Guy Brooks

Charlie Crush, Dalton Lowe, Rian Graham and Guy Brooks Enter 200 free relay parade

Guy Brooks gets congratulated after the relay

The men's 800 free relay team shows off their gold medals on the podium

Photo by: Karl L. Moore

Guy Brooks checks his time in the 100 free

The 800 Free Relay team poses on the podium with their silver medals

Position:
Freestyle/Backstroke/Butterfly
Weight:
null
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Durban, South Africa
High School:
Seagulls Swimming Club

2024-25: At the NCAA Championships in Federal Way, Washington, Brooks swam on all five relays and the 100 and 200 free in the individual events. He earned HM All-American Honors in all five relays: the 200 Medley Relay which finished 10^th (1:22.82), the 800 Free Relay that finished 15^th (6:12.18), the 200 Free Relay (14^th in 1:15.74), the 400 Medley Relay (12^th (3:01.7) and the 400 Free Relay (15^th in 2:48.20). At the ACC Championships, he won bronze in the 10 free with a time of 1:32.04. He was 16^th in the 50 free (19.75) and 15th in the 100 free (42.60). During the dual meet season, he placed second as part of the 400 free relay (2:51.08), and was fourth in the 200 free (1:34.39) and sixth in the 100 free (43.92). Against rival Kentucky, he won the 200 free (1:34.13) and the 100 free (42.99) and helped the Cards win the 200 Medley Relay (1:24.27) and the 400 Free Relay (2:52.51). He swept the sprint events at Missouri with a 19.55 in the 50 free and a 42.54 in the 100 free and was in the winning 200 Medley Relay (1:24.49). Brooks won the 100 free (42.25) at the Ohio State Invitational where he also placed second in the 200 free (1:31.96) as well as being on the winning 200 medley relay(1:22.59). Against the Volunteers of Tennessee, he won the 200 free (1:33.45) and the 100 free (42.89) and was on the winning 200 Medley Relay team that touched in 1:23.96. At the South African National Championship, he was second in both the 100M free (49.39) and the 50M free (22.94), touching fourth in the 200M free (1:51.22).

2023-24: Guy qualified for the NCAA Championships in Indianapolis where earned All-American honors as part of the 800 free relay (6:08.32). In individual events, he was 17^th in the 200 free (1:32.24) and 51^st in the 100 free (42.69). He was part of the 14^th place 200 free relay (1:16.15), the 11th place 400 medley relay team (3:30.25) and the 15^th place 400 free relay team (2:48.55). At the ACC Championships in Greensboro, he scored 38 points. He won gold as part of the 800 free relay team (6:09.87) and finished seventh in bot the 200 free relay (1:16.95) and the 400 free relay (2:50.38). He was 13^th in the 100 free finals (42.50) and sixth in the A-final of the 200 free. During the dual meet season, he won the 100 (43.67) and 200 free (1:34.56) and was on the winning 400 free relay team (2:53.12) against Missouri. In the Kentucky meet, he was third in both the 100 free (44.01) and the 200 free (1:35.07) and was on the third place 200 medley relay team. In the double dual meet with Indiana and Wisconsin, he was second in the 200 free (1:33.96) and fifth in the 100 free (44.06) and helped the Cards touch fourth in the 400 free relay. In the final dual meet of the season, he won the 50 free and the 100 free and the 200 free relay against Cincinnati.

2022-23: Guy Brooks had a stellar freshman campaign in his first year as a Cardinal. He swam at the NCAA Championships, placing 19^th in the 200 free (1:32.96) and 40^th in the 100 free (42.71). He was on the 800 Free Relay team that finished ninth with a time of 6:12.25 with his split clocking in at 1:33.34. As a part of the 400 Free Relay team, he turned in a split of 42.17 as the Cards went 2:48.93He qualified for the ACC Championships where he won the B-Final of the 200 Free (1:33.19) and was 13^th in the 100 free (42.78). He won silver as a member of the 800 freestyle relay splitting 1:32.66 on the third leg as the Cards went 6:11.26, the third fastest time in school history. He won bronze as a member of the 400 Free Relay team that turned in a 2:48.94 with his split at 42.35. In the dual meet season, he won the 200 free against Xavier and was fourth against Tennessee. He touched fourth in the 200 free at Notre Dame. At the Purdue Invitational, he was 10^th in the 100 free finals. At Missouri, he was fourth in the 200 free and fifth in the 100 freestyle. At the TYR Pro Series in Knoxville, he was 17^th in the 50M free finals. Against the rival Kentucky Wildcats, he was second in the 200 free and fifth in the 100 free. Against Indiana, he placed fifth in the 200 free and eighth in the 100 free.

Prep: From Durban, RSA, Brooks joins the Cardinals from Seagulls Swimming Club where he ranks 5^th in South Africa. At the 14^th Africa Junior Swimming Championships in 2021, Brooks won four events and finished second in the 200 backstroke and third in the 50 butterfly. He placed first in the 200 freestyle, the 50 freestyle, the 100 freestyle, and the 100 butterfly. Also swimming for the South African Swimming Federation, Brooks has best times of 22.65 in the 50 freestyle, 49.84 in the 100 freestyle, 1:51.99 in the 100 freestyle, 24.99 in the 50 butterfly, and 54.32 in the 100 butterfly.