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.
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.
Abbey Weitzeil swam the anchor freestyle leg for Team USA during Friday’s prelim.