BLOOMINGTON — Indiana swimming and diving’s Ahmed Hafnaoui broke the 1,500-meter freestyle championship record on the way to his second world title of the week, and Lilly King medaled twice on the final day of the Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships Sunday (July 30) in Japan.

Indiana swimming and diving totaled nine medals during the two weeks in Fukuoka.

Hafnaoui held off Team USA’s Bobby Finke in the 1,500 free, out-touching the American by five hundredths of a second to finish in a championship record 14:31.54 which is also the second-fastest time ever.

With the victory, Hafnaoui captured his second world title and third medal of the meet. On Wednesday, Hafnaoui posted the third-fastest time ever in the 800-meter freestyle in 7:37.00 for his first-career world championship. The Tunisian also took silver in the 400-meter freestyle, finishing second by just two tenths.

King brought her career World Championship medal total to 13 on Sunday with a victory in the 4×100-meter medley relay and silver in the 50-meter breaststroke. In the relay, King swam a 1:04.93 split in the breaststroke leg to give Team USA a lead of 2.37 seconds going into the final 200 meters before winning in 3:52.08.

During the meet, King also finished fourth in both the 100 breast (1:06.02) and 100 breast (2:22.25).

Making their World Championships debuts, current IU swimmers Anna Peplowski and Josh Matheny also contributed to IU and Team USA’s medal counts with preliminary performances in top-three finishing relays. Matheny took gold in the men’s 4×100-meter medley relay and bronze in the mixed 4×100-meter medley relay, and Peplowski earned silver in the women’s 4×200-meter medley relay.

Indiana’s first medal came in the diving well as Jessica Parratto earned bronze in the women’s synchronized 10-meter event July 16. Andrew Capobianco just missed out on the men’s 3-meter podium a few days later, finishing fourth.

For full coverage of Indiana’s performance at the Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships, click here.

Pomona, NY – The Evansville Otters concluded a six game road trip with a back and forth 7-5 loss to the New York Boulders Sunday evening at Clover Stadium.

New York scored four straight runs off the Otters’ bullpen from the sixth to the eighth innings.

The Otters stranded the bases loaded in the seventh and eighth innings.

Jeffrey Baez gave Evansville their first lead of the game on a RBI single in the fifth inning. Jake Green led off the frame with a single and scored the go-ahead run for a 4-3 Otters’ lead.

New York retook the lead in the sixth on a two RBI double.

The Boulders added insurance in the seventh as a walk and a stolen base followed by a two-out base hit scored the eventual game winning run. New York added one more run in the eighth courtesy of an RBI double to bring the lead to three.

New York took an early lead on a two-run home run in the first inning and added another on a solo blast to lead-off the second.

Evansville responded in the third inning plating three runs to tie the ballgame. Green started the charge with a two-out base hit. Noah Myers followed with a single.

Kona Quiggle brought in the first run with a base hit and Dakota Phillips followed with a two-RBI knock.

Ethan Skender hit a two-out RBI double in the ninth inning to cut the deficit to two runs but the game-tying run grounded out to end the game.

The Otters’ starting pitcher Justin Watland did not factor into the decision, allowing three runs over 4.2 innings with three strikeouts.

Myers and Quiggle both extended their on-base streaks to 20 games. Skender led the offense with three hits. Evansville finished with 12 total hits but stranded 11 runners.

Evansville returns home to open a six-game homestand against the Florence Y’alls on Tuesday. First pitch is slated for 6:35 PM CT from Bosse Field as part of a Fifth Third Bank Family Night.

Families of four can receive four general admission tickets, four hot dogs, four bags of chips and four drinks all for $40 ($55 value). Click here for more information.