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On Saturday night, newly-crowned NCAA champion Luca Urlando confirmed to SwimSwam that he had two seasons of eligibility left in collegiate swimming and that he planned on using both. On this timeline, his final season will be the 2026-27 season.
Luca Urlando, a redshirt senior, confirmed tonight that he has TWO years of eligibility left in the NCAA and plans on using both.
— Yanyan Li (@yyanyanli1) March 30, 2025
- See also: Luca Urlando on NCAA Title: “It has felt like years of setbacks to get to a moment like this”
Urlando competed for Georgia during three NCAA seasons: 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2024-25. His first extra year of eligibility comes from his COVID-19 fifth year, which was given to all winter sport collegiate athletes who competed during the 2020-21 season. He also redshirted the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons — he was out for the former season after dislocating his shoulder in October 2023, while he spent the latter season training with Bob Bowman’s pro group at Arizona State in preparation for the Paris Olympic games.
On the Georgia athletics webpage, Urlando is listed as a redshirt senior.
Having Urlando for two more seasons will be a huge boost for Georgia. He was the Bulldogs’ top scorer at the 2025 NCAA championships with 45 individual points and he also raced on four relays. In his individual events, he placed ninth in the 200 IM (1:40.53), third in the 100 fly (43.49) and first in the 200 fly (1:36.43). In the 200 fly, he shattered his own NCAA record by 0.74 seconds.
Urlando’s presence will also set up further showdowns with Arizona State’s Ilya Kharun, who is set to graduate in 2027. Kharun was the 2024 NCAA champion in the 200 fly and placed third to Urlando this year, while the two finished 2-3 respectively behind Josh Liendo in the 100 fly.
Read the full story on SwimSwam: Luca Urlando Has Two Years Of NCAA Eligibility Left, Plans On Using Both