Luca Urlando Swims #9 Fastest in NCAA Ever 100 Fly; 44.41

Anya Pelshaw
by Anya Pelshaw 6

February 17th, 2022 College, SEC

Georgia sophomore Luca Urlando swam the #9 fastest 100 butterfly in the NCAA history ever. Urlando swam to a final time of 44.41 to capture the win for the Bulldogs at the 2022 SEC Championships tonight.

That was a huge personal best for Urlando as his previous best time was a 44.97 which he swam at SEC’s last year. He now moves up from #32 to #10.

Urlando won the event in commanding fashion as Florida’s Eric Friese finished second in 44.86.

Top 10 NCAA 100 Fly All-Time

  1. Caeleb Dressel, 42.80
  2. Joe Schooling, 43.75
  3. Austin Staab, 44.18
  4. Ryan Hoffer, 44.24
  5. Nicholas Albiero, 44.32/ Youssef Ramadan, 44.32
  6. tie
  7. Jack Conger, 44.35
  8. Vini Lanza, 44.37
  9. Luca Urlando, 44.41

Urlando now sits just ahead of Camden Murphy who holds the #10 time now of 44.42. Murphy graduated from Georgia in 2021.

Tennesee’s Jordan Crooks also highlighted the 100 butterfly at SEC’s tonight as he swam to a third place finish in a time of 45.33 That time places him at #10 for freshman all-time in the event. The race was a huge best time for Crooks as his previous best prior to this morning was a 47.06 which he swam in a dual meet last month.

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Anonymoose
2 years ago

the cutie

yewwwww
2 years ago

ramadan just dropped a heat 44.08

Big Mac #1
Reply to  yewwwww
2 years ago

Number 4 all time?

Hmm
Reply to  yewwwww
2 years ago

Dont you know? The ACC isnt a top level swimming conference like the Pac 12 or SEC. Theres just not the same top end speed or team depth….

Oh wait… we saw the top 2 womens teams last year from the ACC and many ACC mens teams in the top 10 constantly.

Virtus
Reply to  Hmm
2 years ago

U talking to urself

sbimmy
2 years ago

Jason Dunford wrote this article

About Anya Pelshaw

Anya Pelshaw

Anya has been with SwimSwam since June 2021 as both a writer and social media coordinator. She was in attendance at the 2022 and 2023 Women's NCAA Championships writing and doing social media for SwimSwam. Currently, Anya is pursuing her B.A. in Economics and a minor in Government & Law at …

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