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Jillian Janis Geohagan Crooks (born 27 June 2006) is a Caymanian competitive swimmer. She is the Cayman Islands record holder in the 50 metre butterfly and 100 metre freestyle.[1] She competed in the 100 metre freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics, placing 41st in the prelims heats.[1][5]

Jillian Crooks

Personal information
Birth name	Jillian Janis Geohagan Crooks
National team	Cayman Islands[1]
Born	(2006-06-27) 27 June 2006 (age 16)[1] Cayman Islands
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle
Club	Total Swimmer Aquatics[2] Homer Mariners (former)[3]
Coach	Grant Fergusson[4] Caleb Miller[3]

Background

Following a brief residence in the United States state of Alaska in late 2021, she moved to Florida in 2022, where she trains for her swimming with Total Swimmer Aquatics, and she represents the Cayman Islands in international swimming competitions.[2]

Career

2021

2020 Summer Olympics

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Tokyo, Japan, Crooks took 41st-place in the 100 metre freestyle, not advancing to the semifinals with her Cayman Islands national record setting time of 57.32 seconds.[1][5][6] She was the youngest competitor from the Cayman Islands at the 2020 Summer Olympics in any sport, as well as the youngest Olympian from the country across all previous editions of the modern Olympic Games her country competed at.[4][7] Prior to the start of competition, Crooks served as one of two swimmers turned flag bearers for the Cayman Islands at the opening ceremony Parade of Nations, which made her one of 86 swimmers to carry the flag for their nation.[8] Leading up to the 2020 Olympic Games, she was one of a number of swimmers to set Cayman Islands records at the Cayman Islands qualifying meet for the Olympic Games held in Clermont, United States.[9]

Foray to the United States

Crooks was born and raised in the Cayman Islands, and following the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021 she temporarily moved to the state of Alaska in the United States when she was just 15 years old to compete scholastically for Homer High School for one season, winning two state titles and setting state records in the 100 freestyle and 200 freestyle events before leaving to rejoin the Cayman Islands national team for the Junior Pan American Games.[7] Crooks ended up in Homer, Alaska for a few months, including competing for the high school swim team, because she had a family friend who was a coach there and she wanted to test out swimming in the United States, and Alaska specifically, to see if she could win a few state tiles and set a few state records in the country, which she successfully did.[10] She was one of two Olympians to compete at the 2021 Alaska State High School Championship, the other being Alaska native, Alaska born and raised, and Olympic gold medalist Lydia Jacoby who won breaststroke and individual medley events.[7][11]

2022

In 2022, Crooks moved from Alaska to Florida where she lives and trains.[2]

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

As of 11 November 2021

Event	Time		Meet	Location	Date	Age	Notes
50 m freestyle	26.77		Bahamas National Championships	Bahamas	27 June 2021	15
100 m freestyle	57.32	h	2020 Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan	28 July 2021	15	NR
200 m freestyle	2:09.17		UANA Tokyo Qualifier	Clermont, United States	30 April 2021	14
50 m butterfly	28.72		UANA Tokyo Qualifier	Clermont, United States	29 April 2021	14	NR

References

External links

• Jillian Crooks at FINA
• Jillian Crooks at SwimRankings.net
• Jillian Crooks at Olympics.com
• Jillian Crooks at Olympedia

Olympic Games
Preceded by Ronald Forbes	Flag bearer for  Cayman Islands Tokyo 2020 with Brett Fraser	Succeeded by Incumbent

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