Ohio Swimming

2026 Applicant Requirements:

  • All swimmers must be 14 or younger as of the first day of the meet (January 3, 2026)
  • Swimmers must be 2026 registered as year-round members of USA Swimming
  • Applicants' times must be achieved during the qualifying period of September 1, 2025 through December 21, 2025


2026 Swimmer Selection Process

Applications for this year’s 14 & Under All-Star Mid-States Championships are being taken for the six team All-Star meet at IUPUI in Indianapolis, IN on January 3-4, 2026.

Applications are done through Ohio Swimming.

The six LSCs participating in the meet are: Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Swimmers that feel they may be one of the fastest four swimmers in Ohio are encouraged to apply for the team.
No times standards are required to apply for the team.

The fastest four (4) applicants in each event (except the 1650) will be selected. Be sure to enter all of your best times since 9/1/2025 in your entry for consideration for additional events in case they have not been filled.

All swimmers should submit their fastest 50 freestyle time from the qualifying period for relay considerations, even if the swimmer is not likely to be selected for the individual event.  Swimmers may apply for as many events as they wish, but will not be selected for more than 6 individual events.  

For the second time in meet history, the 11/12 age group will have an opportunity to swim the 200s of stroke at the meet (200 Butterfly, 200 Breaststroke, and 200 Backstroke). The 11-12yr old 200’s of stroke events will be swum as 11-14 events seeded by time but scored/awarded by age group. Entries for the 11-12yr olds 200s of stroke events will be submitted with a 100 of stroke time. A 200 of stroke counts as one of 6 individual events that an athlete is allowed to compete in.

In the event that a swimmer qualifies for the team in more events than permissible by the meet rules, the following criteria will be considered for selection of the next applicant:

  • Relative strength of events for swimmer exceeding the entry limit
  • Differential between next fastest applicant and the swimmer exceeding the event limit
  • Strength of the next fastest applicant relative to national time standards and previous year's meet results
  • Event distribution for the swimmer exceeding the entry limitation

In the unlikely event that two swimmers are tied for the final spot in any event, and none of the other criteria for event selection resolve the tie, the swimmers' best time in that specific event from the previous long course season may be used to break the tie.

Deadlines and dates for the team selection process can be found under the application info tab

Any question or concerns about the 2026 Ohio Midstates team?

Mac Lewis
[email protected]
Head Coach, Team Coordinator