Age Group Zones · Southern Zone

Border Swimming Zone Team 2027

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

Southern Zone Age Group Championships
summer 2027 (not announced; 2026 was July 29–August 1) · not announced (Orlando, Florida in 2026) · long course
Ages 11-12 and 13-14. Each LSC sends up to 12 girls and 12 boys per age group.

How Border Swimming picks its team

Scored, then coaches fill some spots

Two A times to apply. A virtual meet scores everyone's best A swims; the top 4 per group are selected and a committee fills up to 8.

Team size: 4 guaranteed, up to 8 per group.

From Border 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 and how far they are from the 12-swimmer line.

Who's on track: the Power Score top 3

Every Border 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. Border Swimming doesn't pick its team by a score, so this is a readiness ranking, not a team prediction.

Girls 11-12

89 ranked
  1. #1Mia Valdiviezo · BLST4,515
  2. #2Kayla Cepeda · SWAT4,416
  3. #3Regina Acosta · BLST3,906

#12, the last spot on a 12-swimmer team, has 2,191 points. Ranks 4–89 are in the app.

Girls 13-14

77 ranked
  1. #1Melissa Frias · BLST4,489
  2. #2Ariel-Chanel Sanchez · BLST3,670
  3. #3Audrey Jensen · SWAT3,651

#12, the last spot on a 12-swimmer team, has 2,793 points. Ranks 4–77 are in the app.

Boys 11-12

80 ranked
  1. #1Kikin Guajardo · BDELP23,873
  2. #2Alonso Andrade · BLST3,769
  3. #3Mauro Carrasco · SWAT3,573

#12, the last spot on a 12-swimmer team, has 2,886 points. Ranks 4–80 are in the app.

Boys 13-14

75 ranked
  1. #1Emiliano Medrano · BLST5,225
  2. #2Santiago Quevedo · BLST5,210
  3. #3Dean Pester · BLST4,433

#12, the last spot on a 12-swimmer team, has 2,979 points. Ranks 4–75 are in the app.

Questions parents ask

How is the Border Swimming Zone team picked?
Two A times to apply. A virtual meet scores everyone's best A swims; the top 4 per group are selected and a committee fills up to 8. Team size: 4 guaranteed, up to 8 per group.
When and where is Age Group Zones in 2027?
The Southern Zone Age Group Championships is summer 2027 (not announced; 2026 was July 29–August 1), not announced (Orlando, Florida in 2026). It's long course, for ages 11-12 and 13-14. Each LSC sends up to 12 girls and 12 boys per age group.
What time do you need for Zones?
There is no zone qualifying time. A swimmer can't enter an event in which they hold a Summer Junior National cut. For Border Swimming, a cut may not be enough on its own, because the team is partly chosen once swimmers qualify.
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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