WA swimming qualifying times
Swimming WA runs the richest championship calendar of the smaller states: a winter short-course pair (the Junior SC Championships for 9–12 year olds and the SC Age & Open Championships for 13 and over), a summer long-course family (the LC Age & Open Championships in December and the Junior LC Championships in April), the four-meet LC State Pathway series through spring on one shared set of State Development times, and the Country Championships in January for country-zone clubs. The junior/senior boundary is 12/13 everywhere: junior sheets publish ages 9–12 and every Age & Open sheet starts at 13. The Pathway series is the accessible first rung — its document also publishes a short-course converted table, usable only by swimmers with no long-course time.
WA SC Age & Open
2026 standardsSwimming WA's short-course state championships for swimmers aged 13 and over — juniors (9–12) have their own Junior SC meet.
2026 WA SC Age & Open Championships · 252 published standards across 7 age groups
All WA SC Age & Open timesWA Junior SC
2026 standardsThe short-course junior state championships for 9–12 year olds — WA's accessible first state meet in the winter season.
2026 WA Junior SC Championships · 118 published standards across 4 age groups
All WA Junior SC timesWA LC Pathway
2026–27 standardsA series of four long-course pathway meets through spring — one shared set of State Development qualifying times covers all four dates.
WA Age & Open LC State Pathway Meets 1–4 · 476 published standards across 7 age groups
All WA LC Pathway timesWA LC Age & Open
2026–27 standardsSwimming WA's marquee long-course state championships in December, for swimmers aged 13 and over.
2026 WA LC Age & Open Championships · 238 published standards across 7 age groups
All WA LC Age & Open timesWA Country
2027 standardsThe championships for WA's country clubs — an extra meet on top of the state championships, covering the full age range from 9 years to open.
2027 WA Country Championships · 346 published standards across 11 age groups
All WA Country timesWA Junior LC
2027 standardsThe long-course junior state championships for 9–12 year olds, closing out WA's summer season in April.
2027 Aqua Technics WA Junior LC Championships · 110 published standards across 4 age groups
All WA Junior LC timesWhich 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.
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