Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 2000, ta yi gasa a gasar zakarun duniya ta 2000 FINA Short Course a Athens inda matsayi na 11 a cikin 50 m butterfly shine mafi kyawun sakamako. A gasar zakarun Turai ta 2000
a Helsinki ta kasance a wasan karshe na dukkan wasannin relay guda uku amma ba ta lashe lambar yabo ba. A matsayin mutum na 7 a cikin nisan mita 100 na malam buɗe ido shine mafi kyawun aikinta. An kuma zabi Groot ya shiga wasannin Olympics na 2000 a Sydney. Ta yi iyo a cikin zafin jiki na 4 × 100 m freestyle amma Inge de Bruijn ya maye gurbin ta a wasan karshe, amma har yanzu ta sami lambar azurfa don kokarin da ta yi a cikin zafin jiki. Da kanta ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe na mita 100 na malam buɗe ido da ya ƙare a 11th. A cikin sauran relay biyu babu nasara.