Southern California Swimming - Age Group 
SCS uses the USA Swimming Motivational Time Standards for the regular season Age Group Meets.

Each September, at the beginning of the swim season, SCS sets the time standards for the invite and championship meets, WAG, SprAG, JAG, SumAG, and SCS Elite.  Check with your coach.  They may have some laminated copies of the SCS Time standards. 

Here they are:

SCS 2025-2026 Age Group SCY Time Standards download  

SCS 2025-2026 Age Group LCM Time Standards download

Time Standards for SCS Age Group are published on the So Cal Web Site  SoCalSwim.org

 

USA Swimming Motivational Time Standards

(New standards for 2025-2028 will be implemented on Jan1, 2025)

2024-2028 Motivational Time Standards SCY (effective 1/1/2025)

2024-2028 Motivational Time Standards LCM (effective 1/1/2025)

SCS Senior Time Standards  are on the SCS web site

 
 

Sectionals, Futures, Junior National, Opens, Pro-Series 

Sectionals are sanctioned at the Zone level.  There are 3 different sectional meets, each with different time standards.  SCS goes to the CA/NV Sectionals. Time standards for these meets are determined by the host site and usually published with the meet sheet.

CA/NV Sectionals Time Standards & Bonus Cuts -- are published on the So Cal Web Site  SoCalSwim.org

CA/NV Sectionals MAXIMUM Time Standards (cannot be faster than) (TBD)

Futures, Pro-Series, and Jr National time standards are found on the USA Swimming web site.

Far Westerns

Far Westerns Time Standards are on the Pacific Swimming LSC web site.
(SCY, LCM, SCM & Relay Standards)

Western Zones time standards can be found on the Western Zone web site

Western Zone Age Group Time Standards

Western Zone Seniors Time Standards

Olympic Trials Time Standards

Olympic Trial Time Standards are on the USA Swimming Web site