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
