Age Group Zones · Western Zone

Colorado Swimming Zone Team 2027

How Colorado 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 Colorado Swimming picks its team

Ranked by a published score

A Priority Level from a published table that crosses a swimmer's number of Colorado state times with their number of Zone (AAA) times. The top 8 per gender and age group go first, then 32 more from any group.

Team size: up to 80 swimmers.

From Colorado Swimming's 2026 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 Colorado 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.

Girls 10 & Under

857 ranked
  1. #1Sydney Overbeek · PPA5,051
  2. #2Macy Baker · DSA4,277
  3. #3Aiyanna Williams · AQUA3,984

Ranks 4–857 are in the app.

Girls 11-12

1,003 ranked
  1. #1Ellie Sungy · CUDA5,188
  2. #2Grace Hansel · CUDA4,849
  3. #3Charlie Tench · RIP4,823

Ranks 4–1,003 are in the app.

Girls 13-14

964 ranked
  1. #1Quynn Buelke · WTST4,798
  2. #2Mackenzie Vick · WTST4,770
  3. #3Lydia Ganong · NJ4,754

Ranks 4–964 are in the app.

Boys 10 & Under

660 ranked
  1. #1Jaxon Despain · DSA4,149
  2. #2Rowan Sargent · FAC4,043
  3. #3Luke Wang · FAC4,027

Ranks 4–660 are in the app.

Boys 11-12

658 ranked
  1. #1Brooks Fraser · AQUA4,705
  2. #2Reid Kelly · RIP4,636
  3. #3Zach Darevsky · COMIS4,628

Ranks 4–658 are in the app.

Boys 13-14

662 ranked
  1. #1Emerson Tench · RIP5,420
  2. #2Miles Lee · RIP5,298
  3. #3James Hubbard · LONG5,170

Ranks 4–662 are in the app.

Questions parents ask

How is the Colorado Swimming Zone team picked?
A Priority Level from a published table that crosses a swimmer's number of Colorado state times with their number of Zone (AAA) times. The top 8 per gender and age group go first, then 32 more from any group. Team size: up to 80 swimmers.
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 Colorado Swimming, a cut may not be enough on its own, because the team is ranked 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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