Garrett Weber-Gale Garrett Weber-Gale, Milwaukee's newest Olympic sensation, played a huge role in the U.S. 400-meter relay team's dramatic victory over the French team at the Water Cube in Beijing. The former Nicolet High School swimmer posted a split of 47.02 seconds on the second leg of the relay, giving the Americans a narrow lead at the halfway point. Weber-Gale narrowly outpointed the French swimmer in the second leg, Fabien Gilot, who swam a time of 47.05.
Garrett, left, and Michael PhelpsMichael Phelps, who picked up his second gold medal of the Beijing Games, swam an American record of 47.51 seconds on the opening leg to a 47.91 for France's Amaury Leveaux. But Phelps did not have the lead because of a world-record setting time of 47.24 by Australia's Eamon Sullivan.
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