Pacific Northwest Swimming Zone Team 2027

How Pacific Northwest Swimming picks its team

Ranked by a published score

Applicants are ranked in each long course event; each swimmer's six best ranks are added up, and the twelve lowest totals per gender and age group make the team, plus two alternates. Ties go to the number of AAA times.

Team size: 12 girls and 12 boys per age group, plus 2 alternates.

From Pacific Northwest Swimming's 2025 selection document. LSCs post their 2027 rules in the spring; we update this page when they do.

We also rank Pacific Northwest Swimming swimmers by this exact rule: see the official-rule board.

Who's on track: the Power Score top 3

Every Pacific Northwest 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.

This board is being built and will appear within a week.

Questions parents ask

How is the Pacific Northwest Swimming Zone team picked?

Applicants are ranked in each long course event; each swimmer's six best ranks are added up, and the twelve lowest totals per gender and age group make the team, plus two alternates. Ties go to the number of AAA times. Team size: 12 girls and 12 boys per age group, plus 2 alternates.

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 Northwest Swimming, a cut may not be enough on its own, because the team is ranked 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.