2021-22 Swimming & Diving Roster
Urlando, Luca
Luca Urlando
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Sacramento, Calif.
- High School:
- CK McClatchy
Bio
Record Book: Holds American, NCAA, U.S. Open, and SEC records in 200 butterfly...Holds American record in 100 backstroke...Holds Bauerle Pool record in 200 butterfly...Holds school records in 100 backstroke, 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, 200 IM, 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay, 800 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay, and 400 medley relay...No. 2 in 100 freestyle...No. 3 in 200 backstroke...No. 4 in 50 freestyle.
2024-25: Won NCAA championship in 200 butterfly with American, NCAA, U.S. Open, SEC, and school record time of 1:36.43…Earned First Team CSCAA All-America citations in 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, 800 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, along with Second Team citations in 200 IM and 400 freestyle relay…Finished first in 200 butterfly, third in 100 butterfly, and ninth in 200 IM at NCAA Championships…Member of third-place 800 freestyle relay, sixth-place 400 medley relay, eighth-place 200 medley relay, and 11th-place 800 freestyle relay…Set new school records at NCAAs in 200 butterfly, 100 butterfly, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, and 400 freestyle relay…Named to First Team All-SEC...Won SEC championship in 200 butterfly with pool record time of 1:37.18...Earned silver medal in 100 butterfly and bronze medal in 800 freestyle relay at SECs; also finished sixth in 200 IM and was member of fifth-place 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays...Set American, U.S. Open, SEC, and school record in 200 butterfly at Tennessee...Broke his own school record in 100 butterfly at Tennessee...Set new Bauerle Pool record in 200 backstroke against Emory...Posted A-cuts in 200 backstroke, 100 butterfly, and 200 butterfly...Posted B-cuts in 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle, 100 backstroke, and 200 IM...Earned 15 dual wins...Swept butterfly events at South Carolina with A-cut times and top-five times in program history...Named SEC Men's Swimmer of the Week on Oct. 15, Oct. 22, Jan. 28, and Feb. 4...Set new personal-best times in 200 freestyle, 50 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, and 200 breaststroke...Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll...Recipient of the Nedza Family Swimming Scholarship.
2023-24: Redshirted to prepare for Olympic Games.
2022-23: Posted B-cuts in 100 freestyle, 100 butterfly, and 200 butterfly...Earned six dual wins in four events...Season ended due to injury in November...Named to CSCAA Scholar All-America Second Team...Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll...Named to J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll...Serves as team representative on the UGA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
2021-22: Set American, NCAA, U.S. Open, SEC, and school record in 100 backstroke with leadoff time of 43.35 at NCAA Championships...Earned First Team CSCAA All-America citations in 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, 200 IM, and 800 freestyle relay, along with Second Team citations in 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay, and 400 medley relay...Finished second in 100 butterfly and 200 butterfly, and third in 200 IM at NCAA Championships...Member of second-place 800 freestyle relay at NCAAs, setting school and SEC record in top men's NCAA relay finish in program history...Also member of 11th-place 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relay and 12th-place 400 medley relay, setting school record in 100 freestyle leadoff...Named SEC Championships Swimmer of the Meet and winner of SEC Commissioner's Trophy...Named to First Team All-SEC...Won SEC Championships in 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, and 200 IM...Earned silver medal in 800 freestyle relay at SECs...Set school records in four events...Also finished fourth in 200 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay, and 400 medley relay...Posted A-cuts in 100 backstroke, 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, and 200 IM...Posted B-cuts in 100 and 200 freestyle...Finished second in 400 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay, third in 100 freestyle, and seventh in 100 backstroke at Georgia Tech Invitational...Earned 10 wins in dual season...Named SEC Men's Swimmer of the Week on Oct. 26 and Nov. 2...Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll...Named to J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll...Serves as team representative on the UGA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee...Named the recipient of the Nedza Family Swimming Scholarship.
2020-21: Earned First Team CSCAA All-America citations in 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, 200 freestyle relay, 800 freestyle relay, and 200 medley relay, along with Second Team citation in 400 medley relay...Finished fourth in 200 butterfly and eighth in 100 butterfly at NCAA Championships...Member of fourth-place 200 freestyle relay, sixth-place 800 freestyle relay, seventh-place 200 medley relay, 10th-place 400 medley relay, and 17th-place 400 freestyle relay at NCAAs, setting school records in 200 freestyle, 800 freestyle, and 200 medley relays...Named to First Team All-SEC...Named to SEC All-Freshman Team...Won SEC Championship in 200 butterfly...Finished fourth in 100 butterfly and 200 IM at SEC Championships...Earned silver medal in 200 freestyle relay and bronze medal in 800 freestyle relay at SECs...Posted A-cut in 100 butterfly and 200 butterfly...Posted B-cuts in 100 freestyle and 200 freestyle...Finished first in 200 butterfly at UGA Fall Invitational, along with placing second in 100 butterfly and third in 200 IM...Swam anchor leg of fastest 200 freestyle relay and leadoff leg of fastest 400 freestyle relay in school history...Swam leadoff leg of fourth-fastest 800 freestyle relay in school history...Set top-10 program times in 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, and 200 IM...Earned wins in 200 butterfly in three dual meets...Earned win in 100 butterfly against Florida...Named SEC Men's Freshman of the Week on Nov. 3 and 10...Named to J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll.
High School: Swam for CK McClatchy High School under coach Steve Plescia and for DART Swimming under coach Billy Doughty…Rated as nation’s best recruit for 2020-21 season by CollegeSwimming… Holds Public High School record in 100 butterfly with time of 45.88 at 2019 California CIF Sectional Championships…Holds CIF-San Joaquin Sectional records in 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke, and 200 IM.
National: Finished 17th in 200m butterfly at 2024 Olympic Games...Finished second in 200m butterfly and 19th in 200m freestyle at 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials...Finished 4th in 200m freestyle and 400m freestyle and sixth in 200m butterfly at 2023 U.S. Open...Finished fifth in 200m butterfly at 2022 FINA World Championships...Finished first in 200m butterfly, fifth in 100m butterfly, and eighth in 200m freestyle at Phillips 66 International Team Trials...Finished third in 100m and 200m butterfly finals at 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials, also placed sixth in 200m freestyle prelims...Named to 2018-19 and 2019-20 USA Swimming National Team…Named to USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team in 2018 and 2019…Won 2019 U.S. national championship in 200m butterfly after finishing third in 2018…Finished first in 200m butterfly at 2019 U.S. Open… Holds 17-18 National Age Group record in the 200-meter butterfly with time of 1:53.84, the third-fastest American mark of all-time, breaking previous record held by Michael Phelps…Served as one of five U.S. team captains at 2019 FINA World Junior Championships…Won gold in all five events at FINA World Juniors (200m freestyle, 200m butterfly, 400m freestyle relay, 800m freestyle relay, mixed 400m freestyle relay)…Holds world junior records in all three relays…Won four events at 2018 Speedo Winter Junior Nationals and 2018 Junior Pan-Pacific Championships…Posted five top-three finishes at 2018 Mel Zajac Invitational.
Personal: Born March 16, 2002…Son of Alex and Milissa Urlando…Father was an All-American discus thrower for Georgia and Italian national team; currently holds school record for discus throw…Sister, Isabella, swims at Hawaii...Majoring in Sport Management.
Collegiate Personal Bests
2024-25: Won NCAA championship in 200 butterfly with American, NCAA, U.S. Open, SEC, and school record time of 1:36.43…Earned First Team CSCAA All-America citations in 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, 800 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, along with Second Team citations in 200 IM and 400 freestyle relay…Finished first in 200 butterfly, third in 100 butterfly, and ninth in 200 IM at NCAA Championships…Member of third-place 800 freestyle relay, sixth-place 400 medley relay, eighth-place 200 medley relay, and 11th-place 800 freestyle relay…Set new school records at NCAAs in 200 butterfly, 100 butterfly, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, and 400 freestyle relay…Named to First Team All-SEC...Won SEC championship in 200 butterfly with pool record time of 1:37.18...Earned silver medal in 100 butterfly and bronze medal in 800 freestyle relay at SECs; also finished sixth in 200 IM and was member of fifth-place 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays...Set American, U.S. Open, SEC, and school record in 200 butterfly at Tennessee...Broke his own school record in 100 butterfly at Tennessee...Set new Bauerle Pool record in 200 backstroke against Emory...Posted A-cuts in 200 backstroke, 100 butterfly, and 200 butterfly...Posted B-cuts in 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle, 100 backstroke, and 200 IM...Earned 15 dual wins...Swept butterfly events at South Carolina with A-cut times and top-five times in program history...Named SEC Men's Swimmer of the Week on Oct. 15, Oct. 22, Jan. 28, and Feb. 4...Set new personal-best times in 200 freestyle, 50 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, and 200 breaststroke...Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll...Recipient of the Nedza Family Swimming Scholarship.
2023-24: Redshirted to prepare for Olympic Games.
2022-23: Posted B-cuts in 100 freestyle, 100 butterfly, and 200 butterfly...Earned six dual wins in four events...Season ended due to injury in November...Named to CSCAA Scholar All-America Second Team...Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll...Named to J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll...Serves as team representative on the UGA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
2021-22: Set American, NCAA, U.S. Open, SEC, and school record in 100 backstroke with leadoff time of 43.35 at NCAA Championships...Earned First Team CSCAA All-America citations in 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, 200 IM, and 800 freestyle relay, along with Second Team citations in 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay, and 400 medley relay...Finished second in 100 butterfly and 200 butterfly, and third in 200 IM at NCAA Championships...Member of second-place 800 freestyle relay at NCAAs, setting school and SEC record in top men's NCAA relay finish in program history...Also member of 11th-place 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relay and 12th-place 400 medley relay, setting school record in 100 freestyle leadoff...Named SEC Championships Swimmer of the Meet and winner of SEC Commissioner's Trophy...Named to First Team All-SEC...Won SEC Championships in 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, and 200 IM...Earned silver medal in 800 freestyle relay at SECs...Set school records in four events...Also finished fourth in 200 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay, and 400 medley relay...Posted A-cuts in 100 backstroke, 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, and 200 IM...Posted B-cuts in 100 and 200 freestyle...Finished second in 400 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay, third in 100 freestyle, and seventh in 100 backstroke at Georgia Tech Invitational...Earned 10 wins in dual season...Named SEC Men's Swimmer of the Week on Oct. 26 and Nov. 2...Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll...Named to J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll...Serves as team representative on the UGA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee...Named the recipient of the Nedza Family Swimming Scholarship.
2020-21: Earned First Team CSCAA All-America citations in 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, 200 freestyle relay, 800 freestyle relay, and 200 medley relay, along with Second Team citation in 400 medley relay...Finished fourth in 200 butterfly and eighth in 100 butterfly at NCAA Championships...Member of fourth-place 200 freestyle relay, sixth-place 800 freestyle relay, seventh-place 200 medley relay, 10th-place 400 medley relay, and 17th-place 400 freestyle relay at NCAAs, setting school records in 200 freestyle, 800 freestyle, and 200 medley relays...Named to First Team All-SEC...Named to SEC All-Freshman Team...Won SEC Championship in 200 butterfly...Finished fourth in 100 butterfly and 200 IM at SEC Championships...Earned silver medal in 200 freestyle relay and bronze medal in 800 freestyle relay at SECs...Posted A-cut in 100 butterfly and 200 butterfly...Posted B-cuts in 100 freestyle and 200 freestyle...Finished first in 200 butterfly at UGA Fall Invitational, along with placing second in 100 butterfly and third in 200 IM...Swam anchor leg of fastest 200 freestyle relay and leadoff leg of fastest 400 freestyle relay in school history...Swam leadoff leg of fourth-fastest 800 freestyle relay in school history...Set top-10 program times in 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, and 200 IM...Earned wins in 200 butterfly in three dual meets...Earned win in 100 butterfly against Florida...Named SEC Men's Freshman of the Week on Nov. 3 and 10...Named to J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll.
High School: Swam for CK McClatchy High School under coach Steve Plescia and for DART Swimming under coach Billy Doughty…Rated as nation’s best recruit for 2020-21 season by CollegeSwimming… Holds Public High School record in 100 butterfly with time of 45.88 at 2019 California CIF Sectional Championships…Holds CIF-San Joaquin Sectional records in 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke, and 200 IM.
National: Finished 17th in 200m butterfly at 2024 Olympic Games...Finished second in 200m butterfly and 19th in 200m freestyle at 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials...Finished 4th in 200m freestyle and 400m freestyle and sixth in 200m butterfly at 2023 U.S. Open...Finished fifth in 200m butterfly at 2022 FINA World Championships...Finished first in 200m butterfly, fifth in 100m butterfly, and eighth in 200m freestyle at Phillips 66 International Team Trials...Finished third in 100m and 200m butterfly finals at 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials, also placed sixth in 200m freestyle prelims...Named to 2018-19 and 2019-20 USA Swimming National Team…Named to USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team in 2018 and 2019…Won 2019 U.S. national championship in 200m butterfly after finishing third in 2018…Finished first in 200m butterfly at 2019 U.S. Open… Holds 17-18 National Age Group record in the 200-meter butterfly with time of 1:53.84, the third-fastest American mark of all-time, breaking previous record held by Michael Phelps…Served as one of five U.S. team captains at 2019 FINA World Junior Championships…Won gold in all five events at FINA World Juniors (200m freestyle, 200m butterfly, 400m freestyle relay, 800m freestyle relay, mixed 400m freestyle relay)…Holds world junior records in all three relays…Won four events at 2018 Speedo Winter Junior Nationals and 2018 Junior Pan-Pacific Championships…Posted five top-three finishes at 2018 Mel Zajac Invitational.
Personal: Born March 16, 2002…Son of Alex and Milissa Urlando…Father was an All-American discus thrower for Georgia and Italian national team; currently holds school record for discus throw…Sister, Isabella, swims at Hawaii...Majoring in Sport Management.
Collegiate Personal Bests
| 50 Freestyle | 19.34 | Emory (2/1/25) |
| 100 Freestyle | 41.58 | 2025 NCAA Championships (3/29/25) |
| 200 Freestyle | 1:31.81 | 2025 SEC Championships (2/18/25) |
| 500 Freestyle | 4:14.97 | 2025 Bulldog Invitational (3/1/25) |
| 50 Backstroke | 20.52 | 2025 NCAA Championships (3/26/25) |
| 100 Backstroke | 43.35 | 2022 NCAA Championships (3/25/22) |
| 200 Backstroke | 1:38.18 | Emory (2/1/25) |
| 100 Breaststroke | 54.80 | 2022 Bulldog Invitational (2/26/22) |
| 200 Breaststroke | 1:59.95 | UNC Wilmington (1/18/25) |
| 100 Butterfly | 43.49 | 2025 NCAA Championships (3/28/25) |
| 200 Butterfly | 1:36.43 | 2025 NCAA Championships (3/29/25) |
| 200 IM | 1:39.22 | 2022 NCAA Championships (3/24/22) |
Georgia Swim and Dive Bulldog Invitational Video Recap
Sunday, March 02
Georgia Swimming and Diving SEC Championships Day 6 Video Recap
Saturday, February 22
Georgia Swim & Dive - SEC Championship Day 5 Video Recap
Friday, February 21
Georgia Swim and Dive - SEC Championship Day 2 Video Recap
Tuesday, February 18
