Paris Olympics 2024: The ACC tries to claim Katie Ledecky ... who never swam in the ACC

Posted Aug 4, 2024
Former Pac-12 member USC has the most athletes in Paris of any college at 58, followed by second-place Stanford at 54 and fourth-place Cal at 41, both now ACC members. One of those Stanford athletes is swimming legend Katie Ledecky, who blew away the field in the 1,500 meters. So the ACC decided to celebrate the accomplishment. (Yahoo! Sports)

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