VIDEO: Hundreds Cheer on Beisel at Viewing Party

's cafeteria was a sea of " Saturday afternoon as hundreds gathered to root on Elizabeth Beisel in her first event of the Olympic Games.

l – Beisel's alma mater. Proceeds and donations gathered at the event will benefit the swim team and the North Kingstown Food Pantry. Members of the North Kingstown Police Department, local politicians, friends of the Beisel family and hundreds of others donned their red, white and blue garb to cheer on North Kingstown native Beisel.

The 19-year-old swimmer was . The two-time Olympian fell short to China's Ye Shiwen, whose world record-breaking performance propelled her to the gold medal. . 

Beisel has another shot at a gold medal on Thursday when she competes in the 200-meter backstroke. If she wins, she will become the first Olympian born and raised in Rhode Island to win an individual gold medal.

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