Age Group Zones · Central Zone

Arkansas Swimming Zone Team 2027

How Arkansas Swimming picks its team for the Central Zone 14 & Under Championships, who's on track right now, and where your swimmer ranks.

Central Zone 14 & Under Championships
August 5–8, 2027 · Region 2, West Fargo, North Dakota · long course
Ages 10 & under, 11-12 and 13-14. No limit per LSC.

How Arkansas Swimming picks its team

Anyone with the cut can go

One AAA time. Events with fewer than two AAA swimmers are filled with A-time swimmers by fastest time after Arkansas long course champs.

From Arkansas Swimming's 2026 selection information. 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 Arkansas 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. Arkansas Swimming doesn't pick its team by a score, so this is a readiness ranking, not a team prediction.

Girls 10 & Under

75 ranked
  1. #1Nina Lin · JETS2,908
  2. #2Piper Gill · ARCEN2,635
  3. #3Gianna Lee · HAK2,213

Ranks 4–75 are in the app.

Girls 11-12

98 ranked
  1. #1Whitley Butcher · NWAA4,909
  2. #2Taylor Brooks · BZRK4,809
  3. #3Scarlett Pekron · NWAA4,309

Ranks 4–98 are in the app.

Girls 13-14

0 ranked

No swims in the last 12 months yet.

Ranks 4–4 are in the app.

Boys 10 & Under

69 ranked
  1. #1Case Lucky · ARCEN4,725
  2. #2Alex Chen · LRAD3,693
  3. #3Sheppie Smith · JETS2,951

Ranks 4–69 are in the app.

Boys 11-12

97 ranked
  1. #1Ian Jung · ARRAZ4,315
  2. #2Liam McKee · JETS3,862
  3. #3Alan Almaz · HAK3,855

Ranks 4–97 are in the app.

Boys 13-14

93 ranked
  1. #1Connor Revin · NWAA5,196
  2. #2Gabe Nelsen · ARCEN5,188
  3. #3Cooper Shaddock · NWAA5,103

Ranks 4–93 are in the app.

Questions parents ask

How is the Arkansas Swimming Zone team picked?
One AAA time. Events with fewer than two AAA swimmers are filled with A-time swimmers by fastest time after Arkansas long course champs.
When and where is Age Group Zones in 2027?
The Central Zone 14 & Under Championships is August 5–8, 2027, Region 2, West Fargo, North Dakota. It's long course, for ages 10 & under, 11-12 and 13-14. No limit per LSC.
What time do you need for Zones?
In 2026 any National AAA time, in any course, qualified. Each 2027 region sets its own standards, which aren't posted yet. For Arkansas 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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