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Luke DeVore

  • position Butterfly/Breaststroke/IM
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Haymarket, VA
  • Major Environmental studies
  • High school Battlefield
  • position Butterfly/Breaststroke/IM
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Haymarket, VA
  • Major Environmental studies
  • High school Battlefield

Luke DeVore Bio

50 Free 22.06 11/19/21 Gamecock Invite Columbia, SC
100 Fly 47.90p 2/19/24 SEC Championships Auburn, AL
200 Fly 1:44.46 2/17/23 SEC Championships College Station, TX
100 Breast 56.12 11/17/22 Gamecock Invitational Columbia, SC
200 Breast 1:58.82p 2/18/23 SEC Championships College Station, TX
200 IM 1:49.75p 2/16/22 SEC Championships Knoxville, TN
400 IM 4:00.58 11/19/21 Gamecock Invite Columbia, SC

! = School Record | p = Prelims | t = Time Trial | X = exhibition heat | # = Leadoff Split/Split

AWARDS/HONORS

  • 2x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023)
  • 2x CSCAA Scholar All-American (2nd Team – 2023, 2024)

2023-24 (GRADUATE)

  • Won the 200 fly at Georgia Tech
  • Placed in the top-three six times during the regular season with four of those in the 200 fly
  • Competed at the SEC Championships in the 100 fly, 200 fly, and 200 breast
  • Made the finals of the 200 fly at the SEC Championships, finishing in 22nd place
  • Set a new personal best time in the 100 fly at the SEC Championships with a 47.90 in the prelims

2022-23 (SENIOR)

  • Placed first six times in the 200 fly with four of those wins coming consecutively
  • Finished in the top two during every 200 fly event that he swam during the regular season, eight total
  • Earned a total of ten top-three finishes across all of his events during the regular season
  • Competed at the SEC Championships in the 100 fly, 200 fly, and 200 breast
  • Made the finals of the 200 fly at the SEC Championships, placing 14th overall

2021-22 (JUNIOR)

  • Competed in five different events during his first year at South Carolina
  • Made his Gamecock debut during the meet versus Gardner-Webb, swimming in the 100 fly, 200 fly, and 200 IM
  • Placed first in the 200 IM at the Gamecock Aquatics Invitational
  • Competed at the SEC Championships in the 100 fly, 200 fly, and 200 IM. Made the finals of the 200 fly

PRE-SOUTH CAROLINA

  • Two time Atlantic 10 champion (100 and 200 fly) at George Mason University
  • Most outstanding rookie at the 2020 Atlantic 10 Championships
  • Virginia Sports Information Director’s Men’s Rookie Swimmer of the Year

PRE-COLLEGE

  • Attended Battlefield High School in Haymarket, Virginia
  • Swam with the National Capital Swim Club under coach Jeremy Linn
  • Scholastic All-American in 2018-19

PERSONAL

  • Son to Janis and Joe DeVore, brother to Rachel and Rebecca
  • Enjoys fishing and spending time outdoors
  • Environmental studies major