Complete Coverage of Gators at the Olympics on August 2

PARIS, France – Friday’s action saw among 12 Gator connections participate in six different Olympic events.

Golf 

In his Olympic debut, Alejandro Tosti recorded his second consecutive round under par with a 2-under 69. He moves to 5-under through 36-holes and sits T13 and six shots back of leaders of Tommy Fleetwood (Great Britain), Hideki Matsuyama (Japan) and Xander Schauffele (United States). The Argentinian, Tosti, began his round with one of his birdies in round two to total nine and an eagle at Le Golf National. 

Camilo Villegas (Colombia) improved on the second set of 18 holes today with a 74 (+3) and is in 60th. 

Swimming 

The Gator duo of Caeleb Dressel and Josh Liendo have a busy day cut out for themselves. The training partners compete in three events together on day seven of Olympic swimming action.

Men’s 100m Butterfly Prelims:

Swimming side-by-side in lanes four and five, Liendo and Dressel raced in the fifth and final heat. Liendo entered as the top seed for Canada, headed into the final stretch in second. The 2024 NCAA 100 fly champion went 26.93 in the final 50 meters to claim victory in 50.55. He is seeded second going into the semifinals, sitting 0.36 behind Italy’s Kristoff Milak. Dressel had a strong swim himself, hitting the wall in 50.83. The defending Olympic champion finished third in his heat and is seeded sixth in the semifinals. 

Mixed 100m Medley Relay Prelims:

Not even an hour after advancing to the 100m fly semifinals, Dressel put on a show in the final event of the morning session. The U.S. sat in third when the former Gator exploded to go 50.10 in the butterfly split and help Team USA put together 3:40.98 time for first place. They advance to the final as the top seed. 

Men’s 50m Freestyle Final:

Liendo made his first Olympic Finals appearance after being scratched into the 50m free final. The Canadian had a strong finish to post his fastest time and miss the podium by two hundredths of a second after posting a 21.58. 

Swimming in his third event of the day, Dressel finished sixth after going 21.61. 

Men’s 100m Butterfly Semifinals: 

Not event 30 minutes later, the two Gators were back on the blocks. Liendo sat in third at the halfway mark and touched the wall in 50.42 to finish second. He advances to tomorrow’s final as the…