The podium finish was Team USA’s first-ever in Olympic Rugby Sevens. It was also its first medal in any Olympic rugby event since 1924. Sedrick’s heroics secured her a spot in U.S. Olympic lore.

Caldwell has been steadily climbing his way up the elite men’s ranks at the aQuellé Midmar Mile in recent years, finishing 11th in 2022, then breaking into the top 10 with a seventh place in 2023, and ...