Gators in Rio: Clark and Sheldon Continue Winning Ways

Clark and Sheldon are looking to win gold in first Olympic Games
  
Big wins continue to come for Sacred Heart alumnae KK Clark (SHP ’08) of USA Water Polo and Denise Sheldon (SJS ’93, SHP ’97) of USA Volleyball at the Rio Olympic Games.
 
Clark, USA Water Polo Tops China
 
In the pool, Team USA jumped out early versus China and never looked back, en route to a 12-4 victory on Aug. 11. After two games in preliminary play, the U.S. remains undefeated and has outscored opponents 23-8 in its gold medal title defense.
 
Clark served as a key reserve, seeing action throughout the game and had a shot on goal.
 
The Americans, who lead Group B, will conclude pool play with Hungary (1-1) on Saturday, Aug. 13 at 9 a.m. PT on NBC. Please note, the game will be on delay for viewers in the Pacific Time Zone.
 
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Sheldon, USA Volleyball Headed to Quarterfinals
 
On a quest for its first gold medal, USA Women’s Volleyball is now in sole leadership of Pool B behind a 3-1 victory over Serbia on Aug. 10. Team manager Sheldon and Team USA improved to 3-0 in the group stage and are the first squad to advance to the quarterfinal round.
 
Before reaching the knockout stage, the U.S. will face Italy (0-3) on Friday, Aug. 12 at 11 a.m. PT and China (2-1) on Sunday, Aug. 14 at 1 p.m. PT to wrap up the preliminary round.
 
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Sacred Heart in Rio
 
Sacred Heart is well represented in Rio this summer, as nine alumane across the international network are representing four countries in eight different sports. Among the world’s best competition, the Sacred Heart contingent has won six medals thus far.
 
Team USA Medalists
Katie Ledecky (Stone Ridge ’13): 200m free style – gold; 400m free style – gold; 4x200m free style relay – gold; 4x100m free style relay – silver
 
Lia Neal (Convent of the Sacred Heart NYC ’13): 400m free style relay – silver
 
Team Australia Medalists
Annabell Smith (Sacré Coure Melbourne ’11): 3m springboard synchronized dive – bronze
 
  
Social Media Buzz

Check out highlights below from Twitter and Instagram, and remember to use the hashtags #GatorsInRio and #GoSacredHeartOlympians when cheering on our Sacred Heart alumnae on social media.

USA Women's Water Polo • Twitter • Instagram
USA Women's Volleyball • Twitter • Instagram
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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