Age Group Zones · Western Zone

Alaska Swimming Zone Team 2027

How Alaska Swimming picks its team for the Western Zone Age Group Championships, who's on track right now, and where your swimmer ranks.

Western Zone Age Group Championships
August 4–7, 2027 · Sacramento, California · long course
Ages 10 & under, 11-12 and 13-14. Each LSC sends up to 80 swimmers and 400 entries.

How Alaska Swimming picks its team

Anyone with the cut can go

Swimmers with a AAA time who apply and pay the deposit are accepted, and they must swim an Alaska meet in the qualifying period.

From Alaska Swimming's 2025 selection document. LSCs post their 2027 rules in the spring; we update this page when they do.

Where does your swimmer rank right now?

Search any 14 & under swimmer for their rank on the MySwimApp Power Score in their age group.

Who's on track: the Power Score top 3

Every Alaska Swimming swimmer ranked by their best 6 USA Swimming Power Points across the Zones events, either course, last 12 months. How the Power Score works. Alaska Swimming doesn't pick its team by a score, so this is a readiness ranking, not a team prediction.

Girls 10 & Under

161 ranked
  1. #1Juliet Sherwood · NLSC3,127
  2. #2Kingsley Delozier · AKVAL2,533
  3. #3Olivia Heaphy · CAC2,336

Ranks 4–161 are in the app.

Girls 11-12

185 ranked
  1. #1Charlotte Shockley · AK3,930
  2. #2Mia Billman · AK3,718
  3. #3Stella Foister · AK3,316

Ranks 4–185 are in the app.

Girls 13-14

172 ranked
  1. #1Emma Heaphy · AK4,308
  2. #2April Rindal · NLSC3,919
  3. #3Molly Woodruff · GSC3,524

Ranks 4–172 are in the app.

Boys 10 & Under

116 ranked
  1. #1Mateus Suarez · GSC2,832
  2. #2Nolan Gibb · VSC2,645
  3. #3Alexander welch · AKBAR2,045

Ranks 4–116 are in the app.

Boys 11-12

168 ranked
  1. #1Malachi Calvin · KKW3,916
  2. #2Dylan Briley · AK3,768
  3. #3Archer Klosterman · AKAUR3,699

Ranks 4–168 are in the app.

Boys 13-14

135 ranked
  1. #1Roman Olsen · KKW5,444
  2. #2Isaiah Whitford · CAC4,062
  3. #3Alex Russian · CAC4,026

Ranks 4–135 are in the app.

Questions parents ask

How is the Alaska Swimming Zone team picked?
Swimmers with a AAA time who apply and pay the deposit are accepted, and they must swim an Alaska meet in the qualifying period.
When and where is Age Group Zones in 2027?
The Western Zone Age Group Championships is August 4–7, 2027, Sacramento, California. It's long course, for ages 10 & under, 11-12 and 13-14. Each LSC sends up to 80 swimmers and 400 entries.
What time do you need for Zones?
USA Swimming AAA times are the meet's qualifying standard. For Alaska Swimming, the cut is the whole test: anyone who holds it and applies can go.
What is the MySwimApp Power Score?
The sum of a swimmer's best 6 USA Swimming Power Points across the Zones events, in either course, over the last 12 months. Power Points put a 50 free and a 400 IM on one scale and adjust for age, so it ranks everyone in an age group the way most scored Zones selections do.

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