On the last day of the 2026 USA Swimming Open Water National and Junior National Championships 15-year-old Ava DiPasquale, representing the Sarasota Tsunami Swim Team, won the girl’s 16U 3 km Knockout Sprints.
USA Swimming Open Water Junior National Championships 3 km Knockout Sprints Girl’s Results (Final 500m Heat)
- Ava DiPasquale, Sarasota Tsunami Swim Team
- Clare Herfel, Northern KY Clippers Swimming
- Liv Fleshman, TAC Titans
- Kate Warren, Sandpipers Of Nevada
- Sam Gatesman, Jersey Wahoos
- Ansley Bess, Saint Petersburg Aquatics
- Landyn Myers, Sandpipers Of Nevada
- Grace Gannon, Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
- Vivie Murphy, Barracuda Swim Club of Northeast Tennessee
- Varvara Dmitrova, South Florida Aquatic Club
Other competitors included:
- Makena Manteufel, Sandpipers Of Nevada
- McKinnley Polk, Berkeley Aquatics
- Lila Botham, Dynamo Swim Club
- Kaia Finanger, The Woodlands Swim Team
- Delaney Snodgrass, Bobcat Swim Club
- Molly Wideikis, Hinsdale Swim Club
- Penelope Wheaton, Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics
- Olivia Williams, North Jeffco Swim Team
- Ellie Breeding, Jersey Wahoos
- Emma Fouke, CSP Tideriders
- Kate Brinton, CSP Tideriders
- Tessa Hurguy, Bainbridge Island Swim Club
- Grace Weeks, Saint Andrew’s Aquatics
- Sophia Angelopoulou, Barracuda Swim Club of Northeast Tennessee
- Isabel Cox, Flashes Aquatics
- Helena Mundisev
- Itzabella Cinco
- Madelyn Loehfelm, STAR Swimming
- Brooklyn Penn, Southeastern Swim Club
- Ellie Jones, CSP Tideriders
- Pepper Gunn, Nitro Swimming
- Orielle Hall, NOVA of Virginia Aquatics, Inc
- Mara Ahearn, Rockville Montgomery Swim Club
- Elizabeth McIntyre, Aquatic Team Of Mecklenburg
- Sophie Brauneis
- Sienna Magro, Rockville Montgomery Swim Club
- Penelope Chao, North Carolina Aquatic Club
- Liana Marek, Surge Aquatics
- Amelia Callahan, Jersey Wahoos
- Hailey Walker, Sandpipers Of Nevada
- Eva Wetzel, Barrington Swim Club
- Syd Conlan, Hydro Swim Club
- Fiona Livingston, Bainbridge Island Swim Club
- Reese Miller, Rose Bowl Aquatics
- Brooklyn Rager, Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
- Lola Angotti, Sandpipers Of Nevada
- Molly Cosgrove, Badger Swim Club,Inc.
- Annie Tansey, Rockville Montgomery Swim Club
- Bethan Pullan, Tualatin Hills Swim Club
- Clara Penny, Portland Aquatic Club
- Emma Korn, Aquatic Team Of Mecklenburg
- Melissa Ramos
- Lexi Cronin, The Spartans of La Canada
- Ashely Walker, Sandpipers Of Nevada
- Grace Costello, Planet Swim Aquatics
- Booke Franks, Nitro Swimming
- Cameryn Cavazos, Surge Aquatics
- Sophie Weinstein, Sandpipers Of Nevada
- Sophia Ma, Shawmut Aquatic Club
- Julia Pieniadz, T2 Aquatics
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