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Olympic Dawgs: Nic Fink Grabs Third Medal

Bulldog alum Nic Fink concluded a terrific Olympic Games with his third medal of the week Sunday at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.

Swimming

• Nic Fink teamed with Ryan Murphy, Caeleb Dressel, and Hunter Armstrong to earn the silver medal in the men’s 4x100m medley relay with a time of 3:28.01. Fink posted a time of 58.97 in the second leg to pick up his third medal of the Olympics and the 41^st in Georgia program history.

Track & Field

• Elena Kulichenko cleared a height of 1.95m/6-4.75 on her third attempt to tie for seventh place in the women’s high jump final. The current Bulldog is the first female Cypriot athlete to compete in a final in athletics, securing a top-10 finish at her first Olympic Games.
• Tatiana Gusin, representing Greece, also competed in the high jump final in her Olympic debut, clearing 1.86m/16-1.25 to finish ninth.
• 2024 NCAA indoor and outdoor 400-meter dash champion Christopher Morales Williams placed second in his heat and 15^th overall in the first round of the 400m. The Canadian clocked a time of 44.96 to advance to Tuesday’s semifinal round, which is set for 1:35 p.m.
• Australian graduate student Stephanie Ratcliffe sent her third hammer throw attempt 70.07m/229-10 to secure 15^th place in her first Olympic Games. 
• Incoming freshman Adaejah Hodge kicked off her first Olympic Games with a time of 23.00 in the first round of the women’s 200m to place 22^nd. A native of the British Virgin Islands, Hodge finished fifth in the sixth and final heat and will compete in tomorrow’s repechage round for a chance to advance to Monday’s semifinal. The 18-year-old is the youngest competitor in the 45-person field.
• Current Lady Bulldog sprinter Aaliyah Butler (USA) will kick off Monday’s action on the track in the first round of the 400m at 5:55 a.m. Hodge will compete in the repechage round at 6:50 a.m. as she looks to qualify for the semifinals later in the day (2:45 p.m.)

Golf

• Sepp Straka of Austria finished tied for 35^th in the men’s golf competition, finishing 2-under overall after shooting even par in his final round at Le Golf National.

MBB: Incoming Freshman Leads Serbia to Silver in FIBA U18 European Championships

Savo Drezgic, who will join the Georgia Bulldogs as a freshman this season, completed an impressive performance at the FIBA U18 European Championships of Sunday, where he led Serbia to a Silver Medal showing.

Serbia fell to Germany, 93-83, in the Gold Medal match on Sunday.

Among tournament leaders, Drezgic finished No. 5 in scoring, assists and steals. He averaged 20.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, 5,6 assists and 2.6 steals per game over seven contests. 

Drezgic’s stats were even more impressive in the semifinals and final. He posted tourney-high tallies of 35 points, 12 assists and eight assists in Serbia’s 115-114 double-overtime victory against Israel. Drezgic followed that with 30 points, seven assists and six boards versus Germany.

Drezgic’s late-game heroics helped Serbia rally from a 112-107 deficit with 30 seconds remaining in the second OT against Israel. He scored on a layup and knocked down a step-back 3-pointer to close the gap to 113-112 11 seconds on the clock. He then dished an assist to Andrej Kostic for a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to complete the comeback.

Drezgic, is a 6-4, 198-pound guard from Belgrade, plays for Partizan in Serbia but spent last season at DME Academy in Daytona Beach, Fla., during the 2023-24 campaign. He continued an impressive 2024 which includes all-tournament honors at three other premier events – the Albert Schweitzer UA World Tournament, the FIBA Euro, Adidas Next Generation Tournament and the Grind City Championships.

Drezgic also was a standout for the Serbian National Team at the 2022 U16 European Championship, averaging a team-high 13.6 points as well as 4.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game.

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