UGA vs UNCW
- Athens, GA
- January 18, 2025
- SCY (25 Yards)
- Full Meet Outcomes
- Group Scores:
- Ladies’s Group Scores: #11 Georgia 177 — UNCW 114
- Males’s Group Scores: #7 Georgia 224 — UNCW 71
Georgia hosted UNCW on Saturday, and each Bulldog groups got here out on high. This was their first time racing in 2025, after their meet with LSU was canceled as a consequence of climate.
Ladies’s Recap
The Georgia girls received all however two of the occasions, beginning off with a win within the 200 medley relay. Eboni McCarty (24.80), Charlotte Headland (28.40), Katie Belle Sikes (23.22), and Helena Jones (22.25) went 1:38.67 within the occasion to beat the Georgia ‘B’ by simply over a second.
In addition they received the 400 freestyle relay with Ieva Maluka (48.91), Eboni McCarty (49.89), Helena Jones (49.45), Emma Norton (49.56) swimming 3:17.81, virtually eight seconds sooner than the 2nd place UNCW ‘A’ at 3:25.62.
Junior Ieva Maluka was considered one of two dual-event winners. She went 53.19 within the 100 again and 52.76 within the 100 fly to select up the wins, and likewise earn two extra NCAA ‘B’ cuts. These marked her fifth and sixth ‘B’ reduce instances respectively. She additionally picked up the time on her leadoff leg of the 400 freestyle relay, splitting 48.91 which makes seven. Her different ‘B’ cuts come within the 200 fly (1:55.09), 200 IM (1:56.02), 200 again (1:55.12), and 200 free (1:44.12)
Freshman Marie Landreneau additionally received two particular person occasions, going 49.70 within the 100 free and a couple of:01.15 within the 200 IM. Neither occasion marked season finest instances for her.
Lots of the UGA occasion winners swam their 2nd occasion as exhibition, however a couple of picked up a primary and 2nd place end. Freshman Katie Belle Sikes received the 50 freestyle in 22.39, and she or he completed 2nd within the 100 backstroke at 53.19, behind Maluka. Rachel Stege, a senior, received the five hundred freestyle in 4:45.03, and completed 2nd within the 200 free at 1:47.72 to teammate Abby McCulloh’s time of 1:47.12
Shea Furse (1000 free- 9:55.70), Dune Coetzee (200 fly- 1:59.31), and Sami Rydzewski (200 back- 1:58.23) snagged UGA’s different occasion wins. Coetzee was the one one of many three to enhance on her season finest time, dropping from the two:03.67 she went in opposition to Florida to mark her first time underneath 2:00 this season.
UGA additionally received each diving occasions. Ivy Buckley took the 3-Meter along with her rating of 277.95, and Michelle Cummo received the 1-Meter, scoring 273.38
UNCW received two of the person occasions, placing a cease to UGA’s excellent day, and each of them went to junior Gil Shaw.
Shaw swept the breaststroke occasions, swimming 1:02.09 within the 100 to take the win by eleven one-hundredths. Within the 200, Shaw went 2:14.47, coming in 4 tenths forward of the 2nd quickest swimmer.
Males’s Recap:
The lads received each occasion in opposition to UNCW, going an ideal 16 for 16.
They began with the victory within the 200 medley relay, swimming 1:24.74 with Ruard Van Renen (21.71), Elliot Woodburn, Luca Urlando, Tane Bidois. The splits for everybody besides Van Renen are unavailable.
The 400 freestyle relay workforce of Luca Urlando (41.92), Tane Bidois (43.71), Ruard Van Renen (43.21), Reese Branzell (42.78) swam 2:51.62, beating the UNCW ‘A’ relay time of two:57.44 by virtually 6 seconds.
Just like the ladies, a lot of the males received only one particular person occasion. The one exception to that rule was graduate scholar Wesley Ng. Ng received the 100 again (46.35) and the 100 fly (46.47) as the one two-event winner for the UGA males. He has been sooner in each occasions this season.
There have been a couple of males who picked up a 1st and a 2nd place end. Whereas they swam the 1000 for the ladies, the lads swam the mile, and the occasion went to Tommy-Lee Camblong. Camblong swam 15:15.30 for the win and to select up the NCAA ‘B’ reduce for his first time swimming the occasion this season. He additionally positioned 2nd within the 500, simply six tenths behind teammate Sam Powe’s 4:23.03.
On high of Powe’s win within the 500 free, he additionally picked up a 2nd place end within the 100 backstroke, swimming 46.35 to complete behind Ng.
Three different males completed 1st and 2nd. Drew Hitchcock received the 200 fly in 1:44.05 and completed 2nd within the 200 IM. Reese Branzell received the 50 at 19.84 and completed 2nd within the 100, and Ruard Van Renen took the win within the 200 again and got here in 2nd within the 200 free.
Graduate college students Luca Urlando and Jake Magahey acquired their very own probabilities to shine, each going new private finest instances in occasions that they had not swam but this season. Urlando received the 200 freestyle in 1:32.05, dropping from the 1:33.33 he went again in November of 2020. He additionally swam the 200 breaststroke for under the 2nd time in his faculty profession, going one other new private better of 1:59.95 to put fifth.
Magahey took the win within the 200 IM, swimming a private finest 1:42.99 for his first time competing the occasion within the NCAA. This was a drop from the 1:50.35 he went as a junior in highschool again in March of 2019. He additionally swam the 100 again, inserting fifth in 47.46, and the 100 fly, swimming 46.94 as an exhibition swimmer. Each of which have been new private bests.
Kristian Pitshugin (100 breast- 53.08), Tomas Koski (100 free- 42.59), and Jackson Bates (200 breast- 1:59.02) rounded out the swimming occasions for Georgia.
In addition they took each diving occasions. Renato Caldero received the 3-Meter in 372.00, and Rhett Hopkins scored 351.83 to take the 1-Meter.
The UNCW males didn’t win any occasions, however they earned a couple of high three finishes. Dave Fitch earned the very best end of the day, coming 2nd within the 100 fly in 48.49. Silas Crosby went 15:49.18 to complete third within the 1000. Jack VanHowe positioned third within the 100 again at 47.05 and third within the 200 again, swimming 1:45.19. Joseph Busic went 1:48.05 within the 200 fly for third. Aidan Duffy completed third within the 500, stopping the clock at 4:32.33. Lastly, Nathan Jao positioned third within the 200 IM, coming in at 1:50.58.
Georgia is again in motion January twenty fifth at Tennessee, and UNCW is touring to NC State to compete on the thirty first.
