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Jordan Crooks Shows Off Range, Drops New Meet Records In 100 Fly & 100 Back

2022 TENNESSEE INVITATIONAL

Tennessee’s Jordan Crooks set the pool on fire on Thursday, swimming a sizzling time of 18.27 in the men’s 50 freestyle to move into a tie for the second-fastest performer of all-time.

The 20-year-old sophomore carried that momentum forward on Friday morning at the Tennessee Invite, setting a pair of meet records and new lifetime bests in the 100 backstroke and 100 butterfly.

In the 100 fly, Crooks dropped half a second from his lifetime best to put up a time of 44.82, shattering the meet record of 45.36 set by Georgia’s Camden Murphy in 2019.

MEN’S 100 FLY – PRELIMS

  • NCAA ‘A’ Cut – 44.82

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

  1. Jordan Crooks (TENN) – 44.82
  2. Boyd Poelke (UNC) – 45.78
  3. Bjoern Kammann (TENN) – 46.05
  4. Bence Szabados (MICH) – 46.44
  5. Gui Caribe (TENN) – 46.50
  6. Gal Groumi (MICH) – 46.54
  7. Tim Connery (UVA) – 46.55
  8. Luke Brice (TENN) – 46.61

Crooks came in with a best time of 45.33, set at the 2022 SECs, which marked a significant improvement from where he was during midseason invites last year (47.12).

The 100 fly was also his third event at NCAAs (along with the 50 and 100 free), where he placed 26th in a time of 45.54.

A Cayman Islands native, Crooks also hit the NCAA ‘A’ cut right on the money, and currently ranks first in the nation in the event.

His swim included a scorching-fast opening 50 of 20.66, which was more than a half-second quicker than anyone else in the field. However, it was still a tick slower than he was opening up his previous PB at last season’s SECs (20.61).

On last night’s 400 medley relay, Crooks split 44.75 swimming fly, out in 20.17 at the 50 (with a takeover).

In the 100 back, an event Crooks had only raced three times in yards coming into this meet, he put up a time of 45.55 to break the meet record of 45.81 established last year by Alabama’s Matthew Menke.

MEN’S 100 BACK – PRELIMS

  • NCAA ‘A’ Cut – 44.79

TOP 8 QUALIFIERS:

  1. Jordan Crooks (TENN) – 45.55
  2. Bjoern Kammann (TENN) – 46.73
  3. Wyatt Davis (MICH) – 46.81
  4. Nick Simons (TENN) – 46.83
  5. Matt Brownstead (UVA) – 47.01
  6. Jack Aikins (UVA) – 47.22
  7. Max Edwards (UVA) – 47.24
  8. Harrison Lierz (TENN) – 47.33

Crooks’ previous best, set at the 2021 Tennessee Invite, was 47.25. He once again set a blistering pace on the opening 50, flipping in 21.60, over eight-tenths quicker than the next fastest in the field.

According to the heat sheet timeline, Crooks’ two swims were roughly 90 minutes apart.

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Demarrit Steenbergen
1 year ago

More like shows off UWs

VFL
Reply to  Demarrit Steenbergen
1 year ago

Uhh welcome to 21st century SCY swimming…

Fluidg
Reply to  VFL
1 year ago

Uhh welcome to the 21st century SCM swimming…

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James Sutherland

James swam five years at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, specializing in the 200 free, back and IM. He finished up his collegiate swimming career in 2018, graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 2019 he completed his graduate degree in sports journalism. Prior to going to Laurentian, James swam …

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