{"id":635759,"date":"2026-01-23T18:54:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T01:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=635759"},"modified":"2026-01-23T18:54:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T01:54:20","slug":"luca-urlando-shines-as-georgia-men-beat-tennessee-lady-vols-sizzle-in-athens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/luca-urlando-shines-as-georgia-men-beat-tennessee-lady-vols-sizzle-in-athens\/","title":{"rendered":"Luca Urlando Shines as Georgia Men Beat Tennessee; Lady Vols Sizzle in Athens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luca Urlando Shines as Georgia Men Beat Tennessee; Lady Vols Sizzle in Athens<\/strong><\/p>\n

The SEC dual meet between Georgia and Tennessee was among the competitions rescheduled as a result of severe winter weather affecting much of the country this weekend. Led by star butterflyer Luca Urlando<\/strong>, the Bulldog men came out on top of a tight meet 155-142 while the Tennessee women swam well to earn a 187-110 final score.<\/p>\n

Urlando kicked off the meet for Georgia with a 20.89 backstroke split on his team’s 200 medley relay.\u00a0Elliot Woodburn<\/strong>,\u00a0Ruard Van Renen<\/strong> and\u00a0Tane Bidois<\/strong> finished out the relay in 1:23.62, holding off Tennessee by less than three tenths. Urlando then put up a time of 1:38.65 to win the 200 fly, just over two seconds off the American and NCAA records he set in November. Later, Urlando won the 100 fly in 44.40, and he led off the 400 free relay for Georgia in 41.71.<\/p>\n

Van Renen won a tight battle with Tennessee’s\u00a0Ulises Saravia<\/strong> in the 100 backstroke, 44.80 to 44.89. Georgia’s\u00a0Sean Green<\/strong> won the 1000 freestyle in 8:56.94\u00a0 before returning for a win in the 500 free (4:16.69) while Tomas Koski<\/strong> put forth a time of 1:32.05 to win the 200 free over Tennessee’s\u00a0Koby Bujak-Upton<\/strong> (1:32.36).\u00a0Hayden Meyers<\/strong> snuck under 1:40 in the 200 back, winning the event in 1:39.99, and\u00a0Drew Hitchcock<\/strong> was first in the 200 IM (1:44.54).<\/p>\n

For the Volunteer men,\u00a0Gui Caribe<\/strong> opened the day with a 18.21 anchor split on the 200 medley relay, nearly running down Georgia for the win. Caribe then clocked 18.93 for a dominant win in the 50 free, and he split 41.82 on Tennessee’s winning 400 free relay.\u00a0Pedro Sansome<\/strong>,\u00a0Nikoli Blackman<\/strong> and\u00a0Kamal Muhammad<\/strong> were part of the team that clocked 2:49.35.<\/p>\n

Gabe Nunziata<\/strong> continued his strong freshman campaign at Tennessee with wins in both breaststroke events, clocking 52.98 in the 100 and 1:55.11 in the 200.\u00a0Sansone took the win in the 100 free in 43.10, edging teammate Blackman (43.15). Bennett Greene<\/strong> took first in 1-meter diving (400.20) as well as 3-meter (402.23).<\/p>\n