Montana Swimming Zone Team 2027

How Montana Swimming picks its team

Anyone with the cut can go

An AA time qualifies; swimmers with AAA times get priority in their events.

From Montana 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 Montana 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. Montana 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 Montana Swimming Zone team picked?

An AA time qualifies; swimmers with AAA times get priority in their events.

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 Montana 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.