Torri Huske secures World Record, gold medal for Team USA in 4x100 medley relay
Team USA has been dominant in a number of different swimming events in the 2024 Olympics in France. And they stacked up yet another medal on Friday evening, bringing home the gold in the 4×100 medley relay. Torri Huske helped to set the world record for the team. They finished with a time of 3:37.43, shattering Great Britain’s record of 3:37.58 from Tokyo.
For Saturday’s final, Team USA’s lineup was Ryan Murphy (backstroke), Nic Fink (breaststroke), Gretchen Walsh (butterfly), and Torri Huske (freestyle). China won the silver with a time of 3:37.55 and Australia won the bronze with a time of 3:38.76.
Just a few days ago, Huske also brought home the gold medal in the 100-meter fly in 55.59 seconds.
The mixed medley relay–which was just added to the Olympic lineup in the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games. It requires a little bit more strategy than other races with two men and two women competing on each team.
In the final of the 4×100 meter mixed medley relay in the 2020 Olympics, Huske and her finals relay teammates of Ryan Murphy, Lydia Jacoby, and Caleb Dressel placed fifth. On the last day of the 2020 Olympics, Huske competed in the 4x100m medley relay final for Team USA. She raced with Team USA teammates Reagan Smith, Lydia Jacoby, and Abbey Weitzeil. The Americans finished second with 3:51.73, just 0.13 seconds behind Australia’s Olympic-record time of 3:51.60.
More on Huske and the other swimmers on the team
Like the others on her relay squad, Huske has been a highly decorated swimmer dating back to her high school and college days with the Stanford Cardinal. At her first Pac-12 Championship in 2021-2022, she brought home individual titles in the 200 IM (1:52.42), 100 fly (49.43), and 100 free (47.07). Huske also helped Stanford to titles in the 200 free, 400 free, 800 free, and 400 medley relays, as well as an overall team title.
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Ryan Murphy has been one of the most dominant swimmers in the past decade for America. He’s now racked up five gold medals as of Friday night. During his highly decorated career, he’s brought home eight total medals. He swam in college for the Cal Golden Bears. At the 2016 NCAA Championships, he finished the 100 and 200-yard backstrokes in record setting fashion. He swam times of 43.49 and 1:35.73, shattering his own NCAA, American, and US Open records.
Gretchen Walsh is no stranger to swimming dominance herself, shattering records at the early age of 13 and 14 years old. She swam for the Virginia Cavaliers in college, and it didn’t take her long to continue to shine there. In January of 2022, Walsh split a 23.04 lead-off leg in the 4×50 medley relay final in a dual meet against the NC State Wolfpack, becoming the fastest female American swimmer in the 50-yard backstroke.
Nic Fink also brought home the silver in the 2024 Olympics in the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 59.05. He swam in college for the Georgia Bulldogs. The breaststroke is his specialty and Fink is a five-time world champion in the events. He also happens to be a world record holder in the short course 4 x 100-meter medley relay and the 4 x 50-meter mixed medley relay.