Age Group Zones · Central Zone

Iowa Swimming Zone Team 2027

How Iowa 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 Iowa Swimming picks its team

Anyone with the cut can go

A AAA time in any course. Open spots are filled with A-time swimmers by their finish at Iowa long course state.

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

Girls 10 & Under

285 ranked
  1. #1Bella Salazar · IAPIR4,206
  2. #2Charlotte Hancock · CIA3,362
  3. #3Evelyn Bolstad · ACAC3,286

Ranks 4–285 are in the app.

Girls 11-12

420 ranked
  1. #1Delaney Cochran · CIA4,767
  2. #2Alisa Cygankova · DSMY4,321
  3. #3Rose Uthe · IAMAC4,299

Ranks 4–420 are in the app.

Girls 13-14

336 ranked
  1. #1Emmersyn Sledge · WW4,947
  2. #2Jorgia Garrison · IARAM4,920
  3. #3Anni Hackley · DMSF4,711

Ranks 4–336 are in the app.

Boys 10 & Under

184 ranked
  1. #1Shea Strickland · IFLY3,180
  2. #2Sawyer Cramer · IARAM3,034
  3. #3Graham Goldsmith · LMST2,803

Ranks 4–184 are in the app.

Boys 11-12

289 ranked
  1. #1Carter Bohnstengel · IAMAC4,878
  2. #2Easton Mintle · DMSF4,771
  3. #3Croix Stickney · IADUB4,693

Ranks 4–289 are in the app.

Boys 13-14

271 ranked
  1. #1Beckum Rychnovsky · DMSF5,977
  2. #2Layten Norem · ACAC5,520
  3. #3Patrick Yoon · BLST4,948

Ranks 4–271 are in the app.

Questions parents ask

How is the Iowa Swimming Zone team picked?
A AAA time in any course. Open spots are filled with A-time swimmers by their finish at Iowa long course state.
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 Iowa 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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