Jordan Crooks

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Jordan Crooks
Personal information
National teamFlag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands
Born (2002-05-02) May 2, 2002 (age 21)
George Town, Cayman Islands
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, butterfly, backstroke
ClubCayman Islands Swimming Federation, Camana Bay Aquatic Club (former), Cayman Stingray Swim Club (former) [1]
College team University of Tennessee [2]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Melbourne 50 m freestyle
Island Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Gibraltar 100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Gibraltar Mixed 4 × 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Gibraltar 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Gibraltar 50 m backstroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Gibraltar 100 m backstroke

Jordan Crooks (born 2 May 2002) is a Caymanian competitive swimmer. He won the first medal of any color and first gold medal for the Cayman Islands at the FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships. He also holds nine national records for the Cayman Islands. [3]

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Career

Crooks qualified for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest and the 2022 FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships in Melbourne. [4] [3] He won the gold medal in the men's 50 m freestyle event at the 2022 FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships beating Ben Proud, the defending champion. [5]

Currently, Crooks swims for the Tennessee Volunteers swim team. In his freshman year, he swam a freshman record 18.53 50 yard freestyle as well as a freshman record 41.44 100 yard freestyle. [6]

On February 21, 2024, Crooks became the second man to ever swim a sub 18-second 50 yard freestyle as he won gold in the SEC championship, setting a pool record at the Auburn University James E. Martin Aquatics Center in the process. [7]

Personal life

Crooks has a sister named Jillian Crooks who also swims competitively. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Jordan Crooks". Swimcloud. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Jordan Crooks". University of Tennessee . Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. 1 2 Berkeley, Geoff. (17 December 2022). "Crooks wins historic Cayman Islands at World Swimming Championships (25m)". Insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Russell, Seaford. (23 June 2022). "Crooks siblings turn in records at World Championships". Cayman Compass. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "World Championships: GB's Ben Proud wins silver while Anna Hopkin takes bronze". BBC Sport. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "Jordan Crooks Bio". SwimSwam. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  7. ↑ Keith, Braden (16 February 2023). "Jordan Crooks Becomes Second Man Ever to Swim 17-Point in the 50 Yard Free (RACE VIDEO)". SwimSwam. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  8. ↑ Russell Jr., Seaford (13 December 2022). "Crooks siblings setting records on world stage". Cayman Compass. Retrieved 7 March 2023.


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