NT Swimming Championships qualifying times
2026 City of Darwin NT Swimming Championships. The Northern Territory's championships at Parap Pool each March — one meet covering ages 9 to open, with a deliberately lenient 25-and-over band.
How this meet qualifies swimmers
- Dates
- 13–15 March 2026 (next edition to be announced)
- Who can enter
- Ages 9 and over — no maximum age
- Qualifying window
- Times must have been swum since 1 January 2024
- Distance events
- The 400/800/1500 Freestyle, 200m-form strokes and 400 IM publish ONE cut for all ages, so every age group shows the same standard for them
- Multi Class
- There are no qualifying times for Multi Class events — MC swimmers enter without cuts
Choose an age group for the full cut table
Every event with a published standard, for boys and girls, across 10 age groups.
50m Freestyle across every age group
The quickest way to see how the standard tightens as a swimmer ages up.
| Age group | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| 9 years | 47.00 | 47.00 |
| 10 years | 46.00 | 46.00 |
| 11 years | 43.00 | 43.00 |
| 12 years | 40.00 | 40.50 |
| 13 years | 37.50 | 39.50 |
| 14 years | 36.00 | 38.50 |
| 15 years | 35.00 | 37.50 |
| 16 years | 33.00 | 36.50 |
| 17–24 years | 31.50 | 35.50 |
| 25 years & over | 46.00 | 46.00 |
50m Freestyle. Open an age group for every other event.
Source · 2026 standards
Transcribed from Swimming NT's 2026 City of Darwin NT Swimming Championships qualifying times document (captured 1 September 2026).
These are the most recent standards Swimming NT has published. New qualifying times are released ahead of each edition — always check the current meet information before entering.
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