NAPLES, Italy – Indiana University postgraduate swimmer Ian Finnerty continued to break records on the second day of the 2019 World University Games in Naples, Italy on Friday.
Finnerty took home the gold in the 100 breaststroke for Team USA, breaking his own meet record he set on Thursday with a time of 59.49. Finnerty's mark is the 14th-best in the world this year and he remains the second-fastest American in the event in 2019.
In the Championship Final of the men's 100 backstroke, Team Brazil's and current Hoosier Gabriel Fantoni placed eighth overall with a time of 54.