Age Group Zones · Western Zone

Southern California Swimming Zone Team 2027

How Southern California Swimming picks its team for the Western Zone Age Group Championships, who's on track right now, and where your swimmer ranks.

Western Zone Age Group Championships
August 4–7, 2027 · Sacramento, California · long course
Ages 10 & under, 11-12 and 13-14. Each LSC sends up to 80 swimmers and 400 entries.

How Southern California Swimming picks its team

Picked by coaches

Southern California did not send a team in 2026. Its last published process (2022) needed three Junior Age Group times to apply, and coaches picked the team.

From Southern California Swimming's 2022 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 Southern California 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. Southern California Swimming doesn't pick its team by a score, so this is a readiness ranking, not a team prediction.

Girls 10 & Under

1,494 ranked
  1. #1Alinea Fung · BCA5,437
  2. #2Margaret Wang · NOVA5,312
  3. #3Emily Jiang · NOVA5,134

Ranks 4–1,494 are in the app.

Girls 11-12

2,003 ranked
  1. #1Grace Wang · NOVA5,856
  2. #2Grace Wang · NOVA5,831
  3. #3Alyssa Luwiharto · AZOT5,390

Ranks 4–2,003 are in the app.

Girls 13-14

2,071 ranked
  1. #1Annabelle Hayes · NOVA6,130
  2. #2Katherine McCrea · AZOT5,395
  3. #3Nica Goldshleger · NOVA5,169

Ranks 4–2,071 are in the app.

Boys 10 & Under

1,523 ranked
  1. #1Isaac Dai · MVN5,467
  2. #2Trevor Kin Ho Lam · DARE5,450
  3. #3Kai-Chen Lin · NOVA5,197

Ranks 4–1,523 are in the app.

Boys 11-12

1,902 ranked
  1. #1William Zhu · NOVA6,198
  2. #2Zhecheng Zhu · NOVA6,025
  3. #3Junyou HE · ROSE5,950

Ranks 4–1,902 are in the app.

Boys 13-14

2,065 ranked
  1. #1Jasper Ye · AZOT5,908
  2. #2Qianpu Ye · AZOT5,815
  3. #3Kingsley Du · NOVA5,735

Ranks 4–2,065 are in the app.

Questions parents ask

How is the Southern California Swimming Zone team picked?
Southern California did not send a team in 2026. Its last published process (2022) needed three Junior Age Group times to apply, and coaches picked the team.
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 Southern California 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.

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