Good Morning, Cardinal Nation. Overall juggernaut Katie Ledecky is one medal away from tying the RECORD for any American woman in Olympic history.

Ledecky is attempting to share the sport's all-time record of 12 total medals with the United States trio of former Cardinal stars Jenny Thompson, Dana Torres and Natalie Coughlin.

Will she do it when she swims again tomorrow in the women's 1500-meter freestyle heats?

What else do we have mixed in for All Write Now? Check it out below!

🏅 That's GOLD for Torri Huske in the Butterfly!
🤺 Vivian Kong takes the epee gold medal in fencing
🎖 Impressive opening night for hardware!
🥈 Kassidy Cook kicked off Olympic Games with a silver medal performance
🤓 Stanford Olympics Trivia
📆 On the Docket
🌲 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 We're Gonna Need a Bigger Medal Case. Three Cardinal reached the podium on night one of swimming competition in Paris, as Torri Huske, Katie Ledecky, and Simone Manuel added to the program medal count on Saturday. 

Ledecky kicked off finals action with a bronze-medal effort in the 400 free, posting a 4:00.86.

In the 4x100 free relay, Huske and Manuel made up one-half of the new American record mark of 3:30:20 to finish second to Australia's freestyle quartet. 

🔼 For Those Keeping Track. Is anyone NOT keeping track? Well, we've got your back. 

That's already two gold, three silver, and one bronze, and we're just getting started! 

🔼 On the Fence? Not at All. With a dramatic final strike, former Stanford fencer Vivian Kong captured the women's epee gold medal in overtime. The medal was the first for a fencer from Hong Kong, coming in Kong's second Olympics.

The 2014 NCAA Individual Champion earned a bye in the round of 64, before picking up four-straight wins to make it to the gold medal bout.

Facing France's Auriene Mallo-Breton in the championship bout, Kong quickly trailed 7-1. But after rallying to force overtime at 12-12, Kong struck Mallo-Breton to win 13-12.

👀 Go here for more on Kong's impressive performance. 🤺

🔼 Cook 'N' Bacon. And, no, this isn't a show on HGTV but rather a pair of Cardinal who wowed in Paris.

Former Stanford diver Kassidy Cook wasted no time reaching the medal stand in Paris, kicking off the 2024 Olympic Games with a silver medal performance in the 3-meter synchronized springboard alongside partner Sarah Bacon. 

The pair scored 314.64 points in the five-round competition for the United States' first medal in the event since 2012.

A two-time Olympian after making an appearance at the 2016 Rio Games, this is Cook's first career Olympic medal. 

The silver medal performance concludes Cook's Olympic program in Paris. 

🌲 ONE BIG THING

Staying in Her Lane. After missing the podium in Tokyo, Torri Huske takes GOLD in the women's 100m butterfly at the Paris Olympics!

⇢ Watch the video here. 🏊🏻‍♀️

🤓 STANFORD OLYMPICS TRIVIA

Taking a Dive Into Cardinal History. When was the last Stanford women's diving medalist before this recent silver gained by Kassidy Cook?

Think you know the answer? Scroll to the bottom to find out! 

📅 ON THE DOCKET

Monday, July 29
🤺 Men's Fencing @ 12:00 a.m. PST Men's Fencing - Foil
Athlete: Alexander Massialas
🚣🏽‍♀️ Women's Rowing @ 1:30 a.m. PST - Pair (repechage)
Athlete: Esther Briz Zamarano (Spain)
🏊🏻‍♀️ Women's Swimming @ 2:00 a.m. PST 100m back (prelims)
Athlete: Regan Smith
🏀 Women's Basketball @ 2:00 a.m. PST - Australia vs. Nigeria (Group B)
Athlete: Alanna Smith (Australia)
🐎 Equestrain @ 2:00 a.m. PST - Individual Show Jumping
Athlete: Nayel Nassar (Egypt)
🚣🏽‍♂️ Men's Rowing @ 2:40 a.m. PST - Eight
Athlete: Peter Chatain
🚣🏽‍♀️ Women's Rowing @ 2:50 a.m. PST - Quadruple Sculls (Repechage)
Athletes: Emily Delleman, Célia Dupré (Switzerland)
🏑 Women's Field Hockey @ 4:15 a.m. PST - United States vs. Spain (Pool B)
Athlete: Kelsey Bing
🤽🏽‍♀️ Women's Water Polo @ 5 a.m. PST - France vs. Italy (Group B)
Athlete: Juliette Dhalluin (France)
⛵️ Men's Sailing @ 5:05 a.m. PST - Skiff
Athlete: Hans Henken
🤽🏽‍♀️ Women's Water Polo @ 6:30 a.m. PST - United States vs. Spain (Group B)
Athletes: Jenna Flynn, Ryann Neushul, Jordan Raney, Jewel Roemer, Maggie Steffens
🏐 Women's Volleyball @ 8:00 a.m. PST - United States vs. China (Pool A)
Athlete: Kathryn Plummer
💪🏽 Men's Gymnastics @ 8:30 a.m. PST - Team (Final)
Athletes: Asher Hong, Brody Malone
🤽🏽‍♀️ Women's Water Polo @ 11:00 a.m. PST - Canada vs. Hungary (Group A)
Athlete: Serena Browne (Canada)
🏊🏻‍♀️ Women's Swimming @ 11:30 a.m. PST - 100m back (semis)
Athlete: Regan Smith

Tuesday, July 30
🏊🏻‍♀️ Women's Swimming @ 2:00 a.m. PST 1,500m free (prelims), 100m free (prelims)
Athletes: Torri Huske, Katie Ledecky
🏊🏻‍♂️ Men's Swimming @ 2:00 a.m. PST - 100m free (prelims)
Athlete: Jonathan Tan (Singapore)
🏐 Men's Volleyball @ 4:00 a.m. PST - United States vs. Germany (Pool C)
Athlete: Erik Shoji
🏀 Men's Basketball @ 4:30 a.m. PST - Canada vs. Australia (Group A)
Athlete: Dwight Powell (Canada)
🤽🏽‍♂️ Men's Water Polo @ 7:30 a.m. PST - United States vs. Romania (Group A)
Athletes: Alex Bowen, Ben Hallock, Drew Holland, Dylan Woodhead 
⛵️ Men's Sailing @ 7:30 a.m. PST - Skiff
Athlete: Hans Henken
🏊🏻‍♀️ Women's Swimming @ 11:30 a.m. - 100m back (final), 100m free (semis)
Athletes: Torri Huske, Regan Smith
🏐 Men's Volleyball @ 12:00 p.m. PST - Canada vs. France (Pool A)
Athlete: Justin Lui (Canada)
🏀 Men's Basketball @ 12:00 p.m. PST - Germany vs. Brazil (Group B)
Athlete: Oscar da Silva (Germany)

📆 Go here for the full list/calendar. 🌲

📚 TRIVIA ANSWER

Kassidy Cook is Stanford's first women's diving medalist since 1936, when Marjorie Gestring Bowman claimed gold in the 3-meter springboard at the 1936 Berlin Games.