Our very own Houston native is now the First African-American Woman to win an Individual Olympics Swimming Gold Medal for the United States. She has also made sporting history by becoming the First Black Woman to win the Swimming Olympics Games Gold Medal.
Simone
Manuel, who tied with Canada's 16 year old Penny Oleksiak with an
Olympic record of 52.70, graduated class of 2014 from Austin High
School. The 20 year old Sugar Land, Texas resident currently attends
Stanford University and swims for Coach Greg Meehan's Cardinal Women's
Team. Simone Manuel is also a two-time winning NCAA champion. Excellent
Olympic Champions and Medalists, Maya DiRado and Lia Neal also attend
while Katie Ledecky will be joining the Cardinals after Rio. Please visit GoStanford
[College
Sports Facts - Stanford University sent the highest number of athletes
(31) to Team USA Olympics. University of California at Berkley and
University of California at Los Angeles both sent 16, University of
Southern California 15, Pennsylvania State University and University of
North Carolina both sent 13, University of Oregon and University of
Texas both sent 12, Princeton University, University of Georgia and
University of Washington sent 11 each, etc, etc. The largest number of college athletes are from the State of California -78.]
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