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Guy Gropper

  • position Freestyle/butterfly
  • class Freshman
  • Hometown Haifa, Israel
  • High school Alliance High School
  • position Freestyle/butterfly
  • class Freshman
  • Hometown Haifa, Israel
  • High school Alliance High School

Guy Gropper Bio

50 Free 19.60# 2-15-23 SEC Championships College Station, TX
100 Free 43.57 2-21-20 SEC Championships Auburn, AL
200 Free 1:39.05 1-16-21 at Georgia Athens, GA
100 Fly 46.84p 2-16-23 SEC Championships College Station, TX

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

AWARDS/HONORS

  • 4x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • CSCAA Scholar All-American (2nd Team – 2023)
  • CSC Academic All-District (2023)

IN THE RECORD BOOK

  • 6th – 50 free
  • 6th – 100 free
  • 5th – 100 fly
  • 1, 2, 3, 4 – 200 free relay
  • 1, 4, 6 – 200 medley relay
  • 1, 3, 8 – 400 free relay
  • 2, 10 – 400 medley relay

2022-23 (SENIOR)

  • Competed in the 50 free, 100 free, and 100 fly during his senior campaign
  • Placed first in both the 50 free and 100 fly during South Carolina’s dual versus UNCW
  • Earned 14 top-three finishes during the regular season with seven of those coming in the 50 free
  • Competed in the SEC Championships in the 50 free, 100 free and 100 fly
  • Made the finals of both the 50 free and 100 fly at the SEC Championships, finishing 18th in the 50 free and 22nd in the 100 fly
  • Swam the third leg of the program record setting 200 medley relay on the first night of the SEC Championships

2021-22 (JUNIOR)

  • Competed in all five of the Gamecocks’ regular season dual meets
  • Placed first four times during the regular season with three of his first-place finishes coming in the 100 fly
  • Competed in the SEC Championships in the 50 free and the 100 fly. Made the finals of both events.
  • Added two more entries into the program record book with his performances in the 200 free relay and the 200 medley relay which each placed third in program history

2020-21 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Finished 13th in the 50 free at the SEC Championships (2/23/21) in Columbia, Mo., swimming a career-best time of 19.70 in the finals (fifth-fastest in program history)
  • Also made it to the finals of the 100 fly at SECs and finished 23rd with a season-best time of 47.55 in prelims
  • Swam the opening leg of the 400 medley relay at SECs and recorded the 10th-fastest 100 back split in program history with a career-best time of 48.84
  • Swam a career-best time of 1:39.05 in the 200 free to finish fifth in the dual at Georgia (1/16/21)
  • Opted out of the first half of the season and returned for the spring semester

2019-20 (FRESHMAN)

  • Etched his name in the record books five times in his first season
  • Posted the sixth-fastest 50 freestyle time in program history, swimming a 19.79 at the SEC Championships (2/29)
  • Part of school record-setting 200 freestyle team that swam a 1:17.20 while the 400 freestyle team put up a record 2:51.15 at the SEC Championships in Auburn, Ala.

PRE-COLLEGE

  • Swam club for the Maccabi Haifa Swim Team
  • Won six medals at the 2018 Israel Swimming National Championship
  • Was a member of the gold medal winning 4x100m freestyle team
  • Individual best times:
    • 50 free 22.88
    • 100 free 50.33
    • 100 fly 54.87
    • 200 IM 2:00.58