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Guy Gropper

  • position Freestyle/Butterfly
  • height 6-0
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Haifa, Israel
  • High school Alliance High School
  • position Freestyle/Butterfly
  • height 6-0
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Haifa, Israel
  • High school Alliance High School

Guy Gropper Bio

GROPPER’S TOP TIMES
Event Time Date Meet Location
50 Freestyle

100 Freestyle

200 Freestyle

100 Butterfly

19.70

43.57

1:39.05

47.20p

2/24/21

2/21/20

1/16/21

2/20/20

SEC Championships

SEC Championships

at Georgia

SEC Championships

Columbia, MO

Auburn, AL

Athens, GA

Auburn, AL

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

AWARDS/HONORS

  • 3x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022)

IN THE RECORD BOOK

  • 6th – 50 free
  • 6th – 100 free
  • 6th – 100 fly
  • 1, 2, 3 – 200 free relay
  • 3, 5 – 200 medley relay
  • 1, 7 – 400 free relay
  • 9th – 400 medley relay

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