Audrey Derivaux Breaks 1:00 Barrier in 100 Backstroke on Day 2 of Greensboro Futures

By Will Baxley on SwimSwam

2025 Greensboro Futures

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We’re now halfway through the U.S. Futures championships, and down in North Carolina, night two proved to be just as quick as night one.

Age group sensation Audrey Derivaux took the biggest spotlight of the session. The 15-year-old threw down a 59.83 in the 100 backstroke to take the win by two seconds. Derivaux joins Rylee Erisman as the only 15-16 American girls under the 1:00 barrier this season.

This marks an impressive drop for the New Jersey native, bettering her 1:00.94 best from June. However, it’s not entirely unexpected, seeing as Derivaux’s 200 best stands at 2:06.68. This bodes well for any other backstroke races Derivaux might swim this week, though her name is not on the psych sheet, so it’s not clear what her line-up is.

Derivaux was not the only event winner to crack a big barrier in Greensboro. Old Dominion University’s Zach Redding raced to a 49.90 in the 100 free earlier in the session, his first time under the coveted mark.

The University of Kentucky men proved they’ve been putting in the work this summer with another pair of victories tonight. First, Levi Sandidge followed up his mile win yesterday with a 4:16.88 400 IM victory. Then, fellow Wildcat Devin Naoroz hit angel numbers in the 100 back en route to a 55.22 victory. This marks an incredible personal best for Naoroz, undercutting the 55.93 he turned in at U.S. Nationals by nearly three quarters of a second.

Another head-turning swim came from NCAP’s Sadie Buckley in the 400 IM. Buckley busted out a 4:45.21 for a decisive win, shooting her up to #4 in the 15-16 rankings this season. It also marks a lifetime best by four seconds.

Other Event Winners

• University of South Carolina’s Amy Riordan and TAC’s Reina Liu went 1-2 in the 200 free on day 1, and they followed it up with another 1-2 in the 100 free. Riordan stopped the clock in 55.70, a new best by two tenths.
• Liu later joined the Whelehan sisters – Meredith, Sloane, and Finola – for a dominant 800 free victory. The foursome put together an 8:16.15 effort to win by over eight seconds
• Club swimmers got the best of the 50 fly in both genders. MAC’s Emma Richardson took the women’s event in 26.93, while Langston Duncan of Eagle Swim Team came out on top of the men’s field. This was a particularly swift swim for Duncan, a Northwestern commit, bringing his pb from 24.62 to 24.25
• NCAP boys made it two for two on relays, posting a 7:37.62 to take the 800 free relay

Team Scores

Men

1. Nation’s Capital — 362
2. TAC Titans — 181
3. Waterloo — 107

Women

1. TAC Titans — 395
2. Nation’s Capital — 394
3. Gamecock Aquatics — 121

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