(CMR) Caymanian swimmer Jordan Crooks, who is getting ready for the 2024 Olympics, continues to make remarkable times on the collegiate scene in the United States, producing a season-best 45.18 in the 100 butterfly on Saturday.
The Tennessee junior also clocked a blazing 18.80 in the 50-yard freestyle and two impressive relay splits to lead the No. 6 Volunteer men past SEC foe LSU, 196-104, Swim Swam reported.
According to Swim Swam, only Florida sophomore Josh Liendo (18.61) has been faster in the 50 free this season than Crooks’ 18.80 this weekend. Crooks, the defending NCAA champion, leads the nation with a season-best 18.40.
Crooks’ 45.18 in the 100 fly knocked just over a tenth of a second off his season-best mark (45.30), moving him up to 11th in the NCAA. He also split 19.92 on the fly leg of Tennessee’s 200 medley relay (1:24.34) — not far off his 19.27 split from NCAAs last season — and 41.87 leading off the Vols’ 400 free relay (2:51.54).
Crooks’ season-best 41.03 in the 100 free ranks 2nd in the NCAA behind Liendo (40.90). Only 11 swimmers have been under the 42-second barrier so far this season.
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