Metropolitan Swimming Zone Team 2027

How Metropolitan Swimming picks its team

Anyone with the cut can go

"Achieving the time standard established by the Eastern Zone."

From Metropolitan Swimming's 2026 selection information. LSCs post their 2027 rules in the spring; we update this page when they do.

Who's on track: the Power Score top 3

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

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Questions parents ask

How is the Metropolitan Swimming Zone team picked?

"Achieving the time standard established by the Eastern Zone."

When and where is Age Group Zones in 2027?

The Eastern Zone Long Course Age Group Championships is August 4–7, 2027, NOVA Aquatic Center, Richmond, Virginia. It's long course, for ages 10 & under, 11-12 and 13-14. Each LSC sets its own selection process, with no limit on swimmers.

What time do you need for Zones?

The Eastern Zone's 2027 Age Group qualifying times. For Metropolitan 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.