We’re introducing three ways to discover and follow top performances throughout the 2026–27 season. Each one looks at performances a little differently. Weekly Top Swims — Live Now Weekly Top Swims shows the top 18 & Under swims that actually happened during each week. Monday through Sunday Based on the actual swim date Ranked by Power Points Updated live as results are added to Swim Standards Browse up to the Top 500 For example, the Aug. 31–Sept. 6 ranking includes swims performed during that exact date range, even if the results were added to Swim Standards later. Weekly Top Performers — First Edition Sept. 16 Our popular Weekly Top Performances series is returning for the 2026–27 SCY season with a clearer name: Weekly Top Performers. The format remains the same. Each edition features the Top 10 performers for girls and boys in: 10 & Under 11–12 13–14 15–18 Performers are ranked by Power Points, with each swimmer represented by their highest-rated performance. Unlike Weekly Top Swims, this series is based on when results are added to Swim Standards, with the regular weekly data period running Thursday through Wednesday. Because the new season has just started, our first edition will include eligible 2026–27 SCY performances added through Wednesday, Sept. 16. Power 100 — Coming Sept. 18 We’re also introducing something completely new: Power 100. Power 100 will rank the 100 highest-rated 18 & Under performances of the 2026–27 season by Power Points. Top 100 Girls + Boys SCY + LCM All events One national chart Updated every Friday Unlike the other weekly features, Power 100 is season-to-date. As new performances are added throughout the season, swimmers can enter the Power 100 or move up and down the chart. Weekly snapshots will let you follow chart movement, new entries, peak positions, and more as the season progresses. The first Power 100 will be released Friday, Sept. 18. Follow the Weekly Updates We’ll also share Weekly Top Performers, Power 100, and other highlights throughout the season on Instagram. 📸 Follow us on Instagram: @swimstandards Three different ways to look at the season Weekly Top Swims → What actually happened that week Weekly Top Performers → Top performers from results added that week Power 100 → Where the top performances rank across the entire season We hope these give swimmers, families, coaches, and swimming fans some fun new ways to follow performances throughout 2026–27. Let us know what you think!

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The 2026 TYR Futures Championships split the country into five regional meets this week — Austin, Greensboro, Knoxville, Madison, and Sacramento — all racing the same dates (July 29–August 1) and the same 34 individual events. The meets haven't started yet, but the psych sheets are already out — and they point to some sites being a lot harder to make an A-final at than others. How We Measured It For each of the 34 individual events, we compared the 8th-place seed time — the projected cutoff to make an A-final — across all five sites, and tracked which site has the fastest cutoff. More wins means a deeper, more competitive field going in. The Projected Ranking Rank Site Fastest Seeded Cutoff In (out of 34 events) 1 Madison, WI 13 2 Austin, TX 9 3 Knoxville, TN 7 4 Greensboro, NC 5 5 Sacramento, CA 0 Based on seed times, Madison has the fastest cutoff in more events than any other site — more than a third of the entire program. Sacramento doesn't have the fastest cutoff in a single event. A Real Example: Men's 100 Fly Here's the seeded 8th-place time in the men's 100 fly at each site: Site 8th Place Seed Time Madison 54.91 Austin 55.66 Greensboro 55.76 Knoxville 56.26 Sacramento 57.11 Going into the meet, a swimmer seeded at 55.5 projects to make the A-final in Sacramento, Knoxville, or Greensboro — but misses it entirely in Madison. Not Just Wins — Consistency Madison isn't seeded to win all 34 events, and no site is. But in the events where Madison doesn't have the fastest cutoff, its seed times are still typically within a fraction of a second of whoever does. Sacramento's gaps are bigger — its seed cutoffs often trail the leader by several seconds, not fractions of one. That's the real gap between #1 and #5 heading in: Madison projects to win often and stay close everywhere else. Sacramento projects to rarely win and fall well behind when it doesn't. Field Size Backs It Up Site Total Entries Knoxville 2,744 Madison 2,701 Austin 2,644 Greensboro 2,257 Sacramento 1,928 Sacramento's field is roughly 800 swimmers smaller than Knoxville's — nearly 30% — consistent with also projecting as the shallowest field. Who to Watch at Each Site Looking at who tops the psych sheets in the marquee individual events (50/100 free, 100 back, 100 breast, 100 fly, 200 IM), a few names stand out at each site: Sacramento — Olivia Detter (PASA, 20) is seeded #1 in three events: the 50 free (26.05), 100 free (57.46), and 100 fly (1:01.30). Knoxville — Josh Toothman (Blazing Barracudas, 20) tops both sprint frees, seeded 22.65/50.70. Lainy Kruger (Gator Swim Club, 21) leads the women's 100 and 200 free. Austin — Carter Wright (Bolles School Sharks, 19) is the top seed in both the men's 100 free and 100 back. Greensboro — The clear headliner: Reina Liu (TAC, 16) is seeded #1 in five different events — the 100 free, 100 back, 100 fly, 200 IM, and 50 free. Madison — Stuart Seymour (Northwestern University, 21) tops three men's events, while Molly Sweeney (Carmel Swim Club, 18) tops three on the women's side. The Takeaway If you're swimming Futures in Madison this summer, you're facing a tougher projected road to the A-final than swimmers at any of the other four sites. If you're swimming in Sacramento, the field — while still a legitimate championship meet — projects as the least competitive of the five. This isn't a knock on any athlete. Futures assigns swimmers to sites by home region, not competitive balance, so nobody chose their field. But it's a useful reality check when comparing results across sites once the meets wrap: an A-final finish at Madison and an A-final finish at Sacramento won't have required the same time. Psych Sheets Austin Greensboro Knoxville Madison Sacramento Data based on official 2026 Futures Championship psych sheets as of publication, all five sites, meets held July 29–August 1. This is a pre-meet projection based on seed times, not final results — seed times reflect entries at time of export and are subject to change with scratches, add-ons, or updates ahead of competition.

An 11-year-old produced the week's best swim. Molin Qian of AGUA went 1:03.95 in the 100 breast for 1071 Power Points, the second-highest score of the season so far behind Ayden Tan's 1098 from Edition 3. Elsewhere, a nine-year-old edged one of this series' regulars in 10&U girls by seven points, and backstroke kept winning boards. This edition covers swims entered into Swim Standards from October 8–14. Scores are Power Points, one top swim per swimmer. 10&U: Yue edges Liu, and the girls' board gets deep Callie Yue of NCAP is the new No. 1 in 10&U girls. Her 1:07.04 in the 100 back scored 1016, seven points ahead of Iris Liu (PLS), who led this group in Editions 1 and 3 and went 34.29 in the 50 breast this time. Behind them, Bailey Harrell (STAR) posted 988 in the 50 back and Adeline Farrier (CAT) returned with 971 in the 100 fly. Four swimmers at 970 or better is a first for this group; no earlier edition had more than two. On the boys' side, Robert Legg (PLS) is back on top with a 1:01.86 100 fly (952). The 500 free is the event to watch: Aurelius Lien of SCSC (5:52.81, 931) and Isaac Dai of EVO (5:55.25, 916), both nine, sit in the top four, while Lien's SCSC teammate Rubix Szolusha was far faster on the clock (5:32.12) but, as a 10-year-old, scores 879. Age adjustment at work. 11–12: Two 11-year-olds clear 1000 in the boys' race Qian's 1071 headlines the group, and Nicolas Lahre of BGNW is right behind at 1019 on a 2:07.32 200 back. Gabriel Brown (FAST) takes third with a 2:10.00 200 IM (966). Seven of the ten swimmers on this board are 11. Hudson Wenzel, who led in Editions 1 and 2, appears at No. 9 with a 50 free and is now listed as unattached. The girls' board is far more open: nobody tops 900. Billie Briggs of BTA leads with a 27.91 50 back (866), and Maeve Devaney (LASC) is second at 858 on an 11:14.90 1000 free. Four of the ten swims came in events of 200 yards or longer, an unusual mix for this age group. 13–14: Liu-Tchorbadjiyski goes 22.64 Lubomir Liu-Tchorbadjiyski of NTA won the boys' board with a 22.64 50 back worth 1058, the third-highest score of the season behind Tan and Qian. Layten Norem (ACAC) was also over 1000, dropping his 50 back from 24.61 in last week's edition to 24.12 (1001). Daniel Bunge of NOVA rounds out the top three with a 24.00 50 fly. Among the girls, Millie Claire Conner (TG) leads at 933 (26.71 in the 50 back), with Lillie Dirito (YY) second on a 2:00.11 200 back. Katherine McCrea of AZOT is in the top five for the third straight edition, this time on a 2:04.44 200 fly. 15–18: Nine of ten backstrokes, and a three-way sprint at the top Reina Liu of TAC leads the girls with a 25.07 50 back (996), followed by Shelby Hutchinson (SJAC) at 974 on a 53.29 100 back. Nine of the ten swims on this board were backstrokes, one more than last week. The boys' top three are separated by four points. Daniel Mulla (RED) went 22.36 in the 50 fly for 972, one point ahead of Charles Cancelmo (SMAC) and his 47.25 100 fly, with Noah Mejias (CYBY) at 968. Butterfly takes four of the top ten spots. Week at a Glance Top score: Molin Qian, 100 breast, 1071 (11–12 boys). Lubo Liu-Tchorbadjiyski's 1058 is the next best. Backstroke again: five of the eight No. 1 spots, and nine of ten swims in 15–18 girls. Clubs: TAC places five swimmers across three boards, AZOT five across four, and PLS three (Iris Liu, Robert Legg, Landen Vien). Tight finishes: Yue over Liu by 7 points, Mulla over Cancelmo by 1. Rankings reflect swims added to Swim Standards between October 8–14, 2026, not necessarily when the swim happened. Hudson Wenzel is listed as unattached and shown without a team link. All events and times are SCY (short course yards).

A cut, B cut, QS, Qualifying, Provisional — the terminology shifts depending on which NCAA division you're looking at, and in Division I's case, from year to year. Here's what each one actually means. Division I Starting in 2026, D1 replaced the old A/B system for individual events with a single qualifying standard (QS) per event. The rank behind that number isn't fixed — it's been recalculated each year so far: 2026: a 3-year average of the 72nd-best time nationally, same rank for men and women. 2027: gender-specific and based on the prior season alone — 64th-best time for men, 88th-best for women. Where that 2026 line sat is still useful context: the old A cut was roughly the 8th-best time nationally (a handful of qualifiers per event), the old B cut roughly the 125th (hundreds of qualifiers). The new QS landing near 70th-90th put it deliberately in between. The headline change is how you use that standard. Win your conference championship while swimming under the QS, and you're in automatically — no waiting on national rankings. That shortcut only applies to individual events. Hit the QS at any other point in the season without winning your conference, and you're ranked and selected event-by-event with everyone else, filled evenly across events until the meet caps out (235 men, 281 women). The reason the QS wasn't set as loose as the old B cut: at that level, most conference champions would clear it automatically, and the "win and you're in" rule would stop meaning anything. Relays didn't change. They still run the old two-tier system, now called Qualifying (auto-in) and Provisional (fills remaining spots), with no conference-champion shortcut. Relay bids also belong to the school, not the four swimmers who earned the time — a team can swim anyone in the final. Division II D2 kept the classic two-tier system for individual events. A cut is an automatic invite; B cut fills whatever room is left once every A-cut swimmer is seated. There's no cap on A cuts — if fifteen swimmers hit the standard in one event, all fifteen get in, and it's the B-cut pool that absorbs the squeeze. Relays work differently than you'd expect. D2's published standards list a "Qualifying" column and a "Provisional" column for every relay — but Qualifying is marked N/A across the board. D2 relays only have one real cutline. Division III Same two-tier shape as D2, with three separate published formulas underneath: A cut: 3-year average of the top finisher's time in finals. B cut: 3-year average of the 32nd-place time from the meet entry system. Relay cut: 3-year average of the 20th-place time (men) or 24th-place time (women) from the entry system. Those are three different ranks, not one formula reused. Selection fills the top 16 men / 20 women per individual event, adds top relay finishers, then fills remaining spots one swimmer at a time until the meet hits its cap (260 men, 319 women). On "NS": occasionally you'll see an "NS" entry alongside A/B in a results database. It isn't an NCAA standard — there's no such designation in any division's official rules. Where it shows up, it's almost always a database placeholder (unpopulated row, "No Standard" for an event with no cutline), not a real qualifying tier. A/B cuts vs. A-final/B-final Two unrelated concepts that happen to share letters: A cut / B cut / QS — a season-long time standard that decides whether you're invited to the meet at all. A-final / B-final — the at-the-meet grouping after prelims, based on how you rank in that session. A swimmer who arrived on a B cut can still swim into the A-final if they're fast enough on the day. D1 dropped B-finals for 2026, then brought them back for 2027 — a separate change from the QS overhaul happening the same year. Quick reference Division Individual Relay D1 Single QS, rank varies by year and gender; conference-champion auto-bid Qualifying (auto-in) / Provisional D2 A cut (auto) / B cut (fills remaining spots) Provisional only — no auto-in tier D3 A cut (auto) / B cut (fills remaining spots) Own formula (20th/24th-place avg), often stored under "B" Current standards 2027 NCAA Division I Championship Time Standards 2027 NCAA Division II Championship Time Standards 2027 NCAA Division III Championship Time Standards

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1. What's the difference between a PB Qualification Check and an earned qualification badge? They answer two different questions: PB Qualification Check — available on the swimmer's Fastest/PB table: What qualification cuts does this PB satisfy now, based on the swimmer's current age? Earned Qualification Badge — shown on rankings, meet results, and other result tables: What qualification cut did this swim earn when it happened? The PB check uses the swimmer's current age. An earned badge uses the swimmer's age at the time of the swim. 2. Why can a swimmer's PB show a different qualification than the badge on the original swim? Because a swimmer's age may have changed. For example, a swimmer sets a PB at age 14 and later turns 15. The badge on the original swim shows what the swim qualified for at age 14. The PB Qualification Check shows what that PB qualifies for now at age 15. This keeps historical results accurate while making the PB useful for current qualification planning. 3. Which qualification cuts are checked for different ages? 14 & Under The PB check uses the swimmer's applicable NCSA Age Group cut: 11 & Under Age 12 Age 13 Age 14 For 13–14 swimmers who have achieved the Sectionals cut, additional national qualification cuts can also be shown. 15–18 Age-group cuts no longer apply. Eligible cuts include Sectionals, Futures 18 & Under, NCSA, Junior Nationals, and other applicable national cuts. 19 & Over Open qualification standards are used, including Futures 19 & Over where applicable. Age-group and Futures 18 & Under cuts are excluded. 4. What does the teal qualification badge mean? A teal badge means that the specific swim actually achieved that qualification cut when it occurred. Only the highest applicable cut achieved is shown. Examples include: NCSA AG — NCSA Age Group Sec Max — Sectionals Maximum Fut 18u — Futures 18 & Under Fut 19 — Futures 19 & Over Tap or click the badge to see the full qualification name, year, and age group when applicable. If the swim didn't earn an applicable qualification cut, no badge is shown. 5. How do B, BB, A, AA, AAA, and AAAA standards work? Motivational standards are based on the swimmer's age when the swim occurred. For example, if a swimmer earned AA in the 100 Fly at age 12, that swim continues to show AA after the swimmer turns 13. This is different from the PB Qualification Check, which uses the swimmer's current age when determining applicable national qualification cuts. Motivational standards are shown through age 18. 6. Why do some events show — or no qualification check? Not every event has an applicable motivational or national qualification standard. Examples include: 25 Free, Back, Breast, and Fly — no applicable standards. 100 IM for ages 13+ — no applicable motivational standard. SCM — national qualification comparisons are not shown when no applicable SCM cut is provided. Some NCSA 50 events qualify through the corresponding 100 event, so the 50 time itself is not directly compared. In these cases, Swim Standards shows — or leaves the qualification area blank rather than displaying a misleading comparison.