RIO DE JANEIRO – Texas rising sophomore Townley Haas and rising seniors Jack Conger and Clark Smith helped the United States to the gold medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay Tuesday evening at the 2016 Olympic Games.
Haas joined Conor Dwyer, Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps to win gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay final at 7:00.66. Great Britain won the silver at 7:03.13 while Japan claimed the bronze in 7:03.50.
Dwyer led off the relay in 1:45.23 before giving way to Haas, who split a staggering 1:44.14, by far the fastest split among the 32 relay legs swum.