Seven Gators compete Saturday at the Tokyo Olympics in baseball, track and field and swimming events
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Tokyo - The action continues Saturday from Tokyo at the 2020 Olympics as seven Gators are set to compete.
Baseball
Mark Kolozsvary and Team USA improved to 2-0 in Group B-play on Saturday morning with a 4-2 win over Korea. Team USA secured a spot in the medal round with the victory.
For the second-straight game, Kolozsvary received the start behind the plate and batted seventh in the lineup. He caught all nine innings, with Team USA pitchers allowing just five hits and registering 13 strikeouts under his watch.
With the win, Team USA concludes group play with a perfect 2-0 record and earns a bye in the opening round of the knockout stage. The Stars and Stripes will play Group A-winner Japan on Monday, Aug. 2 at 6 a.m. ET to begin the double-elimination knockout round.
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Men's and Women's Track and Field
Two-time Olympian Marquis Dendy (USA) got things going for the group of Gators in Japan Saturday morning with the long jump. The 2015 The Bowerman Winner posted a mark of 7.86 meters (25 feet, 9.25 inches) [+0.4m], placing 10th in Group B and 19th overall.
Team USA's 4x400-meters relays mixed team, which featured Gators Great Taylor Manson running third leg during round one Friday, finished third to secure bronze. Manson did not compete in the finals, but contributed a key performance during the qualifying race and helped the squad to a third-place finish and a spot in the finals.
Although the team was disqualified at first due to an out-of-zone exchange infraction between legs one and two, it was later reinstated following an appeal and advanced with an automatic qualification.
The action continues Saturday evening with Genevieve LaCaze Gregson (Australia) competing in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase, followed by Yanis David (France), who will make her Olympic debut with the long jump.
The 3,000-meter steeplechase is scheduled for 8:40 p.m. ET (Live Stream), while the women's long jump will begin at 8:50 p.m. ET (Live Stream).
Swimming Diving
Caeleb Dressel (USA) in the 50 free final and Bobby Finke (USA) in the 1,500 free final.
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