Age Group Swimming Weekly Highlights by Spectrum Aquatics: 11/1/2025

1 November 2025

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Brought to you by Spectrum Aquatics, a SwimSwam partner, our Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming series celebrates swimmers of every age and experience level with age group profiles of some recent results.

Derek Hernandez-Ojeda, 15, Nitro Swimming (ST): Hernandez-Ojeda set five best times two weeks ago at the Longhorn Aquatics 11 & Over Fall Kickoff, highlighted by his performance in the 200 back. The Nitro Swimming product dropped more than five seconds to clock 1:47.16, ranking him 1st this season in the boys’ 15-16 age group despite still being 15. He also set bests in the 200 fly (1:50.28) and 400 IM (3:58.60) to rank 4th this season in the 15-16 age group, and added PBs in the 500 free (4:44.49) and 100 fly (51.19).

Vera Chen, 11, Long Island Aquatic Club (MR): Chen set PBs in every event she raced at LIAC’s Chappy Invitational last weekend in East Meadow, including a nation-leading time in the 100 free. Chen knocked more than five seconds off her best time, dropping from 1:01.01 to 55.77, to rank 1st this season among 11-year-old girls and 16th in the 11-12 age group. She also set a best of 2:02.62 in the 200 free to rank 5th this season among 11-year-old girls, and 2:19.81 in the 200 IM to rank 13th. She added bests in the 100 back (1:05.81), 100 breast (1:16.19) and 100 fly (1:05.41).

Harrison Banks, 14, Baylor Swim Club (SE): Banks set six personal bests at the Martha Bass Invitational two weeks ago in Chattanooga, including breaking a monumental barrier in the 1650 free. Banks, 14, clocked 15:59.59 to crack the 16:00 barrier and slash more than 40 seconds off his previous best time of 16:39.72, set in February. The swim also ranks him 3rd this season in the boys’ 13-14 age group, while he moved to 10th in the 400 IM this season with his swim of 4:14.41, and 27th in the 200 IM after clocking 2:00.33. He added bests in the 50 free (22.91), 200 breast (2:17.70) and 100 fly (55.24).

Gabby Green, 14, Parkway-Rockwood Gateway Swim Club (OZ): Green put up five best times at the Jim Devine Memorial Invite in Columbia, Mo., moving into the top four in the girls’ 13-14 age group this season in four of them. Green set a PB of 2:02.83 in the 200 IM to rank 2nd this season in the 13-14 age group, while her swims in the 500 free (4:58.18), 100 fly (56.41) and 200 fly (2:04.66) all rank 4th this season. She also cracked 25 seconds for the first time in the 50 free, leading off the Gateway Swim Club 200 free relay in 24.80.

Connor Ventura, 12, Maui Swim Club (HI): Ventura established five lifetime bests at the 25th Annual Bill Smith Invitational in Waipahu, cracking the top 10 in the boys’ 11-12 age group this season in four of them. The Maui Swim Club product now ranks 3rd this season in the 200 IM (2:04.76), 4th in the 50 free (23.43), 7th in the 50 fly (25.69) and 8th in the 50 breast (30.16), while he also set s PB in the 100 breast (1:06.78) to rank 13th this season. His swim in the 200 IM also marked a new Hawaii Swimming LSC record for 11-12 boys.

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