Luca Urlando Named SEC Males’s Swimmer of the Week After Speedy Weekend Efforts
The Southeastern Convention (SEC) introduced its weekly aquatic awards on Tuesday, with the College of Georgia’s Luca Urlando claiming males’s swimmer of the week honors. The reigning world champion within the 200-meter butterfly loved a powerful exhibiting because the Bulldogs completed in second place to North Carolina State on the Twin Meet Event.
Listed here are the weekly SEC award winners:
Males’s Swimmer of the Week: Luca Urlando, Georgia
Georgia’s Luca Urlando, a graduate scholar from Sacramento, Calif., helped lead his group to a runner-up end at The Twin Meet Event with three particular person wins and as a member of 5 victorious relays. Within the butterfly occasions, Urlando posted the second-fastest instances within the nation in each the 100 fly (44.94) and the 200 fly (1:38.47). He additionally received the 100 free with an NCAA reduce time of 42.17, the fourth quickest time within the nation this season and the Tenth-fastest time in program historical past. Within the 400 medley relay, Urlando’s 44.11 butterfly break up helped the Bulldogs notch the nation’s prime time, whereas his leadoff legs helped the 200 free and 200 medley relays submit the second-fastest instances nationally.
Males’s Diver of the Week: Carson Paul, LSU
LSU’s Carson Paul, a junior from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, received all three occasions with a trio of NCAA diving normal scores to assist the Tigers to a first-place end towards Denver, Wyoming and host Air Power. Paul recorded the highest rating of 330.80 on the 1-meter springboard, 408.20 on the 3-meter springboard and 343.70 on platform.
Males’s Co-Freshmen of the Week: Maston Ballew, Auburn and Sean Inexperienced, Georgia
Auburn’s Maston Ballew, a freshman from Nashville, Tenn., positioned within the prime 4 in six particular person occasions because the Tigers took third place at The Twin Meet Event. Ballew touched the wall first within the 200 breaststroke at 1:54.98, the Tenth quickest time within the nation this season and the ninth-best time in program historical past. He was additionally second within the 200 IM with a personal-best time of 1:46.68, good for twenty first place nationally.
Georgia’s Sean Inexperienced, a freshman from Rockaway Seaside, N.Y., earned three podium finishes because the No. 9 Bulldogs posted a runner-up end at The Twin Meet Event. Within the 500 free, Inexperienced earned his first collegiate twin meet victory towards George Washington earlier than bettering in his subsequent two races, incomes an NCAA reduce of 4:17.24 towards NC State, the Eleventh-fastest time nationally. He additionally positioned third within the 200 backstroke (1:46.13) and posted a top-50 nationwide time within the 200 fly (1:47.01).
Girls’s Swimmer of the Week: Elizaveta Klevanovich, Auburn
Auburn’s Elizaveta Klevanovich, a graduate scholar from Tyumen, Russia, received 4 particular person occasions and was part of 5 first-place relay squads because the Tigers completed third at The Twin Meet Event. Klevanovich took first place within the 50 free three totally different instances, and her leadoff break up within the 200 free relay of 21.88 marked the fourth quickest time within the nation and sixth greatest in program historical past. She additionally swam the seventeenth greatest time nationally to win the 100 free with a time of 48.39.
Girls’s Diver of the Week: Emily Hallifax, Auburn
Auburn’s Emily Hallifax, a sophomore from Good, France, claimed 5 podium finishes within the springboard occasions at The Twin Meet Event. Within the three-dive format, Hallifax completed first on the 1-meter vs. Florida State (154.20) and second vs. Minnesota (141.20) and Georgia (129.05). On the 3-meter, she got here in first vs. Georgia (154.20), second vs. Florida State (153.30) and fourth vs. Minnesota (123.90).
Girls’s Freshman of the Week: Kennedi Dobson, Georgia
Georgia’s Kennedi Dobson, a freshman from Levittown, Pa., aided the Bulldogs to their runner-up end at The Twin Meet Event. Highlighting her 4 particular person wins, Dobson recorded a national-best 4:33.61 within the 500 free towards NC State, which was the seventh quickest time in program historical past and made her the No. 5 Bulldog performer all-time. She additionally positioned first within the 200 backstroke with an NCAA reduce time of 1:53.92 and the 200 IM at 1:58.96, in addition to third within the 100 free (48.89). In relay motion, Dobson anchored each of Georgia’s second-place relays, together with the ninth-fastest 400 free relay within the nation (3:15.63/48.22).
