 50 vehicles that passed through the checkpoint and located one impaired driver. Troopers also arrested one person for possessing meth, synthetic marijuana, a control substance and drug paraphernalia. Three persons were cited and released for possessing marijuana and paraphernalia.
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The University of Southern Indiana baseball team could not hang onto a 5-0 lead and lost to the 23rd-ranked Quincy University, 11-6, Friday evening at the USI Baseball Field. USI watches its record go to 6-8 overall, while Quincy goes to 10-5 in 2018.
The Screaming Eagles’ bats exploded for five runs in the first three innings on six hits. Senior leftfielder Drake McNamara (Mt. Vernon, Indiana) led the charge with a RBI-triple in the opening frame and a RBI-double in the second.
Quincy rallied to take the lead, 8-5, over the next three innings. The Hawks scored once in the fourth, exploded for five runs in the fifth, and pushed two more across in the sixth. USI senior right-handed starter Devin Williams (Evansville, Indiana) took the loss after allowing six runs, four earned, on three hits and three walks.
Williams (1-2), who had held the Hawks hitless through first four frames, struck out a season-high eight batters during his five innings of work.
Down three going into the bottom of the seventh, the Eagles tried to rally. Senior third baseman Sam Griggs (Evansville, Indiana) cut the deficit to two, 8-6, with an RBI-single in the bottom of the seventh, but that would be as close as the Eagles would get in the final three innings.
Griggs finished the game with a team-high three hits and tied McNamara with a team-best two RBIs each.
USI had a chance to break the game open in the eighth, loading the bases with one out, but left the sacks jammed. Quincy would took advantage and sealed its 11-6 victory with a trio of runs in the top of the ninth.
The Eagles and the Hawks continue the three-game series at 2 p.m. Saturday with a single game at the USI Baseball Field. The series concludes Sunday with a single game at noon.
The No. 9-ranked Indiana University women’s swimming and diving team had a historic night at the 2018 NCAA Women’s Championships on Friday evening at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion in Columbus, Ohio.
Headed into the fourth and final day of the NCAA Championships on Saturday, IU sits in ninth place with a total of 124 points.
In the Championship Final of the 100 breaststroke, Lilly King continued her dominance, winning with the fastest time in history – 56.25. King’s mark set American, NCAA, NCAA Meet, Big Ten, school and pool records.
With her third-straight 100 breast title, King becomes the first woman in Big Ten history to win three-straight national championships in league history. The Evansville, Ind. native is also the first swimmer or diver to win four individual NCAA titles in Big Ten history.
Also with King’s win, Indiana becomes the first women’s swimming and diving program in Big Ten history to win a NCAA title five-straight years – King from 2016-18, Jessica Parratto in 2015 and Brooklyn Snodgrass in 2014.
In a historic 200 medley relay Championship Final, the IU team of Ali Rockett, Lilly King, Christine Jensen and Grace Haskett placed third with a Big Ten and IU school record time of 1:33.89.
The race was the fastest 200 medley relay in history, as the top-three times rank as the top-three times in history. All three were also better than the previous American, NCAA, NCAA Meet and U.S. Open records.
After recording the fastest 400 medley relay breaststroke split in history on Thursday, King posted the best breaststroke split in history in the 200 medley relay on Friday, touching the wall in a blistering time of 25.38 Rockett also had a great split for the Hoosiers, tying for the best leadoff backstroke leg in the final with a mark of 23.54.
The All-America honor is the 12th for King in her career, the second for Jensen and the first for Haskett.
In the Championship Final of the 100 backstroke Ali Rockett had a career-best swim, placing sixth overall with a time of 51.11. The finish is the best of her career in the event at the NCAA’s and her time ranks as the third-fastest in school history.
Along with her All-America honor in the 200 medley relay, Rockett now as five for her career, including three this year alone.
Jessica Parratto matched her best career finish in the Championship Final of the 3-meter dive, placing seventh with a score of 331.35 for the Hoosiers. In her list, Parratto scored over 60 points on four of her six attempts in the final.
The redshirt junior earned the seventh All-America honor of her career and the second this week. Parratto will look to recapture the NCAA title in the platform dive on Saturday which she won in 2015. She took second in the event last season.
In the Consolation Final of the 200 freestyle, Kennedy Goss placed eighth to finish 16th overall in the event with a time of 1:44.95. The Honorable-Mention All-America honor gives Goss an astounding total of 13 All-America accolades for her career.
The Indiana University women’s swimming and diving team will continue competition at the 2018 NCAA Championships on Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. ET with the prelims of the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, platform dive and 1,650 freestyle.
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