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Georgia's Charlie Condon Pursues NCAA Records — College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects – Baseball America

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May 3, 2024

Georgia's Charlie Condon Pursues NCAA Records — College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects – Baseball America

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Charlie Condon’s season has already been remarkable and record setting, and there’s still at least another month to play.

Condon last weekend broke both the program’s single-season and career home run records, which were both held by Gordon Beckham, who homered 28 times in 2008 and 54 times in his career. Condon homered again Tuesday in a win at Kennesaw State, his 30th in 44 games this season. He leads the nation in both home runs and home run rate (0.68 per game).

Condon is hitting .456/.563/1.088 with 30 home runs, 37 walks and 35 strikeouts in 44 games. He is the top-ranked prospect in the draft class and projects to become the first player in program history to be drafted in the top four selections. He and the Bulldogs on Friday open a crucial SEC East series against No. 14 Vanderbilt.

Condon now is also at the precipice of more history. The most home runs a player has hit in a single season in the 21st century is 33, jointly held by Florida’s Jac Caglianone (2023) and Gonzaga’s Nate Gold (2002).

At his current pace, Condon is still six games away from breaking that record. But he’s also fully capable of going on home-run binges. Condon has homered in four straight games and has homered three times in three of Georgia’s seven SEC series. So, at least matching the mark has to be considered a possibility this weekend.

Georgia has nine games left in the regular season and is on track to make both the SEC and NCAA Tournaments, which would guarantee the Bulldogs three more games, with the possibility for many more. As long as Condon stays healthy, his pursuit of the 21st century record now appears to be a matter of when, not if.

Once that record falls, the next mark will be the SEC record of 40 home runs in a season, which was set by LSU’s Brandon Larson in 1997. At his current pace, Condon needs to play 15 more games to reach that mark. Even with just nine games left in the regular season, the Bulldogs (32-12, 10-11) can relatively easily play at least 15 more games this year thanks to the SEC Tournament and NCAA Tournament (the NCAA, unlike MLB, count all games, regular season or postseason, toward official records).

If Condon does reach 40 home runs this season, he will have reached truly rarified air for a college slugger. Only four players have hit 40 home runs in Division I history: Larson, Rice’s Lance Berkman (40, 1997), Florida State’s Jeff Ledbetter (42, 1982) and Oklahoma State’s Pete Incaviglia (48, 1985).

Condon in all likelihood will not make any sort of run at Incaviglia’s Division I record. To reach that mark at his current rate, Condon would need to play 27 more games, which would require Georgia to reach the finals of both the SEC Tournament and the College World Series.

The 21st century career home runs record of 74, held by Florida’s Matt LaPorta, is also likely beyond Condon’s reach—especially because LSU’s Tommy White and Florida’s Caglianone are likely to break that mark in the coming weeks, pushing it even further beyond Condon’s reach. He will likely finish his career in the top 10 in SEC history, as he needs just five more home runs to break into a group that includes LSU’s Eddy Funiss (80) and Mississippi State’s Rafael Palmerio (67) and Will Clark (61).

Condon’s exploits go far beyond his power prowess, however. He also leads the national batting race at .456. No player has led the nation in both home runs and batting since Middle Tennessee State’s Bryce Brentz hit .465 with 28 home runs in 2009. Condon ranks 10th in the nation in RBIs (63), meaning he’ll likely fall short of the triple crown. The last player to win college baseball’s triple crown was Indiana’s Mike Smith in 1992.

Condon’s batting average today is just the third best in Georgia history, falling behind Ronnie Braddock’s .489 (1962) and Charley Trippi’s .464 (1946). But those two players combined for 157 at-bats in their banner seasons. Condon already has 171. Condon is on track to set the SEC’s 21st century single-season record for hitting. That’s currently held by Tennessee’s Chris Burke, who hit .435 in 2001.

Condon and Georgia undoubtedly have their sights set on an NCAA Tournament appearance and a deep postseason run. But the rest of Condon’s season will also very much be about his pursuit of records and cementing his legacy as one of the best home run hitters in college baseball history.

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Georgia Men Defeat Florida State; Women Take Down Florida State and Arkansas

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January 11, 2026

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Georgia Men Defeat Florida State; Women Take Down Florida State and Arkansas

Georgia vs Arkansas vs Florida State

January 10, 2026
Athens, GA — Gabrielsen Natatorium
SCY (25 Yards)
Full Meet Results
Team Scores Women
- #14 Georgia 170 — Florida State 116
- #14 Georgia 169 — Arkansas 124
- Arkansas 195 — Florida State 101
Team Scores Men
- #4 Georgia 183.5 — #10 Florida State 114.5

The Georgia Bulldogs swept Florida State and the women also took down Arkansas in their first dual meet of 2026. The Arkansas women beat Florida State in their dual, 195 to 101.

Women’s Meet Recap

The #14 ranked UGA women easily defeated Florida State and Arkansas in their double dual meet on Saturday, outscoring Florida State by more than 50 and Arkansas by more than 40.

Despite earning the overall win, the Georgia women did not take home either relay titles, but they had the fastest times in most of the individual events.

Freshman Kennedi Dobson continued to build on her strong NCAA season, taking home three event wins with the top times in the 1000 free, 200 back, and 500 free. In the 1000, she swam 9:29.05, a new personal best time and the 3rd fastest time in the country this season.

She also swam the 200 back and 500 free double, which sees only the 200 breast come in between, setting a new best time in the 200 back of 1:53.66 and in the 500 free, she swam 4:39.48 for the win.

The only other Georgia swimmer to set the fastest time in multiple events was Ieva Maluka. She won the 200 fly in 1:56.29, a new season best time. She also had the fastest time in the 200 IM, touching in 1:58.11, but the Bulldogs exhibitioned the last event to allow Arkansas and Florida State to score more points.

Charlotte Headland and Elizabeth Nawrocki split the breaststroke events for Georgia. Headland swam the 100 breast in a personal best 1:00.50, building on her progression this season. She came into the year at 1:01.39, and has dropped three times since then.

Nawrocki, a freshman, swam 2:11.48, just missing her personal and season best of 2:08.44 This swim was still more than a second faster than the 2:13.00 she started college with.

Marie Landreneau won the women’s 200 freestyle for Georgia, touching in 1:44.46 to beat teammate Shea Furse‘s 1:46.77 by a little over two seconds.

Finally, senior Olivia Della Torre won the 100 fly in 53.09, just off her season and personal best of 52.95 from the UGA Fall Invitational.

Arkansas bested Florida State in their dual meet, due, in part, to the strong performance from Harriet Rogers. Rogers won both the 50 and 100 free, swimming 22.23 in the 50 and 48.77 in the 100 to earn the top spots.

Holly Robinson won the 200 IM with her 2:03.06 coming in as the fastest non-Georgia swimmer, so she won the event, picking up nine points for the Razorbacks.

Arkansas also won the 400 free relay. Tammy Greenwood led off in 49.69. Rogers swam 48.38. Delaney Harrison was 3rd in 49.54, and Viola Petrini swam 49.73.

They also had the top two divers at the meet with Lotti Hubert earning the top spot on the 1 meter board in 314.75, leading three other Razorbacks to take the top four overall spots in the event. The 3 meter went to Maria Jose Sanchez in 348.00, more than 20 points ahead of 2nd place Kayleigh Clark from Florida State.

Florida State won one individual event and one relay. They started the meet with a win in the 200 medley relay with their team of Alice Velden (24.50), Martina Fanunza (28.07), Maryn McDade (22.95), and Mary Leigh Hardman (22.20) swimming 1:37.72 to beat the Georgia ‘A’ team by half-a-second.

Velden also won the 100 backstroke in 53.76, missing her season best of 52.40 by about a second.

Men’s Meet Recap

The men’s meet was just a dual meet between Georgia and Florida State, and the Bulldogs came out on top, scoring 183.5 points to Florida State’s 114.5.

Georgia won both relays, starting with the top time in the 200 medley relay where they swam 1:24.38 to come in just two tenths ahead of Florida State. Luca Urlando led off for Georgia, splitting 21.10 to earn the Georgia team a near seven tenth lead. Elliot Woodburn was 23.94 on the breaststroke, Ruard Van Renen split 20.18 on the butterfly, and Tane Bidois was 19.16 on the freestyle.

Florida State’s relay consisted of Max Wilson (21.77), Tommaso Baravelli (23.72), Michel Arkhangelskiy (19.91), and Sam Bork (19.20), and they touched in 1:24.60.

The 400 freestyle relay was made up of Van Renen (43.26), Tomas Koski (42.81), Bidois (43.04), and Luke Sandberg (43.21) swimming 2:52.32 to win the event by more than two seconds.

Luca Urlando won three events for the Bulldogs, swimming 1:39.59 in the 200 fly to win by almost four seconds over teammate Drew Hitchcock. He also won the 100 fly in 45.27, coming in more than a second ahead of Florida State’s Michel Arkhangelskiy‘s 46.72

Urlando also swam the 200 IM for the first time this season, touching in 1:42.95, the 15th fastest time in the country this season.

Georgia freshman Sean Green won two events, swimming 8:57.64 in the 1000 and 4:19.57 in the 500.

Hayden Meyers and Ruard Van Renen split the backstroke events. Van Renen won the 100 back in 44.68 and Meyers won the 200 back in 1:41.66.

Florida State picked up event wins in both distances of breaststroke and the 50 and 100 freestyles. Michel Arkhangelskiy won the 50 free in 19.64 and he won the 100 free in 42.92, off his season best times in both.

Tommaso Baravelli won the 100 breast for the Seminoles in 53.63, coming in more than half-a-second ahead of teammate Liam O’Connor‘s 54.26 in 2nd.

Mathias Christensen won the 200 breast in 1:57.15, just 17 hundredths ahead of Georgia’s Cale Martter, who swam 1:57.32.

Up Next

Georgia will race Tennessee on January 24th in Knoxville.

Florida State will host Florida on January 30th.

Arkansas will race kansas on January 23rd in Kansas.

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Alabama linebacker to transfer to Georgia Tech

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January 10, 2026

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Pro Football Focus graded Noah Carter Alabama’s third-best tackler this season.

Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton runs against Alabama linebacker Noah Carter during the first half of a Southeastern Conference championship NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in Atlanta. (Mike Stewart/AP)

A third Alabama player is transferring to Georgia Tech for the 2026 season.

Noah Carter, a 6-foot-4, 243-pound linebacker, intends to transfer to Tech, On3 reported Saturday. Carter spent two seasons with the Crimson Tide.

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Chad Bishop is a Georgia Tech sports reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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Arsenal lead hunt for Georgia Stanway with England midfielder to leave Bayern in summer

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January 10, 2026

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Arsenal lead hunt for Georgia Stanway with England midfielder to leave Bayern in summer

Arsenal are among the leading candidates to sign Georgia Stanway this summer after Bayern Munich confirmed the England midfielder would leave the German club when her contract expires.

According to sources, the north London club are understood to be one of a number of teams interested in acquiring the 27-year-old on a free transfer, but Renée Slegers’ team are leading the running having tracked Stanway’s progress and are eager to add a world-class midfielder to their squad.

Stanway helped England win back-to-back European titles as well as being part of a Bayern Munich team that have won three consecutive Frauen Bundesliga titles since she arrived in the summer of 2022.

Bayern’s director of women’s football, Bianca Rech, praised her “commitment and character”, adding in a statement on Saturday: “As the first English player at FC Bayern Women, Georgia Stanway not only made history but also stole our hearts. We talked a lot and openly about her future, and when she told us that she now wanted to try something new, her reasons were completely understandable.”

Stanway posted on social media that she had made lifelong friends at the German club and told the club: “I will give everything for the club and its sporting success until my very last day, just as I have for the past three and a half years. And I want to say goodbye to the club and the fans at the end of the season with as many titles as possible.”

Aston Villa are set to sign the France midfielder Oriane Jean-François from Chelsea for £450,000 in a club-record fee for a sale by the London side. It is understood that the deal is agreed and the 24-year-old’s move should be finalised in the coming days. The former Paris Saint-Germain player has been with Chelsea since 2024.

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