Jordan Crooks Blasts 1:30.00 200 Freestyle at Day 1 of Tennessee Invite

2024 Tennessee Invite

Jordan Crooks began the primary midseason meet with a bang within the 200 freestyle. Crooks led off the Tennessee males’s 800 freestyle relay with a blistering 1:30.00. He’s presently the quantity 8 performer all time, however you might write a ebook with all the locations this time is #1. Quickest he has ever been. Quickest Vol in historical past (beating his personal report of 1:30.41 from NCAAs). Quickest swimmer this yr. Quickest midseason 200 freestyler ever. 

Let’s begin with the private greatest time. At this meet final yr, he went a 1:32.07 main off the identical relay. On the time, this was a two second drop from his earlier greatest time, additionally main off the 800 free relay on the Tennessee invite of 1:34.30. He dropped extra time at SECs the place he swam the occasion individually and went 1:31.45 and 1:31.17 in prelims and finals respectively. Lastly in prelims at NCAAs he went his greatest time till this night at 1:30.41. This implies in about 3 months, Crooks dropped a second and a half after beforehand being referred to as pretty-exclusively a drop lifeless sprinter.

Listed here are his splits from NCAAs and from tonight:

What about the truth that that is at a midseason meet? Is Crooks the quickest midseason 200 freestyler ever? Sure. Listed here are the highest 6 midseason instances in historical past:

1. 1:30.00- Jordan Crooks: 2024 Tennessee Invite
2. 1:30.57- Drew Kibler: 2020 Texas Corridor of Fame Invite
3. 1:30.83- Drew Kibler: 2019 Minnesota Invite
4. 1:30.86 Andrew Seliskar: 2018 UGA Fall Invite
5. 1:31.10- Drew Kibler: 2020 Texas First Probability Qualifier (October)
6. 1:31.30- Charlie Hawke: 2023 Tennessee Invite

Crooks’ time this night is greater than 5 tenths sooner than the following quickest time at mid-season. Drew Kibler is on the record 3 instances although, which makes the record look particularly quick. Listed here are the highest 6 performers in historical past:

1. 1:30.00- Jordan Crooks: 2024 Tennessee Invite
2. 1:30.57- Drew Kibler: 2020 Texas Corridor of Fame Invite
3. 1:30.86- Andrew Seliskar: 2018 UGA Fall Invite
4. 1:31.30- Charlie Hawke: 2023 Tennessee Invite
5. 1:31.65- Joao de Luca: 2013 Winter Nationals 
6. 1:31.73- Grant Home: 2021 NC State Invite 

Solely two different folks have ever been 1:30 at this level within the season, which simply makes Crooks’ time that rather more spectacular. It does go away the world of swimming with plenty of questions. Is he subsequent to go beneath 1:30? How will Luke Hobson reply on the Texas Invite later this week? Can we count on one other half second drop in March? One factor is for certain, nonetheless. It is just November, and solely the primary day of the meet. There may be much more swimming in retailer, and if tonight is any indication, it’ll be thrilling.