{"id":237645,"date":"2017-01-17T16:43:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T23:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=237645"},"modified":"2017-01-17T16:43:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T23:43:23","slug":"usa-swimming-releases-national-junior-team-selection-criteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-swimming-releases-national-junior-team-selection-criteria\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Swimming Releases National Junior Team Selection Criteria"},"content":{"rendered":"

USA Swimming announced Tuesday afternoon the qualifying procedures for the 2017-2018 National Junior Team<\/a>, which will consist of athletes 18 years old or younger on Sept. 1, 2017. The team will include the top two athletes in each individual event and the top four in the 100 and 200 free, along with others based on world rankings.<\/p>\n

Other athletes eligible to be selected include females ranked in the top 75 in the world in any individual Olympic event (long course) and males ranked in the top 100. Times may have been swum at any competition between January 1 and August 31.<\/p>\n

At least 26 and no more than 40 swimmer will be selected for both the women’s and men’s teams. Athletes may already be in college if they are still 18 years old, but no one who has swum an individual event at an Olympics, World Championships or Pan Pacific Championships or is a member of the senior U.S. National Team is eligible.<\/p>\n

National Junior Team Program Director\u00a0Mitch Dalton<\/strong> posted to Twitter a chart showing the times required to make the National Junior Team over the past eight years, with each year’s team based on similar criteria.<\/p>\n

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2017-2018 National Junior Team Selection Criteria now posted. Read full selection procedures, but this chart helps!https:\/\/t.co\/3DDcMmHPKY<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/o8a1bZRTQJ<\/a><\/p>\n
— Mitch Dalton (@MitchDaltonNJT) January 17, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n