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Brooke Thompson

Brooke Thompson

  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
  • High School:
    International Academy
  • Major:
    Pre-Business

Summary

Biography

USA DEAF SWIMMING RECORDS

  • 50 Free - 23.53 (2025, Big Ten Championships)

2025-26 (Senior): 

  • Team Captain
  • Finished first in 200 Yard Freestyle Relay, third in 200 Yard Freestyle, seventh in 50 Yard Freestyle and seventh in 100 Yard Freestyle in season opening win over Fordham and St. Bonaventure (Oct. 11)

2024-25 (Sophomore)

  • ECAC 200 Medley Relay Champion (3/1)
  • Set USA Deaf Swimming Record in 50 free at Big Ten Championships (2/20)
  • Third place with 400 medley relay and fourth in 50 free relay vs. Nebraska & Iowa (2/1)
  • Runner-up with 200 free relay and fourth place with 200 free relay vs. Nebraska & Iowa (1/31)
  • Third place in 100 free, fourth place in 200 free, and sixth place in 50 free vs. Fordham (01/24)
  • Sixth place in 400 free relay at Minnesota Invitational (12/7)
  • Eighth place in 200 free "C" final at Minnesota Invitational (12/6)
  • Fifth place with 200 free relay at Minnesota Invitational (12/5)
  • Fifth with 200 medley relay and sixth with 800 free relay at Minnesota Invitational (12/4)
  • Runner-up with 200 medley relay, third place with 200 free relay and fourth place in 50 and 100 free vs. Princeton (11/16)
  • Won 400 medley relay swimming ancho, runner-up in 100 free and fifth place in 200 free at Lynn (10/26)
  • Third with 200 medley relay, fifth with 400 free relay team, seventh in 50 free and eighth in 100 free at No. 24 Miami & SMU (10/25)

2023-24 (Freshman)

  • Third place with 400 free relay, fourth place with 200 free relay "B" team, fifth place in 50 free and seventh place in 100 and 200 free at Nebraska (2/2-3)
  • Fourth place with 200 medley relay "C" team and sixth place in 100 and 200 free vs. Villanova (1/20)
  • Seventh place in 200 and 400 free relay and fifth place in C Final of 50 free at Hawkeye Invitational (11/30-12/2)
  • Fifth place with 200 free relay "B" team and sixth place in 100 and 200 free at Princeton (11/11)
  • Runner-up with 200 free relay team and sixth place with 400 free relay "B" team vs. Purdue & Oakland (11/3-4)
  • Runner-up in 50 free and third place with 200 medley relay "C" team vs. LIU (10/28)
  • Runner-up with 200 free relay, third place with 200 medley relay "B" team, fifth place in 100 free and sixth place in 200 free vs. Toronto (10/27)
  • Fifth place with 400 medley relay "B" team and seventh place with 200 free relay "B" team at Rutgers Preseason Tune-Up (10/6-7)
Prior To Rutgers:
  • 11-time World Deaf Swimming Championship medalist
  • Deaflympic medalist winning five gold and three bronze
  • Won gold at the 2023 World Deaf Swimming Championships in 100 back and 4x100 mixed free relay
  • Also picked up silver in 50 free, 200 back and 4x100 mixed medley relay at 2023 World Deaf Swimming Championships
  • Earned bronze in 100 fly, 400 free and 50 back at 2023 World Deaf Swimming Championships
  • Won gold at 2019 World Deaf Swimming Championships with 4x100 free relay
  • All-State in 50 free as a junior and senior 
  • All-State in 100 free as a sophomore and junior
  • All-State in 200 free as a sophomore
  • Hold five individual school records in 50, 100 and 200 free, 100 fly and 200 IM
  • MVP as a freshman and sophomore year
  • Team captain
  • Academic All-American
  • Member of the National Honor Society and International Baccalaureate candidate
Personal:
  • Daughter of Michael and Kimberly
  • Has one brother, Quinn
  • Plans to major in biomedical engineering
Thompson On Choosing Rutgers: "I choose Rutgers because as soon as I stepped onto the campus I felt at home. I loved the academic and athletic resources that are available for the student-athletes and felt that they were well supported."

Know Your Knights
Major: Biomedical engineering
I chose my major because: I love math and physics and I have benefited from Biomedical technology and would like to go into the same field.
Favorite professional athlete: Katie Ledecky
Favorite professional sports team: Red Wings
One word to describe myself in the pool: Upbeat
One word to describe myself out of the pool: Lively
I started swimming because…:  I love being in the water
Favorite cereal: Honey Nut Cheerios
Rituals I have before, during or after a game are: Having a homemade smoothie before swim meets
Pets I had growing up were: Sparky, Gilford and Remi, all standard poodles
The quote that most resonates with me is: “You can’t be common, the common man goes nowhere; you have to be uncommon” -Herb Brooks
If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: Bright blue
My spirit animal is: Brook Trout

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