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Cooper Drouillard - Swimming & Diving - University of Kentucky Athletics

CooperDrouillard

  • position Freestyle
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Pleasant Ridge, Mich.
  • Major Journalism
  • High school Detroit Jesuit High School
BIO

Top Times (SCY):
100 Butterfly: 49.56 (2021 SEC Championships, 2/25/21)
200 Butterfly: 1:49.15 (2021 SEC Championships, 2/26/21)
200 Freestyle: 1:42.28 (Missouri Invitational, 11/20/20)
500 Freestyle: 4:32.52 (Ohio State Invitational, 11/19/21)

Top Times (LCM):
100 Butterfly: 56.57 (Greensboro Speedo Sectionals, 7/17/21)
200 Butterfly: 2:03.75 (Greensboro Speedo Sectionals, 7/15/21)
200 Freestyle: 1:55.39 (Greensboro Speedo Sectionals, 7/16/21)
400 Freestyle: 4:08.17 (Greensboro Speedo Sectionals, 7/17/21)

Career Notes:

  • 2022 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2021 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

2021-22 (Sophomore): Finished 39th in the 100 fly (49.81) and 40th in the 200 fly (1:50.47) at the SEC Championships … Finaled in three events at the midseason Ohio State Invitational where his highest finish was a 28th-place showing in the 200 fly (1:50.84) … Saw action in six dual meets, highlighted by taking third in both the 100 fly (51.10) and 200 fly (1:51.52) in the season opener at Indiana … Raced to third in the 200 fly (1:51.12) and fourth in the 100 fly (51.44) against Miami Ohio … Flew to fifth in the 200 fly (1:56.06) versus Cincinnati.

2020-21 (Freshman): Competed in the 100 fly (49.56), 200 fly (1:49.15), and 500 free (4:36.53) at the 2021 SEC Championships … Finished fifth in the 200 fly (1:50.94), 10th in the 100 fly (49.82), and 12th in the 500 free (4:34.54) at the Missouri Invitational … Recorded 10 top-8 finishes throughout the dual meet season, highlighted by a runner-up showing in the 200 fly (1:55.42) and a third-place finish in the 100 fly (53.36) in his Wildcat debut against Vanderbilt … Took fifth in the 200 fly against both Alabama (1:52.68) and Louisville (1:50.70) … Named to the SEC First-Year Honor Roll.

Prior to UK: Earned bronze in the 100 fly at the 2018 Michigan DII State Championships … Eight-time Boys Catholic League Championship finalist … Also competed for Atlantis Swimming, the same club as UK teammate Jack Hamilton … Junior National qualifier … Placed seventh in the 200m fly at the 2019 NCSA Championships … Multi-time Sectional Championship finalist.

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