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:
- Senior
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- High School:
- Baldwin County Virtual School
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- Events:
- Mid-distance freestyle, Fly, IM
Bio
2023-2024: Poole hit a season best in the 500-yard freestyle (4:56.26) placing 2nd at home against Lees-McRae. In the match at Berry College, Poole secured two top-3 finishes in the 500-yard freestyle (5:13.96) and the 100-yard freestyle (11:09.30). Poole rounded out the season with a seson best performance in the 400-yard IM in 4:14.43 at the SAC Swimming Championships.
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
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman Swim celebrated Senior Night in the final home meet of the season against Mars Hill and Emmanuel. The Eagles prevailed over both opponents on the men’s and women’s teams.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman swim is prepped to honor the seniors prior to the race against Mars Hill and Emmanuel this Friday, Jan. 17 beginning at 6pm in the Maddox Student Activities Center.
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Carson-Newman swimming ends day two of the Gamecock Invitational with the women’s squad moving up to ninth overall and the men’s team remaining sixth in the team rankings.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Coming off a homecoming week victory against Emory & Henry and Milligan in the first home meet of the season, Carson-Newman gets back on the road to Atlanta, Ga. for the Emory Invitational beginning this Friday, Nov. 8 at 6:00 p.m. and ending at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9th.