TOKYO, Japan – Virginia incoming freshman Emma Weyant (Sarasota, Fla.) won the silver medal in the 400 individual medley on Sunday morning at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Weyant swam a personal best time of 4:32.76. Her silver medal performance was the highest individual finish by a Cavalier women’s swimmer in Olympic history.

Japan’s Yui Ohashi took the gold with a time of 4:32.08 while USA’s Hali Flickinger joined Weyant on the podium by earning the bronze medal with a time of 4:34.90.

“Honestly, this is like crazier than anything I could have dreamed of,” Weyant said after her race. “I’m just so happy to be here to race the best in the world. It is so much fun.”

Weyant, who had the best time (4:33.55) during Saturday’s heats, will be a first-year at Virginia this fall. She deferred her enrollment until the fall semester of 2021 in order to compete for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team.

“Having our teammates behind us in the stands, and obviously seeing Chase and Jay before, Hali and I kind of looked at each other and were like, ‘okay, we can do this now,’ and I think it’s just going to keep getting better throughout the meet,” Weyant said.

The next Cavalier set to compete in Tokyo is four-time NCAA Champion Paige Madden (Mobile, Ala.) in the 400 free. The heats for that event will take place at 7 a.m. Sunday with the finals Sunday night.

Virginia Olympians

Joe Bell
New Zealand
Soccer
Francisco Caffaro
Argentina
Basketball
Kate Douglass
USA
Swimming
Susanne Grainger
Canada
Rowing
Inge Janssen
Netherlands
Rowing
Paige Madden
USA
Swimming
Filip Mihaljevic
Track & Field
Croatia
Aisha Mohammed
Nigeria
Basketball
Kristine O’Brien
USA
Rowing
Meghan O’Leary
USA
Rowing
Hannah Osborne
New Zealand
Rowing
Christine Roper
Canada
Rowing
Becky Sauerbrunn
USA
Soccer
Emily Sonnett
USA
Soccer
Mike Tobey
Slovenia
Basketball
Alex Walsh
USA
Swimming
Emma Weyant
USA
Swimming
Dawn Staley (coach)
USA
Basketball
Todd DeSorbo (asst. coach)
USA
Swimming