All eyes may have been on Team USA swimmer Michael Phelps last night, but East Bay residents celebrated athletes closer to home as UC Berkeley alum Nathan Adrian added not one, not two but four gold medals to his collection, while current Cal Bear Ryan Murphy shined in his Olympic debut.
By Saturday, Adrian, 27, brought his total tally to a whopping eight medals. Although he's still got a ways to go before he can compete with Phelps' record-breaking 23 medals, his road to Rio has been a particularly moving experience and a total game changer, according to the athlete himself.