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All time standard charts have been checked carefully and are believed accurate, but errors do occur.
The times listed in meet information sheets will govern in any case for entry into a meet.
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2009 Pacific Senior Program Time Standards
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Following are the 2009 time standards for Pacific's senior program, and separately, the 2009 sectional and national championship time standards:
Note: the Pacific senior time standards and sectional time standards are unchanged for 2009.
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Note: there are changes to the Santa Clara International standards for 2009.
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This file includes all the 2009 Pacific senior, Sectional, and national championship time standards, and the Santa Clara International time standards.
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Follow this link for background on Pacific's senior program and senior time standards.
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2009 Pacific Swimming Far Westerns meet entry time standards
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(also known as Q times)
Following are the meet entry time standards for 2009 Short Course Far Westerns in April and Long Course Far Westerns in late July:
Far Westerns meet entry time standards are issued in three formats: short course yards, short course meters, and long course meters. This single set of standards is used for entries for both short course and long course Far Westerns. Once a swimmer has a Far Westerns cut in any course, he or she may use that time to enter either Far Westerns meet. Accordingly, time conversions are not required or allowed.
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2009 Pacific Swimming Junior Olympics meet entry time standards
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Following are the time standards for the 2009 Junior Olympics meets which are held in March, July, and December.
Junior Olympics (JO) meet entry time standards are issued in three formats: short course yards, short course meters, and long course meters. This single set of standards is used for all three JO meets. Once a swimmer has a JO cut in any course, he or she may use that time to enter any JO meet. Accordingly, time conversions are not required or allowed.
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2009 Pacific Swimming Age Group Time Standards Summary
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Effective in 2009, Pacific Swimming is no longer using the USA Swimming National Age Group Motivational times for its B and A meet entry time standards. Instead, Pacific has introduced its own new B and A standards for 2009 (which are frequently abbreviated in meet information sheets as PC-B and PC-A). These are significantly changed from the B and A standards used in Pacific during the last four years.
Note that a C time for a given event is any time slower than the listed B time.
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2009 Pacific Swimming Age Group Time Standards (listed by age group)
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These charts include the PC-B, PC-A, and PRT times for 8/unders and the PC-B, PC-A, JO, Far Western, and PRT times for all other age groups. Both short course and long course standards are included.
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These are the time standards used in the selection process for Pacific's North American Challenge Cup and Western Zone teams.
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This file is a compilation of all of Pacific's 2009 age group time standards, and includes all updates.
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Follow this link for background on Pacific's age group program and age group time standards.
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Conversions Between Short Course and Long Course Times
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Pacific Swimming no longer requires that entry times be converted between long course and short course. For meets that require that entry times be proved (such as JOs, Far Westerns, and certain meets in the senior program), meet entry time standards will be provided in both short course and long course, and you may enter a qualifying time achieved in either course.
However, it is important to note that Pacific's Rules and Regulations still specify that when you have achieved a specific class level (for example, B or A) in an event in one course, you are considered to be qualified at that same level in all courses. Accordingly, you must always enter a time which maintains the class for which you've qualified in an event.
For example, if you've achieved an A time in an event short course but have never swum the event or have never achieved at this level in the event long course, you must enter at least a minimum long course A time when you enter the event in a long course meet.
Follow these links for more detail on age group program and senior program meet entry requirements.
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