Time Standards for Qualifying Meets

• B times, BB, A, AA, AAA, and AAAA Time Standards

                 (ALL Ages - National)      (revised for 2017-2020)

-  LC Meter (p1) - SC Yards (p2) - SC Meter (p3) 

• MT Standards

               (ALL Ages - Montana)      (revised for 2017-2020)

These standards are used to determine qualification for "State", our MT State Championship meet.  Swimmers must achieve at least one BB time to qualify for "State"  Once qualified, swimmers may choose to enter events from any event they have achieved a B qualifying time or better in the previous 15 months.  Swimmers "aging up" must meet the standards of their new age group.

To Use these charts, first find the page for the type of course you raced in (LCM, SCY, SCM).Find your age group on the chart, then look for the event of interest.  Then read across the columns to find which category your time fits into.

These standards are generally in effect for 4 years and updated within a few months of each summer olympics.

Upper Level Meets each have their own qualifying time standards :

These standards tend to change each year.

• Age Group Sectional Time Standards - tba

• Senior Sectional Time Standards - tba

• Western Zone Time Standards - tba

• Winter Junior National Time Standards - tba

• Winter Nationals Time Standards - tba

• Summer National Time Standards - tba

• Summer Junior National Time Standards - tba

• US Open National Time Standards - tba