ANNAPOLIS, Md. –– Olympic Gold Medalist Rowdy Gaines will join with Navy play-by-play announcer Pete Medhurst on the video stream of the Dec. 12 Army-Navy swimming and diving meet in Annapolis.

The 5 p.m. meet will be streamed live and for free on the Patriot League Network via NavySports.com.

Gaines, who will serve as the lead swimming analyst on NBC Sports for his eighth Olympic Games in 2020, previously announced the 2015 and 2017 Army-Navy swimming and diving meets in Lejeune Hall.

A native of Florida, Gaines attended Auburn where he won eight NCAA event titles and earned 22 All-America certificates.  After qualifying for the boycotted 1980 U.S. Olympic Team, Gaines qualified for the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.  He would set an Olympic record in winning the 100 freestyle final and earn two more Gold Medals as a member of victorious 400 freestyle and 400 medley relay teams.

The 1981 World Swimmer of the Year is a member of both the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame and the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

"There is no better swimming announcer or ambassador for the sport than Rowdy Gaines," said Navy men's swimming head coach Bill Roberts.  "It is the thrill of a lifetime for the Army and Navy swimmers and divers to have him call one of their events.  His presence on the pool deck is always a big boost to the efforts of the competitors on both teams, and adds to an already electric atmosphere in Lejeune Hall."

"Rowdy's true excitement for this meet and the respect he has for the student-athletes at Army and Navy shows both on the broadcast and with the way he interacts with members of each team off camera," said Navy women's swimming head coach John Morrison.  "He treats every swimmer and diver as if they were an Olympian and competing for a Gold Medal.  Having him associated with this meet helps to showcase the importance of it not only at Army and Navy but also in the college swimming landscape."