Texas Athletics | August 10, 2016 UT's Townley Haas helps U.S. win gold in 4x200m freestyle Townley Haas swam the fastest split in Tuesday's final while fellow Longhorns Jack Conger and Clark Smith earned gold after shining in the preliminaries. Share RIO DE JANEIRO – Texas rising sophomore Townley Haas and rising seniors Jack Conger and Clark Smith helped the United States to the gold medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay Tuesday evening at the 2016 Olympic Games. Haas joined Conor Dwyer, Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps to win gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay final at 7:00.66. Great Britain won the silver at 7:03.13 while Japan claimed the bronze in 7:03.50. Dwyer led off the relay in 1:45.23 before giving way to Haas, who split a staggering 1:44.14, by far the fastest split among the 32 relay legs swum. In fact, only Great Britain's James Guy managed to join Haas under the 1:45 mark. Ryan Lochte picked up the relay's third leg in 1:46.03 before Michael Phelps anchored the relay to victory in 1:45.26. RELATED: Indiana's Lilly King wins gold in 100m breaststroke Conger and Smith earned gold medals by competing in the event's preliminary round. Conger swam the relay's fastest split in the preliminary round at 1:45.73. for Jack, Townley and Clark! Can't do the 4x200m free relay at the Olympics without a .… https://t.co/egZHPzA33R — Texas Men'sSwimDive (@TexasMSD) August 10, 2016 With the three Longhorns competing on the relay, it marked the eighth consecutive Olympics in which at least one Texas men's swimmer represented the United States in the 4x200m freestyle relay. Longhorns have helped the U.S. win four consecutive gold medals in the men's 4x200m freestyle relay. .@KDTrey5 & @TownleyH #BevoInRio #Rio2016 https://t.co/ULYHzJtUj9 — Texas Men'sSwimDive (@TexasMSD) August 10, 2016 With Tuesday's result, 42 Texas men's swimmers and divers have collectively won 71 medals – 46 gold, 16 silver and nine bronze – at the Olympic Games. UT rising junior Joseph Schooling qualified sixth for the 100m freestyle semifinals but placed eighth in his semifinal heat (48.70) and was unable to advance to Wednesday's finals. Cat Osterman's 9 most vivid memories from her 19-strikeout shutout over Arizona in the 2005 WCWS Cat Osterman broke down her memories as she watched her 19-strikeout shutout over Arizona in the 2005 WCWS for Texas softball. Here are nine of her most vivid memories as she relived the experience. READ MORE The greatest venues in outdoor track and field, according to you These are the greatest outdoor venues in college track and field, according to fans and athletes. READ MORE Texas softball shocks No. 1 Oklahoma, stops Sooners' win streak at 40 games Texas softball handed Oklahoma its first loss in more than 300 days to defeat its rival for the first time since 2014. OU had won 40 games in a row overall. READ MORE