SA swimming qualifying times
Swimming SA runs one state championship: the State Short Course Championships in late August, a combined age-and-open meet from 11 years up. The 50s, 100s, 200 Free and both IMs publish single-year cuts from 11 to 16 plus an Open standard; the 400/800/1500 Freestyle, the 200m-form strokes and the 400 IM run as grouped age events (12–13, 14–15, 16) with Open above them. Athletes 16 and under may enter their age-group event or the open event — but not both. Multi Class events run as Open events entered on a Multi Class Point Score rather than a time.
SA Multi Class qualifying times
Published per classification (S, SB and SM) rather than per age alone.
Which row applies to your swimmer
Use the age the swimmer will be on the meet's age-as-at date, which each championship page states. Standards are published per age group and per event — where a table shows no time for an event at an age, that event simply isn't offered to that group.
How close is your swimmer to an SA cut?
Enter an age, event and time in Rate My Swim and see the gap to every standard on this page, plus how the time ranks for that age group. Free, no sign-up.
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