He’s only 17, but it’s worth remembering this name: Luca Urlando.
The teen from Sacramento, California confirmed his world-class status by winning his second event of the Tyr Pro Swim Series meet in Clovis, California, posting a lifetime best in the 200 m Butterfly in 1:53.84. That improves on his 1:54.35 win at the Mel Zajac Invitational in Vancouver (CAN) a couple of weeks back, which moved him to no. 3 on the 2019 world list.
Moreover, the 1:53.84 clocking lowered the U.S. National Age-Group Record for the 17-18 crowd, replacing the venerable 2003 mark for Michael Phelps of 1:53.93. Not too bad; the time leaves him at no. 3 for 2019.
The women’s racing produced a triple winner – with one day to go – in Canada’s Sydney Pickem, who added the 200 m Breast to her Thursday wins in the 100 m Breast and 400 m Medley.
There was also a “family” double in the women’s 50 m Free and 50 m Back, as Catie DeLoof (22) set a lifetime best at 24.99 and older sister Ali (24) won the 50 m Back in 28.05.
One more day to go; summaries so far:
USA Swimming/Tyr Pro Swim Series
Clovis, California (USA) ~ 12-15 June 2019
(Full results here; all U.S. unless otherwise noted)
Men
50 m Freestyle: 1. Bradley Tandy (RSA), 22.17; 2. Michael Chadwick, 22.28; 3. Gabe Castano (MEX), 22.35.
200 m Free: 1. Trey Freeman, 1:47.86; 2. Townley Haas, 1:48.02; 3. Gianluca Urlando, 1:48.58.
400 m Free: 1. Freeman, 3:49.16; 2. Akaram Mahmoud (EGY), 3:53.94; 3. Chris Wieser, 3:54.81.
800 m Free: 1. Mahmoud (EGY), 8:00.86; 2. Wieser, 8:01.98; 3. Ricardo Vargas Jacobo (MEX), 8:09.75.
50 m Backstroke: 1. Justin Ress, 25.05; 2. Matt Grevers, 25.21; 3. Chris Staka, 25.57.
100 m Back: 1. Grevers, 53.59; 2. Ress, 54.25; 3. Markus Thormeyer (CAN), 54.50.
100 m Breast: 1. Brandon Fischer, 59.86; 2. Devon Nowicki, 1:00.97; 3. Miguel de Lara Ojeda (MEX), 1:01.15.
200 m Breast: 1. Daniel Roy, 2:10.43; 2. A.J. Pouch, 2:11.06; 3. Fischer, 2:11.91.
50 m Butterfly: 1. Peter Holoda (HUN), 23.78; 2. Giles Smith, 23.95; 3. Ryan Coetzee (RSA), 24.14.
100 m Fly: 1. Urlando, 52.20; 2. G. Smith, 52.63; 3. Coetzee (RSA), 53.57.
200 m Fly: 1. Urlando, 1:53.84; 2. Justin Wright, 1:58.61; 3. Ben Miller, 2:00.41.
400 m Medley: 1. Jarod Arroyo, 4:21.65; 2. Erick Gordillo (GUA), 4:27.00; 3. Brodie Young (CAN), 4:28.18.
Women
50 m Freestyle: 1. Catie DeLoof, 24.99; 2. Julie Meynen (LUX), 25.08; 3. Mallory Comerford, 25.21.
200 m Free: 1. Leah Smith, 1:57.40; 2. Comerford, 1:57.93; 3. Emily Overholt (CAN), 1:57.97.
400 m Free: 1. Erica Sullivan, 4:10.36; 2. Evie Pfeifer, 4:11.77; 3. Claire Tuggle, 3:14.37.
800 m Free: 1. L. Smith, 8:22.87; 2. Sullivan, 8:27.06; 3. Megan Dalke (CAN), 8:56.43.
50 m Backstroke: 1. Ali DeLoof, 28.05; 2. Amy Bilquist, 28.44; 3. Isabelle Stadden, 28.64.
100 m Back: 1. Stadden, 59.71; 2. A. DeLoof, 1:00.59; 3. C. DeLoof, 1:01.60.
100 m Breast: 1. Sydney Pickrem (CAN), 1:07.20; 2. Melissa Rodroguez (MEX), 1:07.32; 3. Alia Atkinson (JAM), 1:08.00.
200 m Breast: 1. Pickrem (CAN), 2:25.52; 2. Rodriguez (MEX), 2:25.54; 3. Esther Gonzalez (MEX), 2:29.44.
50 m Butterfly: 1. Kendyl Stewart, 26.35; 2. Kelsi Dahlia, 26.38; 3. Hansson (SWE), 26.54.
100 m Fly: 1. Louise Hansson (SWE), 57.36; 2. Dahlia, 57.45; 3. Stewart, 58.35.
200 m Fly: 1. Dahlia, 2:10.69; 2. Remedy Rule, 2:11.56; 3. Lauren Case, 2:12.13.
400 m Medley: 1. Pickrem (CAN), 4:40.64; 2. Overholt (CAN), 4:44.23; 3. Evie Pfeifer, 4:44.51.
