Complete Coverage of Gators Competing at Olympic Games on Aug. 7

Caeleb Dressel at the 2016 Olympic Games (8-7-2016)

In his first appearance at the Olympics, Caeleb Dressel (left) helped bring home gold.

Complete Coverage of Gators Competing at Olympic Games on Aug. 7

Sunday, August 7, 2016 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving, Olympics

Caeleb Dressel helped capture the Gators' first medal of #Rio2016

By: UAA Communications

RIO DE JANEIRO – First-time Olympian Caeleb Dressel helped bring home the Gators' first medal of the 2016 Summer Olympics -- and better yet, it was a gold.

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Swimming
Sunday proved to be an eventful day for Florida, headlined by Dressel and Team USA winning gold in the 4x100 free relay final.

Dressel, who did not swim in the event's heats, led off the Americans in the finals. He swam a split of 48.10, while teammates Michael Phelps (47.12), Ryan Held (47.73) and Nathan Adrian (46.97) followed to fend off second-place France and third-place Australia with a total time of 3:09.92.

Conor Dwyer, Hilda Luthersdottir and Corey Main also saw action in the evening events. Dwyer won his 200 free semifinal heat at 1:45.55, advancing to Monday night's finals. Luthersdottir finished fourth in her 100 breast heat but grabbed the 7-seed in Monday's final with a 1:06.71 time. Two-time Olympian Luthersdottir is now the first female Icelandic swimmer to compete in an Olympic final. Main, competing in the 100 back for New Zealand, finished seventh in his semifinal at 54.29 but missed the cut-off for the event's final. Earlier in the day during heats, he swam a personal-best 53.99 to win his heat.

Mitch D'Arrigo and Jan Switkowski made their Olympic debuts in the 200 free and 4x100 free relay heats respectively. D'Arrigo finished fourth in his 200 free heat at 1:47.46, while Switkowski swam the third leg of the 4x100 free relay at 48.64 to help Poland to a 3:15.52 time.

Melani Costa-Schmid also swam her second event of the Games, the 400 free, and finished sixth in her heat at 4:08.96.

Gators at The Games Daily Schedule of Action for August 7, 2016
Gator	Sport	Country	Events	Watch/Result
Mitch D'Arrigo	Swimming	Italy	Heat (3): 200 Free	4th in heat, 1:47.46, did not advance
Conor Dwyer	Swimming	USA	Heat (6): 200 Free	1st in heat, 1:45.95, advanced to semifinal
Hilda Luthersdottir	Swimming	Iceland	Heat (4): 100 Breast	4th in heat, 1:06.81, advanced to semifinal
Corey Main	Swimming	New Zealand	Heat (2): 100 Back	1st in heat, 53.99, advanced to semifinal
Melani Costa-Schmid	Swimming	Spain	Heat (3): 400 Free	6th in heat, 4:08.96, did not advance
Jan Switkowski	Swimming	Poland	Heat (1): 4x100 FR	6th in heat, 3:15.52, did not advance
Conor Dwyer	Swimming	USA	Semi: 200 Free	1st in heat, 1:45.55, advanced to final
Hilda Luthersdottir	Swimming	Iceland	Semi: 100 Breast	5th in heat, 1:06.71, advanced to final
Corey Main	Swimming	New Zealand	Semi: 100 Back	7th in heat, 54.29, did not advance
Caeleb Dressel	Swimming	USA	FINAL: 4x100 FR	WON GOLD MEDAL, 3:09.92

COMPLETE Schedule of events of Gators at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Gator 2016 Olympic Games Medal Count: (1 Medal: 1 Gold, 0 Silver, 0 Bronze)
Gator	Sport	Country	Event/Time/Score	Medal
Caeleb Dressel	Swimming	USA	4x100 FR, 3:09.92	GOLD
All-Time Gator Olympic Games Medal Count (since 1968): Total: 114 medals (53 Gold, 30 Silver, 31 Bronze) Summer Games: 113 medals (52 Gold, 30 Silver, 31 Bronze) Winter Games: 1 medal (1 Gold)