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The 13-14 age group virtually rewrote the NAG file books this yr, after which most of them aged up after lengthy course. This made deciding the 13-14 and 15-16 age group swimmers of the yr difficult, however swimmer age at Olympic Trials was the last word deciding consider who went the place. It marks a loopy yr when NAG file breakers don’t routinely land the top-age group swimmer spot, however just one swimmer could be first. This yr’s 13-14 Swammy winners are Audrey Derivaux and Shareef Elaydi.
13-14 Women
Audrey Derivaux, Jersey Wahoos.
Audrey Derivaux is 15 now, however she swam by means of July as a 14-year-old and she or he broke two NAG data throughout 2024 within the 200 fly and the 200 IM.
In February of this yr, she set her 1st file of the season within the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:54.33 to take virtually a second off the earlier file time of 1:55.29 set by Tess Howley in 2019.
In March, she set her 2nd file within the 200 IM. Her 1:55.73 took down Alex Walsh’s former file of 1:56.20 from 2015.
She had a profitable lengthy course season as properly, grabbing the #2 spot all-time within the 100 and 200 fly occasions, and ending within the high 10 in fairly just a few others.
She additionally topped the 13-14 rankings in 10 occasions throughout lengthy course and final quick course season, greater than every other swimmer.
Derivaux’s 13-14 High-Instances
- 500 free SCY: 4:44.10
- 200 again SCY: 1:52.75 (#6 all-time)
- 200 fly SCY: 1:54.33 (#1 all-time
- 200 IM SCY: 1:55.73 (#1 all-time)
- 400 IM SCY: 4:08.51 (#3 all-time)
- 200 again LCM: 2:09.61 (#3 all-time)
- 100 fly LCM: 58.93 (#2 all-time)
- 200 fly LCM: 2:07.70 (#2 all-time)
- 200 IM LCM: 2:15.14 (#5 all-time
- 400 IM LCM: 4:45.23 (#7 all-time)
Honorable Mentions:
- Mikayla Tan, Crow Canyon Sharks: Tan can be a 13-14 NAG file holder. She went 2:09.58 within the 200 breaststroke only a few weeks in the past at Winter Juniors to interrupt Allie Szekely’s file of two:10.22 within the occasion. She additionally at the moment sits at 2nd all-time within the 100 breast along with her time of 1:00.03.
- Grace Koenig-Track, : Koenig Track seems on the USA Swimming NAG file checklist along with her lengthy course 50 breast time of 31.80. Sadly, there isn’t a method to see different 13-14 50 breaststrokers past this season as a result of it’s not a class in every other USA swimming database for the 13-14 age group. Koenig Track had the highest 200 breast time within the nation final quick course at 2:10.92, which is sweet for 4th all-time. She additionally had the quickest lengthy course 100 breaststroke at 1:09.80 for seventh all-time.
- Gabi Brito: Gabi Brito at the moment leads the nation in 4 occasions, 50 free (22.49), 100 free (48.78), 100 fly (51.89), and 200 IM (1:56.39). She additionally seems within the all-time top-10 in all of those occasions, coming in ninth within the 50 free, sixth within the 100 free, 4th within the 100 fly, and third within the 200 IM. Brito was the youngest swimmer on the Olympic Trials in June, swimming as a 13-year-old.
13-14 Boys
Shareef Elaydi, Santa Clara Aquatic Membership
Shareef Elaydi is 15 now, however he was the youngest male swimmer at Olympic Trials, competing as a 14-year-old. He additionally broke the 13-14 NAG file within the 200 IM in March.
Elaydi swam 2:03.73 in his 200 IM on the CA/NV Speedo Sectionals in March of this yr to interrupt Michael Andrew’s 2014 file of two:04.13 by four-tenths of a second.
Exterior of his NAG file, Elaydi held eight different high instances within the 13-14 age group, six in brief course and two in lengthy course. His six quick course top-times had been greater than every other swimmer within the age group.
He additionally swam on the 2024 Olympic Trials, putting forty third within the 200 fly. His finest time of two:00.38 from March is 2nd all-time behind Michael Phelps.
Elaydi’s High 13-14 instances:
- 50 free SCY: 20.64 (#16 all-time)
- 100 breast SCY: 54.66 (#3 all-time)
- 200 breast SCY: 1:58.81 (#3 all-time)
- 100 fly SCY: 47.60 (#4 all-time)
- 200 fly SCY: 1:45.06 (#2 all-time)
- 200 IM SCY: 1:45.93 (#2 all-time)
- 100 fly LCM: 54.01 (#2 all-time)
- 200 fly LCM: 2:00.38 (#2 all-time)
- 200 IM LCM: 2:03.73 (#1 all-time)
Honorable Mentions:
- Thomas McMillan, St. Charles Swim Staff: McMillan is at the moment 15, getting old up round midway by means of the yr, however not earlier than breaking the NAG file within the 100 backstroke on the finish of July. His closing time of 56.36 broke the previous file of 56.62 set by Josh Zuchowski in 2019 by virtually 3 tenths of a second.
- Wilson York, Lakeside Swim Staff: York can be 15 now, however he swam by means of October as a 14-year-old incomes just a few season top-times within the age group. York broke two NAG data in lengthy course, the 50 breaststroke in 28.92 (identical challenge as Koenig above), and the 200 breaststroke in 2:15.11. He swam the 200 breaststroke on the NCSA championships in July to interrupt Ethan Dang’s former file of two:15.84 from 2016. He at the moment sits in 1st for the season within the 13-14 100 breast, 200 breast, and 400 IM from earlier than he turned 15.
