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Justin Rose

  • position Backstroke/freestyle
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Great Falls, Va.
  • High school Langley
  • position Backstroke/freestyle
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Great Falls, Va.
  • High school Langley

Justin Rose Bio

ROSE’S TOP TIMES
Event Time Date Meet Location
50 Freestyle 20.02 2/19/20 SEC Championships Auburn, Ala.
100 Freestyle 43.87p 2/20/20 SEC Championships Auburn, Ala.
100 Backstroke 49.33p 11/23/19 Georgia Tech Invite Atlanta, Ga.
200 Backstroke 1:54.27 1/12/19 vs East Carolina Columbia, S.C.
100 Butterfly 46.85p 2/20/20
SEC Championships
Auburn, Ala.
200 Butterfly 1:57.90 10/13/16 vs. Kentucky Columbia, S.C.

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


AWARDS/HONORS

  • 4x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)


IN THE RECORD BOOK

  • 1st, 8th — 200 freestyle relay
  • 4th, 10th — 200 medley relay
  • 7th — 400 medley relay
  • 8th — 400 freestyle relay


2019-20 (SENIOR)

  • Competed in a multitude of events in his final season
  • Finished third in the 100 butterfly against North Carolina
  • Swam a new personal record in the 100 butterfly at SECs, a 46.85


2018-19 (JUNIOR)

  • Swam the third leg of the Gamecocks’ school record-setting 200 free relay team (1:18.05) at the UGA Last Chance meet
  • Set a new PR in the 50 free (20.22) at the SEC Championships
  • Finished fourth in the 100 fly with a season-best 49.93 in the Gamecocks’ dual-meet against Georgia Tech


2017-18 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Had a pair of top-10 finishes at the CSCAA Invite finishing atop the B-finals of both the 50 and 100 freestyle
  • Competed in four events during his sophomore year: 100 backstroke, 100 butterfly, 50 freestyle and the 100 freestyle
  • Won the 50 freestyle in the Gamecocks’ dual meet against North Carolina and had 13 total top-five finishes throughout the year
  • Finished in a tie for 37th in the 100 butterfly at the SEC Championships and came in 43rd in the 50 free
  • A part of a 400 medley relay team that finished first in the Gamecocks’ dual meet against Purdue
  • Member of relay team that finished first in the SC College Invite and in the Gamecocks’ dual meets against East Carolina and Cincinnati


2016-17 (FRESHMAN)

  • Swam in five events as a freshman (100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, 100 backstroke, 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle)
  • Finished 43rd in the 100 butterfly (48.83), 48th in the 100 freestyle (45.30) and 49th in the 50 freestyle (21.03)
  • Tallied five top-10 finishes throughout the season
  • Finished fifth, a season best, in the 100 butterfly at the Kentucky dual meet
  • Finished fifth, a season best, in the 50 freestyle at the Duke dual meet

PRE-COLLEGE

  • Graduated from Langley High School
  • Member of Machine Aquatics