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
