Crooks advances to semifinals in second match: Cayman News Service

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Jordan Crooks in the 100m freestyle semifinal on Tuesday
Jordan Crooks prepares for his 50m freestyle heats (Credit: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
Jordan Crooks (recently) at the starting line of the 50m freestyle heats (Credit: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

(CNS): Jordan Crooks became only the second Cayman Islands swimmer ever to advance to the semifinals in multiple events at the Olympics when he advanced to the semifinals of the men’s 50-meter freestyle Thursday morning. Crooks completed his preliminaries in 21.51 seconds, which not only broke his own Cayman Islands long-distance record by 0.2 seconds, but was also the second-fastest time of the 74 swimmers who competed in the preliminaries.

The semi-finals will be held later today (August 1). The match is expected to start at 1:46 pm Cayman Islands time.

“It was a good swim,” Crooks said of this morning’s race. “I wish I could have gone faster and I’m happy to have set a personal best. So whatever the result is, I’m just grateful and keep going.”

In the final swim of the 10 heats, Crooks started strong and stayed close to eventual winner Cameron McEvoy (AUS) throughout the race. McEvoy finished 0.19 seconds ahead of him.

Earlier in the week, Crooks also advanced to the semifinals of the 100m freestyle, finishing 13th in 48.1 seconds. However, that time was not enough to get him into the finals, as only eight swimmers advanced.

Another Cayman Islands swimmer to advance to the semifinals in multiple Olympic events is Brett Fraser, who advanced to the semifinals in the men’s 100m and 200m freestyle at the 2012 London Olympics.

Information and quotes provided by Kevin Morales, press officer for the Cayman Islands Olympic Committee.