How are age group time standards and swim meets organized in Pacific?
Let’s look at Pacific’s age group time standards, and then at the age group swim meet program in Pacific, to see how they’re set up. First, the time standards. Pacific has established age group time standards for the following age groups: 8/under, 10/under, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, 17-18. The time standards are described below roughly from slowest to fastest. C, B, and A: age group swimming is where virtually all swimmers begin, and the B and A standards are the basic developmental and meet entry time standards used in Pacific’s age group program. B is the entry level standard (a C time is any time slower than the B time standard), and an A time is everyone’s first big goal. (Note: starting in 2009, Pacific is setting its own B and A time standards. They are not the same as the B and A National Age Group motivational time standards released by USA Swimming, which Pacific has used as meet entry time standards for the past several years.) JO meet standard: The JO meet standard is the qualify
