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."