Age Group Zones · Central Zone

Ohio Swimming Zone Team 2027

How Ohio 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 3, Elkhart, Indiana · long course
Ages 10 & under, 11-12 and 13-14. No limit per LSC.

How Ohio Swimming picks its team

Anyone with the cut can go

A AAA time in any individual event and course, in the current age group, registered on the Team Ohio site. Lake Erie swimmers enter through Ohio since the 2025 merger.

From Ohio 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 Ohio 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. Ohio 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 Ohio Swimming Zone team picked?
A AAA time in any individual event and course, in the current age group, registered on the Team Ohio site. Lake Erie swimmers enter through Ohio since the 2025 merger.
When and where is Age Group Zones in 2027?
The Central Zone 14 & Under Championships is August 5–8, 2027, Region 3, Elkhart, Indiana. 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 Ohio 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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