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North Shore Swimmer Wins Olympic Medal in Relay

Lake Forest's Matt Grevers gets silver medal as part of Men's 4x100 Freestyle Relay team at the 2012 Olympics.

Lake Forest’s Matt Grevers earned his first Olympic medal Sunday, and he wasn't even in the pool when the American’s took silver in the 4x100 Freestyle Relay.

Grevers was part of the quartet that propelled the Americans into the finals where team of Nathan Adrian, Michael Phelps, Cullen Jones and Ryan Lochte finished behind France. The French finished the distance in 3:09.93 with the Americans next at 3:10.38.

All members of the relay team are awarded a medal whether they compete in the preliminaries or the final.

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