Eli Poole
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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Weight:
- 165
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- Hometown:
- Spanish Fort, Ala.
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- Year:
- Sophomore
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- High School:
- Baldwin County Virtual School
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- Events:
- Mid-distance freestyle, Fly, IM
Bio
2022-2023: Poole swam a personal best time and placed 11th in the 1000-yard freestyle (9:48.78) at the SAC Swimming Championships. He finished fourth in the 500-yard freestyle against Georgia Tech in 4:50.93. Poole had nine top-5 finishes on the season and recorded two personal best times.
2021-2022: Poole started the season placing 4th in the 400-yard IM at the King Early Season Invite. He finished top-five in both the 200-yard fly and 500-yard freestyle against Milligan. Poole went on to finish 6th in the 200-yard freestyle against Tennessee with a time of 1:47.82.
High School: Poole was able to qualify for the USA Sectionals. At the AHSSA state championships, he was part of the first-place 4x100 freestyle relay team while gathering individual top-five finishes in the 500 freestyle (3rd) and 200 freestyle (5th). As part of the Pelican swimming team, Poole helped lead the team to become AHSAA state championship runner-ups three years in a row. His club team has either received a USA Swimming silver or bronze medal for many years.
Personal: Son of Aric and Holly Poole. Intends to major in Finance at Carson-Newman.
News mentions
CHARLOTTE, N.C.- Eagles ranked No. 2 following day one of the 2023 SAC Swimming Championships.
ROCK HILL, S.C.- Eagles ranked in the top-25 NCAA Division II men's teams along with one other South Atlantic Conference Program.
ATLANTA, Ga.- Henrique Januario and Kyla Blakemore take home first-place finishes from Georgia Tech.