Potomac Valley Swimming Zone Team 2027

How Potomac Valley Swimming picks its team

Anyone with the cut can go

A swimmer must hold the zone cut.

From Potomac Valley 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 Potomac Valley 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. Potomac Valley 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 Potomac Valley Swimming Zone team picked?

A swimmer must hold the zone cut.

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 Potomac Valley 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.