SA State Short Course Championships qualifying times
2026 SA State Short Course Championships. South Australia's combined age-and-open state championships — one short-course meet in late August covering ages 11 to open.
How this meet qualifies swimmers
- Dates
- 28–30 August 2026 (next edition to be announced)
- Age at meet
- Age as at 28 August 2026
- Who can enter
- Ages 11 and over
- Age group or Open
- A combined age and open championships: athletes 16 and under may enter their eligible age-group event or the open event (if qualified), but not both. Events without a cut in an age group — the 200m-and-longer strokes and the distance freestyles for younger ages — are entered on the Open standard
- Qualifying window
- The published program states no qualifying window
- Multi Class
- Multi Class events run as Open events entered on a Multi Class Point Score: 75 MCPS for the 50s, 100s and 100 IM, 100 MCPS for the 200 Free and 150/200 IM, 125 MCPS for the 400 Free
Choose an age group for the full cut table
Every event with a published standard, for boys and girls, across 7 age groups.
50m Freestyle across every age group
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Source · 2026 standards
Transcribed from the qualifying-times table in Swimming SA's 2026 State Short Course Championships program of events (captured 2 September 2026).
These are the most recent standards Swimming SA has published. New qualifying times are released ahead of each edition — always check the current meet information before entering.
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