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Olympian Jordan Crooks Instructs & Inspires Competitive Swim Team

We were incredibly grateful to have Olympian and NCAA Champion Jordan Crooks visit our YMCA for a clinic with the Seals Swim Team.

He held a special Friday afternoon session with our Senior Prep and Senior group swimmers, discussing the importance of eating healthy, getting enough sleep, and being the best you can be both in and out of the pool. He went over sprint freestyle technique and demonstrating drills in the pool and even raced some of our Seniors in a 25 sprint! On Saturday morning, he spent time with each of our age groups and even held a parent Q&A.

Fun Facts about Jordan:

Jordan Crooks is a Caymanian competitive swimmer. He won the first medal and first gold for the Cayman Islands at a world championships in any sport at the 2022 World Short Course Swimming Championships. He also holds nine national records for the Cayman Islands. At the 2024 World Short Course Swimming Championships he again won the gold medal in the 50 meter freestyle. In the semifinals he broke the world record in this event with a time of 19.90 seconds, becoming the first swimmer to break 20 seconds. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, he became the first Caymanian swimmer to qualify for the finals. He finished with a time of 21.64 seconds and placed eighth in the men’s 50 meter freestyle. Crooks recently graduated and swam for the Tennessee Volunteers at the University of Tennessee. In his freshman year, he swam a freshman record 18.53 50 yard freestyle as well as a freshman record 41.44 100 yard freestyle. On February 21, 2024, Crooks became the second man ever to swim a sub-18-second 50 yard freestyle as he won gold in the SEC championship, setting a pool record at the Auburn University James E. Martin Aquatics Center in the process!

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Please note that the section of Maple Street closest to the Summit YMCA will be closed from approximately 7 AM to 11 AM on Sunday, May 5, for our Mother’s Day 5K. Please use Cedar Street to access the public lot that is next to our building.