Medals for Stone, Gobbo, Meili Highlight Day 8 for #IviesinRIo
- mcmoore27
- Aug 14, 2016
- 2 min read
Rowing
Gevvie Stone (Princeton ’07) won her first Olympic medal, claiming Silver in the women's single sculls for Team USA, with a time of 7:22.92. Reigning world champion Kimberley Brennan from Australia won in 7:21.54, with China’s Jingli Duan, the 2015 world bronze medalist, taking third in 7:24.13. Harvard's Shelley Pearson ('13), rowing for Bermuda, finished 16th overall.
Shortly thereafter, Brown alum Tessa Gobbo ('13) and the US women's eight won Gold, marking the third-straight Olympics the Americans accomplished the feat. Team USA pulled away from early leaders Canada and the Netherlands to take control of the race en route to the win. Princeton alum Lauren Wilkinson ('11) and Team Canada placed fifth overall, crossing the line in 6:06.04.
The US men's eight boat, coached by Brown alum Luke McGee ('01) and featuring Cornell's Alex Karwoski ('12), Harvard's Mike DiSanto ('12) and Princeton's Glenn Ochal ('08), placed fourth with a time of 5:34.23.
Swimming & Diving
Columbia's Katie Meili ('12) earned her second medal of these Games and first goals, as the women's 4x100m medley relay placed first with a time of 3:53.13 in the finals. Meili swam for the squad in the semifinals, helping her team earn the top spot in the finals. She is the first Ivy swimmer to earn multiple medals in a single Olympic Games since Penn's Eleanor Daniel, who claimed three medals in Mexico City in 1968.
Field Hockey
Team USA, which features a trio of Tigers in Katie ('13) and Julia ('14) Reinprecht and Kathleen Sharkey ('13), as well as Harvard assistant coach Katie Bam, suffered its first loss of these Games, falling to Great Britain, 2-1. The Americans had already clinched a berth in the quarterfinals and will be the second seed.
Sailing
Competing in the Nacra 17 Mixed, Brown's Louisa Chafee ('14) finished ninth in race No. 7, second in race No. 8 and eighth in race No. 9. Chafee and her helmsman Bora Gulari rank 12th overall with three races remaining; top 10 make it to the medal race.
Water Polo
Team USA, backstopped by Princeton's Ashleigh Johnson ('17), finished group play undefeated after an 11-6 win over Hungary on Saturday. With the No. 1 seed locked up, the US will play Brazil in the opening round of the quarterfinals on Monday at 5:20 p.m. ET.
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