Pacific Swimming Zone Team 2027

How Pacific Swimming picks its team

Picked by coaches

A AAA time is needed to apply; how the 12 per gender and age group are chosen isn't published.

Team size: 12 girls and 12 boys per age group.

From Pacific Swimming's 2026 selection document. 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 Pacific 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. Pacific 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 Pacific Swimming Zone team picked?

A AAA time is needed to apply; how the 12 per gender and age group are chosen isn't published. Team size: 12 girls and 12 boys per age group.

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 Pacific Swimming, a cut may not be enough on its own, because the team is partly chosen once swimmers qualify.

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.