Georgia swim and dive teams sweep Emory on senior day
Kira Doppel
Feb 2, 2025
On Saturday Feb. 1, 2025 the No. 7/11 Georgia men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams swept the Emory Eagles at Bauerle Pool at Gabrielsen Natatorium in their last regular season home dual meet of the season. The men’s and women’s teams defeated the Eagles 198 - 80 and 191 - 102 respectively.
Prior to the meet, 30 Bulldog seniors were honored during senior day for their academic and athletic achievement.
A week after being named SEC men’s swimmer of the week and setting a new American record in the 200-yard butterfly, Luca Urlando continued to make history.
Urlando set a new pool record in the 200-yard backstroke with a personal-best A-cut time of 1:38.18. He was first to the wall in his first 50-yard freestyle in his career as well as in the 200-yard IM.
Urlando, along with teammates Kristian Pitshugin, Wesley Ng and Reese Branzell, placed first in the 200-yard medley relay with an A-cut of 1:23.55.
Senior Duné Coetzee recorded another top senior day finish by taking first in the 500y freestyle with a season-best B-cut of 4:39.89.
Senior diver Rhett Hopkins added platform to his program, which helped earn him a personal-best of 315.90 and a Zone cut.
Junior Olivia Della Torre swept both women’s butterfly events, winning the 100 and 200-yard events with times of 53.53 and 2:00.48 respectively.
Georgia swept the women’s freestyle events. Sophomore Helena Jones won both the 100 and 200 yard freestyle and Katie Belle Sikes won the 50 yard freestyle.
In diving to qualify for Zones, junior Renato Calderaro won the 3-meter with a season-best score of 408.90. Michelle Cummo won on 3-meter with a Zone cut of 299.10. Ivy Buckley, freshman, came first on the 1-meter with a personal best of 288.45 and second on the 3-meter.
The Bulldogs enter the postseason, turning their focus to the First Chance Invitational next weekend in Auburn, Alabama.
