45 Mile To Rank #5 All-Time In 15-16 Age Group

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Age group phenom and multi-time World Junior champion Audrey Derivaux kicked off 2026 in type on Sunday on the South Jersey Aquatic Club (SJAC) Distance Challenge in Voorhees, N.J., recording one of many quickest 1650 freestyle performances ever within the ladies’ 15-16 age group.

The 16-year-old Jersey Wahoos product dropped a time of 15:45.97 within the occasion, dropping greater than 20 seconds off her earlier finest time of 16:06.70, set on the identical meet final 12 months, and climbing as much as fifth all-time within the ladies’ 15-16 age group.

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Previously ranked thirty sixth all-time, Derivaux turns into the nineteenth 15-16 swimmer to interrupt 16 minutes and simply the tenth to go sub-15:50.

The 4 swimmers ranked forward of her all personal lofty resumes, led by the best feminine swimmer ever, Katie Ledecky, together with Olympic silver and four-time World Championship medalist Katie Grimes, former world document holder within the LC 1500 free (LC), Kate Ziegler, and former age group standout and completed open water swimmer Becca Mann.

The swimmer Derivaux now sits immediately forward of within the rankings is Tiffany Cohen, a double Olympic champion within the ladies’s 400 and 800 free on the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, who set the NAG Record at 15:46.54 again in 1983. The swim additionally stood because the American Record for six years earlier than it was damaged by Janet Evans, whereas it stood because the NAG for 22 years earlier than Ziegler took it down in 2005.

All-Time Rankings, Girls’ 15-16 1650 Freestyle (SCY)

1. Katie Ledecky (Nation’s Capital Swim Club), 15:15.17 – 2013
2. Katie Grimes (Sandpipers of Nevada), 15:26.17 – 2022
3. Kate Ziegler (The Fish), 15:40.89 – 2005
4. Becca Mann (Clearwater Aquatic Team), 15:45.33 – 2013
5. Audrey Derivaux (Jersey Wahoos), 15:45.97 – 2026
6. Tiffany Cohen (Mission Viejo Nadadores), 15:46.54 – 1983
7. Erica Sullivan (Sandpipers of Nevada), 15:47.39 – 2016
8. Paige McKenna (Nation’s Capital Swim Club), 15:48.07 – 2019
9. Bella Sims (Sandpipers of Nevada), 15:48.70 – 2021
10. Kim Linehan (Texas Longhorn Aquatic Club), 15:49.10 – 1979

Derivaux additionally bought an official break up on the 1000-yard mark of the race, presumably to the ft given her splits, and her time of 9:31.65 strikes her as much as eleventh all-time in 15-16 historical past. Her earlier finest time stood at 9:40.62, set on the identical meet final 12 months on the way in which to her 1650 time.

All-Time Rankings, Girls’ 15-16 1000 Freestyle (SCY)

1. Katie Ledecky (Nation’s Capital Swim Club), 9:14.22 – 2013
2. Claire Weinstein (Sandpipers of Nevada), 9:17.85 – 2023
3. Kate Ziegler (The Fish), 9:25.51 – 2005
4. Katie Grimes (Sandpipers of Nevada), 9:26.10 – 2022
5. Katie Hoff (North Baltimore Aquatic Club), 9:27.56 – 2006
6. Erica Sullivan (Sandpipers of Nevada), 9:29.91 – 2016
7. Kayla Han (La Mirada Armada), 9:30.10 – 2024
8. Jane Skillman (Peddie School), 9:30.34 – 1990
9. Tiffany Cohen (Mission Viejo Nadadores), 9:30.65 – 1983
10. Bella Sims (Sandpipers of Nevada), 9:31.16 – 2021
11. Audrey Derivaux (Jersey Wahoos), 9:31.65 – 2026

Incredibly, she additionally swam the quickest 500 freed from her profession in the course of the mile, although the break up received’t depend as an official time. Derivaux turned in 4:43.73 on the 500, undercutting lifetime better of 4:44.10 set in March 2024. She solely raced the five hundred as soon as in 2025, clocking 4:44.43 again in March.

With Rylee Erisman reclassifying to the women’ highschool class of 2026, Emily Wolf (4:41.98) and Alyssa Ton (4:43.39) are the one swimmers within the class of 2027 who’ve been quicker within the 500 than Derivaux’s 4:43.73 opening break up.

Committed to Texas, Derivaux is the top-ranked recruit within the ladies’ highschool class of 2027, and he or she beforehand ranked 2nd within the class within the 1650 free behind North Carolina Aquatic Club’s Daisy Collins (16:02.94), however with this swim, she rockets to the highest of the category by a large margin.

In addition to that, Derivaux can be now quicker than each swimmer within the ladies’ highschool class of 2026, with CSP Tideriders’ Sydney Schoeck proudly owning the highest time at 15:52.26.

For further reference, Derivaux’s swim would’ve positioned 4th on the 2025 Women’s NCAA Championships.

Incredibly versatile, Derivaux is the reigning World Junior champion within the ladies’ 200 again, 200 fly and 200 IM, and he or she additionally received silver within the 100 fly and positioned 4th within the 400 IM on the championships final August.

As for the space occasions in lengthy course, she’s solely raced the 1500 free as soon as within the huge pool, completed again when she was 11 in 2021 (18:24.26).

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