Stephanie Horner finishes 23rd in Marathon Swimming in Rio

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AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Stephanie Horner, who swam at Auburn from 2008-10, finished 23^rd in Marathon Swimming at the 2016 Rio Olympics on Monday morning.

Horner, representing Canada, competed in the Olympic Open Water 10K for the first time and was in her third Olympics overall. She completed the course in 1:59.22, hitting the 2.52km split in 30:55.7, the 5km split in 1:01.04 and the 7.48km split in 1:29.44. Sharon Van Rouwendall of the Netherlands won gold in 1:56.32, Rachele Bruni of Italy took silver in 1:56.49 and Brazil’s Poliana Okimoto won bronze in 1:56.51.

Horner debuted in the Olympics in 2008 in Beijing, swimming in the 200m freestyle (17^th place), the 400m freestyle (11^th), the 200m butterfly (20^th) and on the 4x200m freestyle relay (10^th). She returned for the London Olympics in 2012, finishing 21^st in the 400 IM.