Complete Coverage of Gators at the Olympics on Aug. 13

RIO DE JANEIRO – Rising junior Caeleb Dressel earned his second gold medal for his freestyle leg of the 4x100 medley relay heats on Friday (Aug. 12), while Gator Great Genevieve LaCaze became the first Australian in history to advance to the 3,000-meter steeplechase final in Saturday's (Aug. 13) Gator Olympics action.

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Track & Field

Gator Great Genevieve LaCaze (Australia) logged a runner-up finish in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase preliminary, automatically advancing to the final. Her time of 9:26.25 was the 11th-fastest time of the preliminary. LaCaze is the first Australian to qualify for the final since the women's steeplechase was added to the Olympics in 2008. Monday morning's final is scheduled for 10:15 a.m. ET on NBC.
Rising senior Andres Arroyo (Puerto Rico), who became the first man from his country to ever advance past the opening round of the 800 meters, finished seventh in his semifinal heat and did not advance to the final. Arroyo, the second-youngest runner remaining in the 24-man field, clocked in at 1:46.74.
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Swimming

Caeleb Dressel anchored Team USA's 4x100 medley relay team in Friday's heats, in which the stroke order is backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle. Dressel split 47.74 on the freestyle leg, helping the Americans win their heat in a time of 3:31.83. Although Dressel did not swim in the final, Team USA took home the gold medal, giving the rising junior his second gold medal of these Olympic Games.

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Gators at The Games Daily Schedule of Action for August 13, 2016
Gator	Sport	Country	Event	Result
Genevieve LaCaze	Track & Field	Australia	Prelim: 3,000m Steeplechase	2nd in heat, 9:26.25, advanced to final
Andres Arroyo	Track & Field	Puerto Rico	Semis: 800m	7th in heat, 1:46.74, did not advance

Gator 2016 Olympic Games Medal Count: (6 Medals: 4 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze)
Gator	Sport	Country	Event/Time/Score	Medal
Caeleb Dressel	Swimming	USA	4x100 FR, 3:09.92	GOLD
Caeleb Dressel	Swimming	USA	4x100 MR (P), 3:31.83	GOLD
Conor Dwyer	Swimming	USA	200m Free, 1:45.23	BRONZE
Conor Dwyer	Swimming	USA	4x200 FR	GOLD
Ryan Lochte	Swimming	USA	4x200 FR	GOLD
Dan Wallace	Swimming	Great Britain	4x200 FR	SILVER
All-Time Gator Olympic Games Medal Count (since 1968): Total: 119 medals (56 Gold, 31 Silver, 32 Bronze) Summer Games: 118 medals (55 Gold, 31 Silver, 32 Bronze) Winter Games: 1 medal (1 Gold)

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