Two bronze medals highlight Georgia’s third day of NCAA swim and dive championships
Kira Doppel
Mar 29, 2025
The Georgia swim and dive team earned four spots on the podium, set two school records, earned All-American Citations and put up multiple best times on the third day of the men's NCAA swim and dive championships in Federal Way, Wash.
Redshirt senior Luca Urlando took home bronze in the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 43.49 which set a new school record. Urlando now holds the top seven times in this event in Georgia program history.
Josh Liendo of Florida took home gold and Ilya Kharun of Arizona State took home silver with times of 43.06 and 43.43 respectively. Liendo now holds the second fastest time in the event’s history. Caeleb Dressel still holds the record from 2018 with a time of 42.80.
Graduate Jake Magahey maintained his spot as the third-ranked performer in Georgia school history with a fourth place finish in the 400 yard individual medley. He secured first team All-American honors for the 14th time. Magahey set a new personal best with a time of 3:37.43.
Freshman Drew Hitchcock was disqualified in the 400 yard individual medley, however he finished 11th in prelims with a personal best and sixth all-time program history time of 3:39.55.
Junior Ruard van Renen also took home bronze in the 100 yard backstroke with a personal-best and second-fastest program time of 43.85. This earned him his second consecutive first team All-American honors.
The 400 yard medley relay set a new school record, clearing the previous record by over three seconds. van Renen, redshirt sophomore Kristian Pitshugin, Urlando, and senior Reese Branzell earned first team All-American honors with a sixth place finish.
In the 200 yard freestyle, sophomore Tomas Koski earned his third first-team All-American nod of the week with a sixth place tie of 1:31.36.
In diving, sophomore Matthew Bray and junior Renato Calderaro finished 26th and 46th respectively.
Georgia is currently ranked in fifth place with 177.5 points. Texas, California and Indiana lead the podium respectively.
Eyes turn now to Georgia’s final swimmers to put up some needed points if they want to surpass currently ranked fourth place Florida.
The 2025 men's NCAA Division I championships conclude on Saturday with the 1,650 yard freestyle, 200 yard backstroke, 100 yard freestyle, 200 yard breaststroke, 200 yard butterfly, platform diving, and the 400 yard freestyle relay.
Prelims begin at 1 p.m. EST followed by finals at 9 p.m. at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.
