{"id":608666,"date":"2025-03-28T10:19:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T17:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=608666"},"modified":"2025-03-28T12:10:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T19:10:03","slug":"ncaa-mens-championships-day-3-prelims-in-battle-of-3-champs-josh-liendo-leads-100-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-mens-championships-day-3-prelims-in-battle-of-3-champs-josh-liendo-leads-100-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Men&#8217;s Championships, Day 3 Prelims: In Battle of 3 Champs, Josh Liendo Leads 100 Fly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NCAA Men&#8217;s Championships, Day 3 Prelims: In Battle of 3 Champs, Josh Liendo Leads 100 Fly<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 100 butterfly at the NCAA Men\u2019s Championships Friday presents a rarity: Three NCAA champions, swimming against each other, each looking for a second crown.<\/p>\n<p>The A final Friday night will bring together each of the last three champions, with reigning champ <strong>Josh Liendo<\/strong> first with a time of 43.49. <strong>Youssef Ramadan,<\/strong> the 2023 champ, and 2022 winner <strong>Andrei Minakov<\/strong> are both in the A final.<\/p>\n<p>All the action from Day 3 prelims at Weyerhauser King County Aquatic Center.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2025-ncaa-division-i-mens-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCAA Division I Men\u2019s Championships Meet Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/swimmeetresults.tech\/NCAA-Division-I-Men-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-mens-division-i-championships-day-2-prelims-rex-maurer-leads-deep-500-free-field\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 2 Prelims Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Team scores at the conclusion of Thursday night&#8217;s finals session. Friday&#8217;s evening session includes the 3-meter diving finals and the 400 medley relay:<\/p>\n<pre>Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 7                       \r\n  1. Texas                             190   2. California                      159.5\r\n  3. Indiana                           146   4. Tennessee                         114\r\n  5. Arizona St                        111   6. Florida                           101\r\n  7. Georgia                            92   8. NC State                           90\r\n  9. Stanford                           81  10. Michigan                           43\r\n 10. Alabama                            43  12. Texas A&amp;M                        39.5\r\n 13. Ohio St                            38  14. Florida St                         34\r\n 15. Southern Cal                       32  16. Virginia Tech                      29\r\n 17. Louisville                         24  18. Georgia Tech                       19\r\n 18. Purdue                             19  20. Lsu                                18\r\n 21. UNC                                16  22. University of Utah                 15\r\n 23. Auburn                             14  23. Wisconsin                          14\r\n 25. Smu                                12  26. Miami (Fl)                         11\r\n 27. Yale                                9  28. Virginia                            8\r\n 29. Kentucky                            6  29. Missouri                            6\r\n 31. Army                                4  32. Arizona                             1<\/pre>\n<h4>100 butterfly<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Josh Liendo<\/strong> enters as the top seed and the reigning champion. He defended that in the morning by going 43.49, outracing <strong>Dare Rose<\/strong> in the sixth heat of six to set the top time.<\/p>\n<p>Rose is second in 43.74, followed by Olympian <strong>Ilya Kharun\u2019s<\/strong> 43.81. They\u2019re joined in the A final by another Olympian in <strong>Luca Urlando<\/strong> in fifth. Minakov was fifth in 44.05, Ramadan sixth in 44.44. Michigan\u2019s <strong>Tyler Ray<\/strong> and <strong>Scotty Buff<\/strong> of Florida round out the top eight.<\/p>\n<p>Lindo won this event last year, with <strong>Tomer Frankel<\/strong> second. The Indiana fifth-year is in the B final in 11th. Bronze medalist <strong>Luke Miller<\/strong> of NC State landed 15th.<\/p>\n<p>Urlando didn\u2019t swim in college last year with an Olympic redshirt. Ramadan was fourth, Minakov 20th.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 8  Men 100 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 42.80  3\/23\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n         Meet: M 42.80  3\/23\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n     American: A 42.80  3\/23\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n   U. S. Open: O 42.80  3\/23\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Liendo, Josh           JR Florida             43.23      43.49  \r\n     r:+0.64  9.23        20.63 (11.40)\r\n          32.05 (11.42)       43.49 (11.44)\r\n  2 Rose, Dare             5Y California          44.52      43.74  \r\n     r:+0.64  9.16        20.20 (11.04)\r\n          31.73 (11.53)       43.74 (12.01)\r\n  3 Kharun, Ilya           SO ASU                 43.85      43.81  \r\n     r:+0.64  9.36        20.49 (11.13)\r\n          31.85 (11.36)       43.81 (11.96)\r\n  4 Ray, Tyler             JR Michigan            44.28      44.00  \r\n     r:+0.63  9.36        20.60 (11.24)\r\n          32.28 (11.68)       44.00 (11.72)\r\n  5 Urlando, Gianluca      5Y Georgia             43.62      44.01  \r\n     r:+0.65  9.50        20.47 (10.97)\r\n          32.13 (11.66)       44.01 (11.88)\r\n  6 Minakov, Andrei        SR Stanford            44.27      44.05  \r\n     r:+0.65  9.41        20.56 (11.15)\r\n          32.11 (11.55)       44.05 (11.94)\r\n  7 Ramadan, Youssef       5Y VT                  44.67      44.44  \r\n     r:+0.58  9.34        20.54 (11.20)\r\n          32.47 (11.93)       44.44 (11.97)\r\n  8 Buff, Scott            SO Florida             44.28      44.52  \r\n     r:+0.60  9.50        20.69 (11.19)\r\n          32.35 (11.66)       44.52 (12.17)\r\n -----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n  9 Finch, Nicholas        FR Yale                44.57      44.58  \r\n     r:+0.62  9.46        20.79 (11.33)\r\n          32.43 (11.64)       44.58 (12.15)\r\n 10 Brooks, Finn           SR Indiana             44.59      44.62  \r\n     r:+0.63  9.17        20.40 (11.23)\r\n          32.36 (11.96)       44.62 (12.26)\r\n 11 Frankel, Tomer         5Y Indiana             44.74      44.65  \r\n     r:+0.59  9.42        20.94 (11.52)\r\n          32.33 (11.39)       44.65 (12.32)\r\n 12 Arkhangelskiy, Michel  FR FSU                 44.36      44.66  \r\n     r:+0.66  9.06        20.39 (11.33)\r\n          32.19 (11.80)       44.66 (12.47)\r\n 13 Caribe, Guilherme      JR Tennessee           44.76      44.71  \r\n     r:+0.58  9.23        20.43 (11.20)\r\n          32.50 (12.07)       44.71 (12.21)\r\n 14 Foy, Patrick           FR UNC                 44.91      44.85  \r\n     r:+0.68  9.30        20.65 (11.35)\r\n          32.62 (11.97)       44.85 (12.23)\r\n 15 Miller, Luke           5Y NC State            44.86      44.88  \r\n     r:+0.60  9.36        20.75 (11.39)\r\n          32.53 (11.78)       44.88 (12.35)\r\n 16 Samuels, Braden        SR Purdue              45.10      44.94  \r\n     r:+0.62  9.38        20.70 (11.32)\r\n          32.61 (11.91)       44.94 (12.33)<\/pre>\n<h4>400 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p>Fresh off his first NCAA title in the 500 free, <strong>Rex Maurer<\/strong> baked up his top seed time by going 3:17.17, the quickest time in prelims. He entered with a nation\u2019s best 3:34.19 in season.<\/p>\n<p>Cal\u2019s <strong>Lucas Henveaux<\/strong> was second in 3:37.24, and Ohio State\u2019s <strong>Tristan Jankovics<\/strong> was third in 3:37.30. The Canadian international entered as the second seed. Henveaux was 29th, though for the Belgian international and his Cal cohort, that rarely matters come NCAAs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dominik Mark Torok<\/strong> made a big jump into the A final for Wisconsin, dropping nearly three seconds to 3:37.88 to go from 16th seed to fourth. <strong>Jake Magahey<\/strong> is in his 10th career individual A final in fifth. Texas pushed two into the A final, with <strong>Cooper Lucas<\/strong> sixth and <strong>David Johnston<\/strong> eighth. Reigning bronze medalist <strong>Baylor Nelson<\/strong> also reached the A final again in seventh. A pair of A finalists from last year, Florida\u2019s <strong>Mason Laur<\/strong> and <strong>Gio Linscheer,<\/strong> missed out in ninth and 10th, respectively.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 9  Men 400 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 3:28.82  3\/24\/2023 Leon Marchand, ASU\r\n         Meet: M 3:28.82  3\/24\/2023 Leon Marchand, ASU\r\n     American: A 3:33.42  3\/24\/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia\r\n   U. S. Open: O 3:28.82  3\/24\/2023 Leon Marchand, ASU\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Maurer, Rex            SO Texas             3:34.19    3:37.17  \r\n    r:+0.75  22.81        49.23 (26.42)\r\n        1:16.84 (27.61)     1:43.70 (26.86)\r\n        2:14.98 (31.28)     2:46.41 (31.43)\r\n        3:12.20 (25.79)     3:37.17 (24.97)\r\n  2 Henveaux, Lucas        5Y California        3:42.05    3:37.24  \r\n    r:+0.66  23.14        49.66 (26.52)\r\n        1:18.20 (28.54)     1:45.78 (27.58)\r\n        2:15.93 (30.15)     2:46.90 (30.97)\r\n        3:12.56 (25.66)     3:37.24 (24.68)\r\n  3 Jankovics, Tristan     JR OSU               3:35.51    3:37.30  \r\n    r:+0.66  23.13        49.31 (26.18)\r\n        1:17.16 (27.85)     1:44.16 (27.00)\r\n        2:14.61 (30.45)     2:45.81 (31.20)\r\n        3:12.08 (26.27)     3:37.30 (25.22)\r\n  4 Mark Torok, Dominik    JR Wisconsin         3:40.59    3:37.88  \r\n    r:+0.66  23.20        49.87 (26.67)\r\n        1:18.43 (28.56)     1:46.01 (27.58)\r\n        2:16.77 (30.76)     2:47.78 (31.01)\r\n        3:13.52 (25.74)     3:37.88 (24.36)\r\n  5 Magahey, Jake          5Y Georgia           3:37.89    3:37.95  \r\n    r:+0.69  23.01        49.46 (26.45)\r\n        1:17.56 (28.10)     1:44.82 (27.26)\r\n        2:16.03 (31.21)     2:47.95 (31.92)\r\n        3:13.49 (25.54)     3:37.95 (24.46)\r\n  6 Lucas, Cooper          FR Texas             3:39.02    3:38.21  \r\n    r:+0.67  23.30        49.69 (26.39)\r\n        1:18.13 (28.44)     1:45.73 (27.60)\r\n        2:16.54 (30.81)     2:47.79 (31.25)\r\n        3:13.44 (25.65)     3:38.21 (24.77)\r\n  7 Nelson, Baylor         JR TAMU              3:37.47    3:38.42  \r\n    r:+0.64  23.04        49.44 (26.40)\r\n        1:17.39 (27.95)     1:44.65 (27.26)\r\n        2:15.43 (30.78)     2:46.64 (31.21)\r\n        3:12.85 (26.21)     3:38.42 (25.57)\r\n  8 Johnston, David        SR Texas             3:39.07    3:38.56  \r\n    r:+0.70  23.35        49.96 (26.61)\r\n        1:18.03 (28.07)     1:45.41 (27.38)\r\n        2:16.35 (30.94)     2:47.67 (31.32)\r\n        3:13.69 (26.02)     3:38.56 (24.87)\r\n -----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n  9 Laur, Mason            SR Florida           3:39.32    3:39.13  \r\n    r:+0.65  23.34        49.71 (26.37)\r\n        1:17.85 (28.14)     1:45.23 (27.38)\r\n        2:16.21 (30.98)     2:47.46 (31.25)\r\n        3:13.31 (25.85)     3:39.13 (25.82)\r\n 10 Linscheer, Gio         JR Florida           3:38.46    3:39.54  \r\n    r:+0.71  23.58        50.19 (26.61)\r\n        1:18.53 (28.34)     1:46.17 (27.64)\r\n        2:17.03 (30.86)     2:48.25 (31.22)\r\n        3:14.33 (26.08)     3:39.54 (25.21)\r\n 11 Hitchcock, Stephen     FR Georgia           3:39.98    3:39.55  \r\n    r:+0.67  23.48        50.36 (26.88)\r\n        1:18.15 (27.79)     1:45.28 (27.13)\r\n        2:16.71 (31.43)     2:48.22 (31.51)\r\n        3:14.37 (26.15)     3:39.55 (25.18)\r\n 12 Bried, Tommy           JR Louisville        3:39.28    3:39.66  \r\n    r:+0.68  23.67        50.25 (26.58)\r\n        1:19.26 (29.01)     1:46.99 (27.73)\r\n        2:17.08 (30.09)     2:47.34 (30.26)\r\n        3:14.03 (26.69)     3:39.66 (25.63)\r\n 13 Kopp, Tyler            5Y California        3:40.97    3:39.85  \r\n    r:+0.61  24.06        50.36 (26.30)\r\n        1:17.90 (27.54)     1:44.45 (26.55)\r\n        2:16.16 (31.71)     2:47.93 (31.77)\r\n        3:14.55 (26.62)     3:39.85 (25.30)\r\n 14 Ponsler, Kyle          JR NC State          3:40.05    3:40.30  \r\n    r:+0.69  23.40        49.75 (26.35)\r\n        1:17.25 (27.50)     1:44.42 (27.17)\r\n        2:15.46 (31.04)     2:47.49 (32.03)\r\n        3:14.32 (26.83)     3:40.30 (25.98)\r\n 15 Najera, Humberto       SO California        3:41.25    3:40.34  \r\n    r:+0.66  23.61        50.37 (26.76)\r\n        1:18.11 (27.74)     1:45.03 (26.92)\r\n        2:16.82 (31.79)     2:48.47 (31.65)\r\n        3:14.81 (26.34)     3:40.34 (25.53)\r\n 16 Dramm, Louis           JR UNC               3:42.42    3:40.38  \r\n    r:+0.68  23.55        50.82 (27.27)\r\n        1:20.29 (29.47)     1:48.48 (28.19)\r\n        2:18.91 (30.43)     2:49.34 (30.43)\r\n        3:15.42 (26.08)     3:40.38 (24.96)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 200 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p>There is a crowd of 1:30s in the 200 freestyle, and as long as <strong>Luke Hobson<\/strong> is there, that won\u2019t be enough to win. But it will provide an intriguing race nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>Hobson, the reigning champion and NCAA record-holder, led the way in prelims at 1:29.60 Friday. He had been the top seed in 1:29.34 and won this race in 1:28.81 last year.<\/p>\n<p>Behind him are the 1:30s. <strong>Jack Alexy,<\/strong> seeded 38th, lowered his time to 1:30.07, a cut of nearly three seconds. He had been 1:30.02 off the front of Cal\u2019s winning 800 free relay on Wednesday and was the runner-up in this race last year. Third was <strong>Gabriel Jett,<\/strong> who was seeded 24th, in 1:30.17. Jett was the runner-up to Hobson in 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Charlie Hawke<\/strong> is in another A final, the Alabama senior going 1:30.24. He was fourth at NCAAs last year. He\u2019s one of six holdover A finalists: Hobson, Alexy, Jett, Hawke, <strong>Chris Guliiano<\/strong> and Jordan Crooks. Crooks was fifth Friday in 1:30.38, having finished sixth in this event last year. Guiliano, third last year, was sixth in the morning in 1:30.62. <strong>Henry McFadden,<\/strong> the sixth of the 1:30s, was seventh, with <strong>Tomas Koski<\/strong> eighth.<\/p>\n<p>In the team race, <strong>Robin Hanson<\/strong> dropped from the 17th seed to ninth for the B final. Texas missed out on the B final altogether, <strong>Camden Taylor<\/strong> 23rd and <strong>Coby Carrozza<\/strong> 25th.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 10  Men 200 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 1:28.81  3\/29\/2024 Luke Hobson, Texas\r\n         Meet: M 1:28.81  3\/29\/2024 Luke Hobson, Texas\r\n     American: A 1:28.81  3\/29\/2024 Luke Hobson, Texas\r\n   U. S. Open: O 1:28.81  3\/29\/2024 Luke Hobson, Texas\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Hobson, Luke           SR Texas             1:29.34    1:29.60  \r\n    r:+0.73  21.04        43.57 (22.53)\r\n        1:06.29 (22.72)     1:29.60 (23.31)\r\n  2 Alexy, Jack            SR California        1:32.98    1:30.07  \r\n    r:+0.70  20.54        43.26 (22.72)\r\n        1:06.16 (22.90)     1:30.07 (23.91)\r\n  3 Jett, Gabriel          SR California        1:32.13    1:30.17  \r\n    r:+0.70  21.16        43.56 (22.40)\r\n        1:06.71 (23.15)     1:30.17 (23.46)\r\n  4 Hawke, Charlie         SR Alabama           1:30.44    1:30.24  \r\n    r:+0.69  21.17        43.89 (22.72)\r\n        1:06.93 (23.04)     1:30.24 (23.31)\r\n  5 Crooks, Jordan         SR Tennessee         1:30.00    1:30.38  \r\n    r:+0.62  20.44        43.07 (22.63)\r\n        1:06.38 (23.31)     1:30.38 (24.00)\r\n  6 Guiliano, Chris        SR Texas             1:30.31    1:30.62  \r\n    r:+0.62  20.76        43.41 (22.65)\r\n        1:06.86 (23.45)     1:30.62 (23.76)\r\n  7 McFadden, Henry        SO Stanford          1:31.30    1:30.83  \r\n    r:+0.69  21.26        44.18 (22.92)\r\n        1:07.63 (23.45)     1:30.83 (23.20)\r\n  8 Koski, Tomas           SO Georgia           1:30.70    1:31.06  \r\n    r:+0.63  21.21        44.28 (23.07)\r\n        1:07.75 (23.47)     1:31.06 (23.31)\r\n -----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n  9 Hanson, Robin          SR California        1:31.87    1:31.27  \r\n    r:+0.63  21.21        44.09 (22.88)\r\n        1:07.38 (23.29)     1:31.27 (23.89)\r\n 10 Sammon, Patrick        SR ASU               1:31.57    1:31.45  \r\n    r:+0.63  20.89        43.83 (22.94)\r\n        1:07.59 (23.76)     1:31.45 (23.86)\r\n 11 Navikonis, Tomas       JR OSU               1:31.01    1:31.52  \r\n    r:+0.70  21.09        44.01 (22.92)\r\n        1:07.67 (23.66)     1:31.52 (23.85)\r\n 12 Painter, Alexander     FR Florida           1:31.13    1:31.60  \r\n    r:+0.59  21.30        44.47 (23.17)\r\n        1:07.88 (23.41)     1:31.60 (23.72)\r\n 13 Groumi, Gal            SR Michigan          1:31.57    1:31.65  \r\n    r:+0.58  21.42        44.68 (23.26)\r\n        1:08.03 (23.35)     1:31.65 (23.62)\r\n 14 Alves, Kaique          SR Alabama           1:31.78    1:31.76  \r\n    r:+0.65  21.54        44.65 (23.11)\r\n        1:08.31 (23.66)     1:31.76 (23.45)\r\n 15 Miroslaw, Rafael       SR Indiana           1:31.73    1:31.85  \r\n    r:+0.62  20.85        43.73 (22.88)\r\n        1:07.29 (23.56)     1:31.85 (24.56)\r\n 16 Dragoja, Toni          JR Alabama           1:32.19    1:31.88  \r\n    r:+0.61  21.77        45.48 (23.71)\r\n        1:08.77 (23.29)     1:31.88 (23.11)<\/pre>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 100 breaststroke<\/h4>\n<p>In a season with an unprecedented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-record-in-100-breast-solidifies-unique-julian-smith-in-select-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two sub-50-second times<\/a>, Friday brought a preponderance of 50-points if no 49 repeats. At least, not yet.<\/p>\n<p>The two members of the 49-second club, <strong>Finn Brooks<\/strong> and <strong>Julian Smith,<\/strong> led the way in prelims. Florida\u2019s Smith, the NCAA record holder, went 50.30 for the second seed. He was .02 behind Indiana\u2019s Brooks.<\/p>\n<p>Indiana stands to score big, with two in the A final \u2013 <strong>Caspar Corbeau<\/strong> was third \u2013 and four in the B final, though that is with <strong>Brian Benzing<\/strong> sliding from the sixth seed to 10th, about the same as Corbeau\u2019s jump from the 10th seed. Benzing won silver last year.<\/p>\n<p>Texas\u2019s <strong>Nate Germonprez<\/strong> was fourth to counter Cal\u2019s <strong>Yamato Okadome<\/strong> in the A final. <strong>Denis Petrashov,<\/strong> the reigning bronze medalist, was sixth, and <strong>Jack Kelly<\/strong> of Brown earns <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-mens-championships-incredible-swim-lands-jack-kelly-browns-first-all-america-since-1944\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a second straight All-American nod<\/a> in eighth in 50.64, .17 up on <strong>Luke Barr<\/strong> of Indiana.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 11  Men 100 Yard Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 49.51  2\/21\/2025 Julian Smith, Florida\r\n         Meet: M 49.53  3\/29\/2024 Liam Bell, California\r\n     American: A 49.51  2\/21\/2025 Julian Smith, Florida\r\n   U. S. 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Lasco was seeded 25th, despite having finished no worse than fifth each of the last three years, and Tomac was 23rd. <strong>Ruard van Renen<\/strong>, seventh last year, was fourth in prelims, while Indiana got Owen McDonald in the A final. Kos is backed by <strong>Will Modglin,<\/strong> the second seed, ekeing into the final in seventh, while Army freshman <strong>Johnny Crush<\/strong> is eighth in 44.52. Among those on the outside looking in are <strong>Youssef Ramadan,<\/strong> on the back end of a double, in 10th, while the event\u2019s fifth seed <strong>Michel Arkhangelskiy<\/strong> of Florida State is 14th.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 12  Men 100 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 43.35  3\/25\/2022 Luca Urlando, Georgia\r\n         Meet: M 43.35  3\/25\/2022 Luca Urlando, Georgia\r\n     American: A 43.35  3\/25\/2022 Luca Urlando, Georgia\r\n   U. S. 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