Age Group Zones · Western Zone

Hawaii Swimming Zone Team 2027

How Hawaii 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 Hawaii Swimming picks its team

Anyone with the cut can go

One AAA time makes a swimmer eligible. Swimmers with championship times in the 50s and 100s may apply for relays.

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

Girls 10 & Under

277 ranked
  1. #1Lai Kaawa · KONA4,964
  2. #2Celina Besana · KONA4,337
  3. #3Alena Caiserman · LAH4,154

Ranks 4–277 are in the app.

Girls 11-12

302 ranked
  1. #1Tea Rutka · KSC4,885
  2. #2Elizabeth Takahashi · HSC4,804
  3. #3Alexa Olson · HSC4,695

Ranks 4–302 are in the app.

Girls 13-14

252 ranked
  1. #1Jia Kim · KSC4,574
  2. #2Alison Cox · KSC4,539
  3. #3Ina Rutka · KSC4,407

Ranks 4–252 are in the app.

Boys 10 & Under

204 ranked
  1. #1Evan Jun · KSC5,194
  2. #2Owen Tan · HSC4,615
  3. #3Kallen Joyce · KSC4,390

Ranks 4–204 are in the app.

Boys 11-12

0 ranked

No swims in the last 12 months yet.

Ranks 4–4 are in the app.

Boys 13-14

228 ranked
  1. #1Connor Ventura · MAUI5,575
  2. #2Jack Nguyen · KSC4,699
  3. #3Jeremiah Fritz · HIHAW24,666

Ranks 4–228 are in the app.

Questions parents ask

How is the Hawaii Swimming Zone team picked?
One AAA time makes a swimmer eligible. Swimmers with championship times in the 50s and 100s may apply for relays.
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 Hawaii 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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