Georgia Closes Regular Season With Wins Against Emory
Georgia welcomed Division III powerhouse Emory to Athens Saturday for one final dual meet before championship season. The men’s team continued its run behind world champion Luca Urlando with a 191-112 win, while the women’s final score was Georgia 190, Emory 106.
Urlando swam the butterfly leg of the Bulldogs’ 200 medley relay, splitting 19.84 and teaming with Tane Bidois, Finn Wendland and Tomas Koski to win in 1:26.54. Not long after, Urlando won the 200 freestyle in 1:33.29, and he added a top result in the 200 backstroke. Urlando trailed teammate and backstroke specialist Ruard Van Renen by more than a second with 50 yards remaining, but he accelerated to win by eight hundredths, 1:40.40 to 1:40.48.
Bidois added an individual win in the 100 free (43.56) while Wendland topped the 200 breaststroke (1:59.02). Koski was the best in the field in the 500 free (4:17.93). The team of Urlando, Bidois, Koski and Kris Mihaylov dominated the 200 free relay in 1:19.13.
Georgia’s Finn Hammer was the winner of the 1650 free (15:07.39) while Sascha Macht took first in the 100 back (48.02). Mihaylov was the wire-to-wire winner of the 200 fly (1:46.40). Roman Valdez was the only swimmer under 20 in the 50 free (19.95). In the 100 fly, Cale Martter pulled away to win in 47.76. Diver Matthew Bray topped the field on 1-meter (349.80) and 3-meter (428.33), and Drew Hitchcock won the 400 IM (3:45.13).
Emory’s first win belonged to Henri Bonnault in the 100 breast (54.28), and Carson Kalish held on for a triumph in the 200 IM (1:48.83).
Freshman Kennedi Dobson continued to show her versatility with wins in the 100 back (52.57), 200 back (1:54.08). Marie Landreneau also pulled off multiple wins, topping the 100 breast (1:00.95) and 200 IM (1:59.69). Izzy Beu was dominant in the 200 fly (1:57.39) before scoring a come-from-behind triumph in the 100 fly (53.27). In diving, Michelle Cummo won 1-meter (272.78) and 3-meter (285.83).
Georgia’s women started out with a win in the 200 medley relay, featuring Ieva Maluka, Charlotte Headland, Hayden Hollingsworth and Katie Belle Sikes clocking 1:37.45. Sikes returned for the win in the 50 free (22.49) while Headland was first in the 200 breast (2:11.12). Maluka grabbed the win in the 500 free with a time of 4:44.00.
Kylie McMurray was the winner of the 1000 free (10:01.27) while Maeve Eckerman took the 200 free (1:48.31). Emma Norton won the 100 free in 49.59, and Elizabeth Tilt was the winner of a close race in the 400 IM (4:18.59). Sikes, Hollingsworth, Marin Clem and Norton combined for the top time in the 200 free relay (1:29.83).