Georgia Opens Season with Win at UNC Wilmington

WILMINGTON, N.C. – Sweeping all 16 occasions, the University of Georgia males’s swimming and diving group opened the 2025-26 season with a decisive 224.5-73.5 victory over UNC Wilmington Friday night on the David B. Allen Natatorium.
 
Fast Facts

• Sophomore Drew Hitchcock highlighted the day with three particular person victories, in addition to a relay win. Hitchcock swept the butterfly occasions with instances of 1:44.53 (200y fly) and 47.76 (100y fly) earlier than successful the 200y IM at 1:48.18. He additionally led off the opening 400y IM particular person medley relay with a 49.72 leg, becoming a member of teammates Finn Wendland, Sam Powe, and Luca Urlando to prevail with a 3:19.37.
• Urlando, who was a member of each successful relays, touched first within the 200y freestyle with a time of 1:37.73 earlier than posting a successful time of 1:45.78.
• Junior Tomas Koski opened the meet with a high time of 9:05.58 within the 1,000y freestyle, adopted by a time of 4:24.86 within the 500y freestyle. He joined Urlando, sophomore Tane Bidois, and senior Ruard van Renen within the closing 400y freestyle relay.
• Sophomore Elliot Woodburn swept the breaststroke occasions: posting a 55.43 within the 100 and a 2:01.99 in 200. Additional victories went to van Renen (100y backstroke), Bidois (50y freestyle), and freshman Luke Sandberg within the 100y freestyle.
• Junior Matthew Bray posted a formidable season premiere on the springboards, taking the 1-meter with a rating of 293.10, adopted by a rating of 281.10 on 3-meter.

 
Up Next
Georgia returns to motion with each males’s and girls’s group competing at SEC rival South Carolina on Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 3 p.m. in Columbia.