IU divers 2nd, 4th on 3-meter at NCAAs

Indiana University divers Michael Hixon and James Connor finished second and fourth, respectively, on 3-meter Friday night in the NCAA Championships at Iowa City, Iowa.

Samuel Dorman of Miami (Fla.) won with a score of 529.10 points, breaking the record of 496.80 set in preliminaries by Connor, an Australian Olympian. Hixon, the defending champion who represented Texas last year, scored 492.40 and Connor 471.70. Purdue freshman Steele Johnson, who won Thursday's 1-meter, finished ninth.

The Hoosiers climbed into 11th place with 104 points, a half-point behind North Carolina State. Freshman Blake Pieroni, the only underclassman in the final, was fourth in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:33.29. He also led off Indiana's fifth-place team in the 800 freestyle relay.