FUKUOKA, Japan– The contingent of Cal swimmers had a stellar day Saturday at the 2023 World Aquatics Championship. Rising junior Jack Alexy won a pair of silver medals, Dare Rose captured his first career individual medal (bronze) and Abbey Weitzeil won silver in the mixed 4x100 free relay with Alexy.
 
Day seven of the World Championships began with the finals of the 50-meter freestyle where Alexy cemented himself as one of the top freestylers in the world after taking the silver medal in a personal-best time of 21.57. He already won silver in the 100 free earlier in the meet. In the 5 free0, he was out of medal contention in the final 35 meters but a furious charge saw Alexy out-touch defending world champion Ben Proud from Great Britain by one-hundredth of a second.
 
Rose continued his breakout summer, capturing bronze in the 100-meter butterfly on Saturday morning for the United States' first medal in the event since 2019. Rose entered the summer with a personal-best time of 51.40 in the event but shaved 0.94 off his top time to finish at 50.46.
 
In the 4x100 mixed free relay Cal, Alexy and Weitzeil secured Cal's 11^th medal of the meet. Alexy led off the relay with a split of 47.68 – his second event of the day. Weitzeil swam an impressive third leg, finishing with a split of 52.94. The United States finished with a time of 3:20.82. Australia who set a new World Record in the event with a time of 3:18.83.
 
It was Weitzeil's second silver medal of the World Championships, having also won silver in the women's 4x100 free relay. Weitzeil also advanced to the finals of Sunday's women's 50 free, finishing fourth in the semifinals with a time of 24.27.
 
Alumna Farida Osman just missed out on the medal stand in the 50 butterfly, finishing fourth with a time of 25.62. She was .16 out of third place.
 
In the semifinals of the 50-meter backstroke, Hunter Armstrong from the Cal pro contingent finished tied for second with a time of 24.41. He will swim in the finals of the event on Sunday at 4:02 a.m. PT.
 
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