After heartbreak in a race last weekend, Arlington swimming phenom Torri Huske will be coming home with some Olympic hardware after all.
Huske was part of the U.S. women’s 4×100 medley relay team that won silver in a race that was televised nationally Saturday night.
The team was bolstered by a strong 56.16 second performance by Huske, who swam the butterfly leg of the medley, but came up just short of gold. The U.S. finished 0.13 seconds behind the Australian team, which set an Olympic record with a time of 3:51.60.
A week ago, Huske finished 0.01 seconds away from the bronze medal and 0.14 seconds from gold in the individual 100-meter butterfly race. The 18-year-old Yorktown High School grad, who will attend Stanford in the fall, was also on a mixed medley team that missed the medal podium this past week.
Reaction to the medal-winning relay performance via social media, below.
Yeah so all we saw in that race was MORE MEDALS FOR STANFORD
🥈 @reganesmith4
🥈 Torri Huske#GoStanford | @stanfordwswim
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It's a silver medal for #USA in the women's 4x100m medley relay!@fina1908 #Swimming @TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/CIW9AnzgfQ
— Olympics (@Olympics) August 1, 2021
https://twitter.com/USASwimming/status/1421658186210185219
https://twitter.com/stanfordwswim/status/1421661277189906436