Age Group Zones · Southern Zone

Florida Gold Coast Swimming Zone Team 2027

How Florida Gold Coast 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 Florida Gold Coast Swimming picks its team

Scored, then coaches fill some spots

Three AAA times to apply. The first 6-8 per group go by summed IMX power points; spots 9-12 are coach wild cards.

Team size: 8-12 girls and 8-12 boys per age group.

From Florida Gold Coast 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 Florida Gold Coast 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. Florida Gold Coast Swimming doesn't pick its team by a score, so this is a readiness ranking, not a team prediction.

Girls 11-12

386 ranked
  1. #1Reign Belzer · FAA6,012
  2. #2Neilia Gayle · SUN4,920
  3. #3Ellie Phan · SOFL4,762

#12, the last spot on a 12-swimmer team, has 4,205 points. Ranks 4–386 are in the app.

Girls 13-14

362 ranked
  1. #1Ashley Lotano · JDST5,290
  2. #2Hannah Goracy · SFTL5,117
  3. #3Maya Ramthun · SOFL4,479

#12, the last spot on a 12-swimmer team, has 3,976 points. Ranks 4–362 are in the app.

Boys 11-12

403 ranked
  1. #1Roman Kuleshov · SAS5,477
  2. #2Leo Madera · GRSC5,332
  3. #3Michael Navarro · SFTL5,032

#12, the last spot on a 12-swimmer team, has 4,551 points. Ranks 4–403 are in the app.

Boys 13-14

456 ranked
  1. #1Janiel Espinosa · NSUS5,724
  2. #2Brandon Infante · BMHG5,474
  3. #3Kai Rodriguez · BMHG5,265

#12, the last spot on a 12-swimmer team, has 4,634 points. Ranks 4–456 are in the app.

Questions parents ask

How is the Florida Gold Coast Swimming Zone team picked?
Three AAA times to apply. The first 6-8 per group go by summed IMX power points; spots 9-12 are coach wild cards. Team size: 8-12 girls and 8-12 boys per age 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 Florida Gold Coast 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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