Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakataetae a Cropper i ngā whakataetae takitahi e toru i ngā Orimipia Raumati 2000 i Hītini. Ka tohu ia mo nga Taakaro Orimipia me te 26.54 (50 m freestyle), 58.44 (100 m freestyle), me te 1:02.76 (100 m butterfly) i nga Pan American Games i Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. I te ra tuatahi o nga Taakaro, i noho a Cropper ki te wha tekau i te 100 mita butterfly. I te kaukau i te wera tuatoru, i oti i a ia te kaupapa me te tino pai o te 1:02.34. E wha nga ra i muri mai, i te 100 m freestyle, ka heke a Cropper i tana rekoata mo te ora ki te 57.91 mai i te wera tuarua, ka mutu i muri i te kaiarahi a Leah Martindale o Barbados, he whiringa toa i Atlanta e wha tau ki muri. I tana whakataetae tuatoru, 50 m freestyle
, I tukuna e Cropper he wa 26.36 mai i te werawera e ono mo te toru tekau-rua o te purapura katoa, engari i ngaro i te haurua whakamutunga mo te hawhe hēkona (0.50).