PASA-Alpine

Types/Levels of Swim Meets

Developmental Meets/Candy Meets: These meets generally do not have any qualification time standards. Most of the time these meets offer each one of the competitive strokes (free style, breaststroke, butterfly and backstroke) in the two distances offered for each group.

Local/Invitational Meets: Invitational meets are similar to developmental meets as there are typically no time standards, almost any swimmer can compete.

Qualification Meet: These meets have some type of qualification time standard(s) that a swimmer must meet in order to enter the meet. Such as Zone Champs, Age Group Champs, Far Westerns

Zone Championships: 

Age Group Championships: 

Far Western Championships:

For detailed information on swimming time standards, please use the links below:

• Pacific Swimming Time Standards Overview: Includes time standards for various age groups and levels:
  • Pacific Swimming Motivational Time Standards for ages 8 & under (B/A times)
  • USA Swimming Motivational Time Standards for ages 9-18 (B/BB/A+ times)
  • Age Group Championships (formerly known as Junior Olympics) Qualifying Time Standards
  • Far Westerns Qualifying Time Standards
  • Senior Time Standards
• USA Swimming Individual Times Search: Access records of individual swimmer’s times from previous USA Swimming sanctioned meets. Displays all times, personal best times, and USA Swimming Motivational Time Standards achieved for each event.
• SwimCloud: Visit SwimCloud for additional tools and resources to track swimming times and meet results. This is a great tool to see a swimmer's progress over time.

Qualifying time standards for travel meets can be found in the individual meet sheets. Please see below for qualifying times for the following travel trips:

• THSC Holiday Classic in Beaverton, Oregon (December)
• Lost Dutchman in Mesa, Arizona (February)
• Open Water Western Zone Championships in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (September)