{"id":576563,"date":"2024-01-26T22:07:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T05:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=576563"},"modified":"2024-01-26T22:07:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T05:07:27","slug":"georgia-tech-men-south-carolina-women-victorious-in-atlanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/georgia-tech-men-south-carolina-women-victorious-in-atlanta\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Tech Men, South Carolina Women Victorious in Atlanta"},"content":{"rendered":"

Georgia Tech Men, South Carolina Women Victorious in Atlanta<\/strong><\/p>\n

The final dual meet of the season for the University of South Carolina saw the Gamecocks make the three-and-a-half hour drive west on I-20 to Atlanta to swim against Georgia Tech. The South Carolina women won on the road by a margin of 169-131 while the Yellow Jacket men held serve with a 187-113 win.<\/p>\n

The Georgia Tech men were led by\u00a0Mert Kilavuz<\/strong>, who swam an elite performance in the 1650 freestyle. Kilavuz won the race by more than 27 seconds as he recorded a time of 14:44.15, his season-best mark by six seconds. He moved into sixth place in the national rankings in the event, behind only Arizona State’s\u00a0Zalan Sarkany<\/strong>, USC’s\u00a0Krzysztof Chmielewski<\/strong>, Florida’s\u00a0Gio Linscheer<\/strong> and the NC State duo of\u00a0Owen Lloyd\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Ross Dant<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Kilavuz also earned the win in the 500 free (4:25.58) while teammate <\/span>Leandro Odorici\u00a0<\/span><\/b>took first in the 50 free (18.82) and 100 free (43.62). Berke Saka<\/strong> clocked 1:43.53 as he led a Yellow Jackets 1-2-3 finish in the 200 backstroke, and he later won the 200 IM in a swift time of 1:43.03. Georgia Tech’s Batur Unlu<\/strong> led another sweep in the 200 free, with Unlu clocking 1:34.26, and Joao Caballero<\/strong> topped the 100 breaststroke in 54.19.\u00a0Stephen Jones<\/strong> took first in the 100 butterfly (47.10), and d<\/span>iving wins went to Georgia Tech’s\u00a0Max Fowler<\/strong> on 1-meter (407.25) and 3-meter (414.90).<\/p>\n

The Georgia Tech team of Saka,\u00a0Caballero,\u00a0Leandro Odorici<\/strong> and\u00a0David Gapinski<\/strong> claimed the win in the 200 medley relay (1:25.47) while the 400 free relay belonged to the Yellow Jackets by more than three seconds, with Unlu,\u00a0Ricky Balduccini<\/strong>, Gapinski and Odorici finishing in 2:54.10.<\/p>\n

Michael Laitarovsky<\/strong> was victorious for South Carolina in the 100 back (46.38), with Luke DeVore<\/strong> following with a win in the 200 fly (1:46.44).\u00a0Linus Kahl<\/strong> scored the top spot in the 200 breast (1:57.62).<\/p>\n