Audrey Yu

Photo by: Walt Middleton/Northwestern Athletics

Women Swim Dive NCAA Championships Walkout

Photo by: Walt Middleton/Northwestern Athletics

September 27, 2024, Evanston, IL: Northwestern Swimming and Diving competes in a scrimmage at Norris Aquatic Center in Evanston, IL on Friday, September 27, 2024. (Photo by Henry Frieman/Northwestern Athletics)

Photo by: Henry Frieman/Northwestern Athletics

February 23, 2024, West Lafayette, IN: Northwestern Women’s Swimming and Diving competes in the 2024 Big Ten Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships at Morgan J Burke Aquatics Center in West Lafayette, IN on Friday, February 23, 2024. (Photo by Walt Middleton/Northwestern Athletics)

Photo by: Walt Middleton/Northwestern Athletics

September 10, 2025, Evanston, IL: Members of the Northwestern Swimming and Diving team pose for photos as part of Internal Media Days at Patten Gymnasium in Evanston, IL on Wednesday, September 10, 2025. (Photo by Charlotte Gottfried/Northwestern Athletics)

Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
High School:
Palo Verde
Hometown:
Las Vegas, Nevada
Major:
Human Communication Sciences

Top Times – Updated April 7, 2026
50 Free: 22.46 (Wisconsin, 1/17/26)
100 Free: 49.75 (Notre Dame Meet, 10/24/25)
50 Breast: 28.76 (Wolfpack Elite Invitational, 11/22/24)
100 Breast: 1:01.14 (B1G Women's Championships, 02/18/26)
100 IM: 58.47 (NU vs. Army & Miami-FL, 12/17/22)
200 IM: 2:09.09 (FL SYS GAIN Invitational SCY, 04/11/21)
200 Free Relay (Split): 22.06 (NCAA Women's Championships 3/18-21/26)

AS A SENIOR (2025-26)
Placed third in 50 Free (22.46) against Wisconsin

AS A JUNIOR (2024-25)
Placed sixth in the 100 Breast (1:07.52) vs. Miami (OH) (10/12/24)
Two fifth place finishes in the 100 Free (50.30) and 100 Breast (1:04.28) and finished sixth in the 50 Free (23.03) at Duke (Nov. 8-9, 2024)
Second place finish in the 100 Free (50.42) and placed third in the 50 Free (23.14) vs. Penn State and UChicago (01/11/25)
Third place result in the 50 Free (23.17) and placed seventh in the 100 Breast (1:04.07) at Wisconsin (01/18/25)
Placed fourth in both the 100 Free (49.95) and 50 Free (22.73) at the Minnesota Triple Duals (Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2025)
Two 30^th place finishes in the 100 Free (49.78) and 100 Breast (1:02.46) and a 35^th place result in the 50 Free (22.97) at B1G Conference Championships in Columbus, OH (Feb. 19-22, 2025)
Part of a team that broke a NU school record in the 400 Free Relay at NCAA Championships in Federal Way, WA. The relay team of Nikki Venema, Lindsay Ervin, Sydney Smith and Audrey Yu clocked a 3:13.31 in the 400 free relay to finish in 18th place. Their time bested the previous NU record of 3:14.35 set in 2021.

PERSONAL:
From Las Vegas, NV. Attended Bishop Gorman/Palo Verde high school. In 2019 she was the State Champion in the 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free Relay and 400 Free Relay, as well as being named MVP. Additionally, she swam for the Sandpipers of Nevada and was a 3x 13-14 NAG Relay Record Holder in the 200 Free, 400 Free and 800 Free LMC. She was also a team record holder and U.S. Open Qualifier. She plans to major in human communication sciences at Northwestern.