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Women’s swimming in Rio 2016 concludes with an exciting 4x100 Medley Relay race. USA won Gold as expected. Golden Bears were responsible for the 1st and 3rd leg for Team USA as Cal sophomore Kathleen Baker swam the leadoff backstroke and Cal alum Dana Vollmer swam the butterfly. Indiana sophomore Lilly King swam the breaststroke leg. Stanford redshirt junior Simone Manuel swam the anchor freestyle.
.@KathleenBaker2, @_king_lil, @danavollmer & @ @simone_manuel bring home ANOTHER #GOLD for #TeamUSA! #SwimUnited pic.twitter.com/9L6AduRB0V
— USA Swimming (@USASwimming) August 14, 2016
Final four!!!! @_king_lil @KathleenBaker2 @simone_manuel #relay #teamusa pic.twitter.com/tm2FIYGio8
— Dana Vollmer (@danavollmer) August 13, 2016
Kathleen Baker was right on her time leading off. Dana Vollmer had a strong swim to essentially clinch the U.S. win. The Americans post a time of 3:53.13.
Team USA splits: Baker 59.00, King 1:05.70, Vollmer 56.00, Manuel 52.43 #teamusa #rio2016 #gold1000 #gold #swimming
— SwimSwam (@swimswamnews) August 14, 2016
Hey, we know them! @danavollmer @KathleenBaker2 #GoBears pic.twitter.com/f509aH19BM
— Cal W Swim/Dive (@CalWSwim) July 3, 2016
Abbey Weitzeil swam the anchor freestyle leg for Team USA during Friday’s prelim. She will also get a Gold medal.
With @AbbeyWeitzeil on anchor, USA earns top seed in 400m medley relay for tonight's final. Canada 2nd. #CalBearsInRio
— Cal W Swim/Dive (@CalWSwim) August 12, 2016
Australia won the Silver and Denmark took the Bronze. The Canadian finished 5th. A Canadian medal would have meant a medal for Cal junior Noemie Thomas.
Baker, 1st time Olympian, won her 2nd career medal after the Silver in 100 Back earlier this week. Dana Vollmer, 3rd time Olympian, won her 3rd Rio 2016 medal (Silver in 4x100 Free relay and Bronze in 100 Fly) and the 7th medal in her Olympic career. Abbey Weitzeil, 1st time Olympian and incoming Cal freshman, won her 2nd Rio 2016 medal as she has won a Silver for the 4x100 Free relay along side Vollmer.
Calympians Medal Count:
(Through Women’s 4x100 Medley Relay)
By Individuals:
10 Golds, 4 Silvers, 4 Bronze
By Events:
6 Golds, 3 Silvers, 4 Bronze
Dana Vollmer (USA) - Silver from Women’s 4x100 Free Relay, Bronze from Women’s 100 Fly, Gold from Women’s 4x100 Medley Relay
Abbey Weitzeil (USA) - Silver from Women’s 4x100 Free Relay, Gold from Women’s 4x100 Medley Relay
Nathan Adrian (USA) - Gold from Men’s 4x100 Free Relay, Bronze from Men’s 100 Free, Bronze from Men’s 50 Free
Anthony Ervin (USA) - Gold from Men’s 4x100 Free Relay, Gold from Men’s 50 Free
Kathleen Baker (USA) - Silver from Women’s 100 Back, Gold from Women’s 4x100 Medley Relay
Ryan Murphy (USA) - Gold from Men’s 100 Back, Gold from Men’s 200 Back
Josh Prenot (USA) - Silver from Men’s 200 Breast
Missy Franklin (USA) - Gold from Women’s 4x200 Free Relay
Cierra Runge (USA)* - Gold from Women’s 4x200 Free Relay
Olivier Siegelaar (Netherlands) - Bronze from Men’s Eight
*Runge is not one of the 50 Calympians on the Cal Athletics list, so our Calympian medal count may differ from their
GO BEARS!