The only siblings on the swim team are Haley Anderson and Alyssa Anderson.
On the first day of competition on July 20, American Haley Anderson won the first gold of the competition in the men's 5 km race with a time of 53 : 30.4.
In 2012, Salo coached Jessica Hardy, Rebecca Soni, Ricky Berens, Eric Shanteau, and Haley Anderson to the USA Olympic Team, along with Katinka Hossz?to the Hungarian Team and Oussama Mellouli to the Tunisia Team.
Leading most of the stretch in a grueling race, she held off a late resistant surge from American teen Haley Anderson on the last 50 metres to slam the timing touch pads and claim her first Olympic gold medal in 1 : 57 : 38.2.
In the men's and women's 25 km race, both held on July 23, USA Swimming recommended its athletes not compete due to " extreme temperature conditions . " USA swimming said the water temperature exceeded its recommended limit and as a result, Alex Meyer and Haley Anderson withdrew from the race.
Allison Schmitt, Amanda Beard, Amanda Weir, Christine Jennings, Christine Magnuson, Dana Vollmer, Elizabeth Beisel, Elizabeth Pelton, Emily Brunemann, Eva Fabian, Haley Anderson, Jessica Hardy, Kara Lynn Joyce, Kate Ziegler, Kathleen Hersey, Katie Hoff, Katy Freeman, Madison Kennedy, Mary Mohler, Missy Franklin, Micah Lawrence, Morgan Scroggy, Natalie Coughlin, Rachel Bootsma, Rebecca Soni and Teresa Crippen.