{"id":597856,"date":"2024-10-20T11:54:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T18:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=597856"},"modified":"2024-10-20T11:54:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T18:54:58","slug":"luca-urlando-continues-hot-start-in-georgia-sweep-of-florida-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/luca-urlando-continues-hot-start-in-georgia-sweep-of-florida-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Luca Urlando Continues Hot Start in Georgia Sweep of Florida State"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luca Urlando Continues Hot Start in Georgia Sweep of Florida State<\/strong><\/p>\n

Luca Urlando<\/strong> has continued his fine form to start the 2024-25 season, the Georgia swimmer dropping the third-best 200 fly time of his career in helping Georgia to a pair of wins over Florida State.<\/p>\n

Urlando improved on last week\u2019s A cut in the 200 fly with a 1:39.03. That\u2019s his third-best time in the 200-yard event, trailing only the 1:38.82 from NCAAs in 2022 and 1:39.00 from the SEC Championships that year. Urlando had gone 1:39.87 last week in the season-opening meet against South Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s his signature event in long course, Urlando having qualified for the U.S. Olympic team in the 200 fly last summer.<\/p>\n

Urlando also dropped a time of 1:39.39 in the 200-yard backstroke. That would\u2019ve been good for seventh place at NCAAs last year. Urlando added a third win in 1:43.39 in the 200-yard individual medley. He went 21.21 off the front of the Bulldogs\u2019 winning 200 medley relay, teaming with Elliott Woodburn, Ruard van Renen <\/strong>and Reese Branzell<\/strong> to go 1:25.20.<\/p>\n

Georgia coasted to a pair of wins in the cross-conference clash, the men winning 218-81 and the women\u2019s claiming a 183.5-116.5 decision.<\/p>\n