Jeffrey de Groot
Jeffrey de Groot
Year: Jr.
Hometown: Houston, TX
High School: Mirabeau B Lamar
Position: Free, Back
Parents: Eleanor & John

Career Best Times:

21.26 50 Free 11/5/2021 Emory Fall Invitational
45.75 100 Free 2/18/2022 Royal Open
1:39.45 200 Free 2/4/2022 Auburn Invitational
4:32.88 500 Free 12/5/2019 Denison Invitational
10:00.65 1000 Free 10/19/2019 vs. Queens
52.44 100 Back 11/8/2019 Emory Invitational
1:47.86 200 Back 2/21/2020 Emory February Invitational

Honors:

2020 National Qualifier and All-America 800 Freestyle Relay
UAA Champion 800 Freestyle Relay
All-UAA 800 Freestyle Relay 1st
CSCAA Scholar All-America

Prior to Emory:

Spent three seasons with the Mirabeau B Lamar swim team...Regional qualifier and finalist from 2016-18...Member of the state championship team in 2017 and 2018...Graduated with highest honors and ranked 12th in his class.

Personal:

Born on April 24th...Son of Eleanor and John...Mother, Eleanor, swam at MIT and Father, John, swam at Stanford University.

Why he chose Emory?

"I chose Emory because of its amazing academic reputation and its high level swim program."