Carmel, Indiana, the 106,000-person city that calls itself SwimCity, is living up to the name coined by Mayor Sue Finkam: It is the only city with three hometown swimmers competing in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to SwimSwam, using USA Swimming parameters.

Drew Kibler, who competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, returns to the Games to swim in the 4×200 freestyle relay freestyle relay. The Carmel High School and University of Texas alumnus competed in the same event in Tokyo.

Siblings Aaron and Alex Shackell join him in Paris. Aaron, a 19-year-old rising sophomore who will attend the Texas next year, won the 400-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials to qualify for the Games. He finished eighth in the final on Saturday night and is waiting to hear whether he’ll swim in the prelims of the 4×200 freestyle relay, according to the IndyStar.

Alex is a rising senior at Carmel High School. Though she’s just 17, she already has international experience, having won silver alongside Katie Ledecky in the 2023 World Aquatics Championships.

In the Olympics, she’ll compete in the 200-meter butterfly and the 4×200-meter freestyle relay.

Carmel swim coach Chris Plumb is a coach of the U.S. Olympic team, in Paris with his longtime students.

They’re not the only athletes to represent both the U.S. and their hometown. Men’s doubles tennis player Rajeev Ram graduated from Carmel High School and will be in Paris for his second Olympic Games. He won silver alongside Venus Williams in the 2016 Rio mixed doubles.

Photo courtesy of Rob DeRocker

The city of Carmel is electrified, ready for their athletes to compete. The city temporarily renamed streets after each representative, including Plumb. In the midtown area, a big screen was installed into a plaza to allow community viewings of the events while free activities take place around. SunKing Brewery released SwimCity pint glasses.

It’s a celebration in Carmel as their athletes are set to compete for gold and glory.

Related: Welcome to SwimCity, USA: Carmel, Indiana has 14 swimmers in the Olympic qualifiers

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indiana Pacers finalized two more deals for their roster Saturday.

This year’s second-round draft pick Tristen Newton and fellow guard Quenton Jackson both signed two-way contracts with the Blue and Gold — which will allow them to play for both the Pacers and Indiana’s G League team, the Indiana Mad Ants.

Newton comes to Indiana after winning back-to-back national titles with UConn. During the Huskies’ March domination last season, Newton averaged 15.1 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 6.2 assists a game.

Jackson played three games for the Pacers late in the season last year. The most game action he’s seen with Indiana so far is the seven minutes he played against the Atlanta Hawks on April 14. Jackson spent the previous season in Washington, appearing in nine games for the Wizards.

The Pacers have been ironing out the details of many deals this postseason. President Kevin Pritchard and his front office signed forward Pascal Siakam to the second-largest contract in franchise history — a four-year, $189.5 million deal. Wednesday, guard Andrew Nembhard agreed to a three-year extension worth $59 million. Nembhard is in Paris playing for Team Canada in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.

According to the NBA’s official transaction log, the Indiana Pacers re-signed guard Quenton Jackson to a two-way contract.

Jackson finished the 2023-24 season on a two-way deal with Indiana, and he played in three games for the Pacers after being signed in March. He averaged 0.7 points, 1.3 rebounds, and 0.7 assists per game.

More of his appearances with the franchise came in the G League with the Indiana Mad Ants. He was only with the club for a month, but he led the team in scoring at 22.3 points per game while adding 4.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists per outing. His ability to get to the rim and finish is impressive — he shot 55.6% from the field despite being just okay as a three-point shooter.

Because he popped somewhat, the blue and gold sent him a qualifying offer in June, which made him a restricted free agent. The Pacers had the chance to match offers from other teams, and Jackson could have signed that offer at any time.

On Friday, he re-signed with the Pacers on a two-way deal. Indiana had all three of its two-way slots open prior to the agreement, and they still have a pair available.

A two-way deal will make it easy for Jackson to split time between the Pacers and Mad Ants, should he remain on the contract. He just finished playing in summer league for Indiana, where he averaged 11 points and 4.2 assists per game.

The Pacers now have 16 players under contract including standard deals and two-way agreements.