INDIANAPOLIS – The contingent of California swimmers headed to Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics continued to climb Thursday, as rising sophomore Keaton Jones joined decorated alumnus Ryan Murphy as Team USA's representatives in Paris in the 200-meter backstroke.

The Golden Bears now have four confirmed Olympians from the U.S. trials, with three days remaining. Counting international swimmers, Cal currently has 11 swimmers headed to Paris.

Murphy, who earlier this week also qualified in the 100 backstroke, won the 200 back finals at the U.S. Olympic Trials in a time of 1:54.22. Jones took second with a mark of 1:54.61.

The top two finishers in each event at the Olympic Trials earn a spot in Paris.

Murphy, a six-time Olympic medalist who has medaled in both backstroke events in each of the past two Summer Games, becomes the first U.S. swimmer in history to qualify for both backstroke events in three different Olympics. He won the gold medal in both events in 2016.

Jones, an All-American last season as a freshman in the 200 back, joins a long list of Cal backstrokers to become Olympians. In each of the last two Olympics, Murphy was joined by a Cal teammate in the 200 back – Bryce Mefford in 2001 and Jacob Pebley in 2016.

In other events at Lucas Oil Stadium on Thursday, rising senior Jack Alexy advanced to the finals of the 50 freestyle with a third-place finish in both the prelims and semifinals. Alexy has already qualified for Paris in the 100 free.

Rising fifth-year Isabelle Stadden also made her way to the finals of the women's 200 backstroke. After registering the best qualifying time in the preliminaries, Stadden qualified sixth in Thursday evening's semifinals.

Rising senior Destin Lasco advanced to the semifinals of the 200 individual medley by placing eighth in prelims but missed out on the finals after an 11^th-place finish in the semifinals.

Meanwhile, in Knoxville, Tenn., rising junior Joshua Thai became the first Cal male diver ever to compete at the U.S. Olympic Diving Trials. Thai advanced to the semifinals of the platform dive after placing 10^th with a score of 341.35. He missed out on a spot in the finals after finishing 13^th in the semis at 298.60.

Alexy will look to qualify in a second event Friday in the 50 free finals while Stadden competes in the 200 back finals. Meanwhile, top-seeded Dare Rose will begin his quest for Paris in the 100 butterfly with the prelims and semis set for Friday.