State Meet Qualifying Info

Swimmers who achieve the below times during the regular high school season or during the regionals meet automatically qualify to swim that individual event(s) at the State High School Meet on November 12th and 13th in Iowa City, IA at the CRWC.  

Swimmers can also qualify to swim at the State meet by:

• Placing 1st at Regionals Meet on Saturday, Nov 7th.

• Event time achieved at Regionals meet places in the top 32 times in the State. Applies to both individual events and relays. Times are collected from the 6 different Regional Meets from across the state and ranked during the hours immediately after all 6 meets are completed.

2026 Iowa State Swimming Qualifying Standards from the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU)

200 Free   1:57.69
200 IM   2:13.24
50 Freestyle   24.91
100 Butterfly   1:00.27
100 Freestyle   54.58
500 Freestyle  5:20.65
100 Backstroke   1:00.52
100 Breaststroke  1:08.01

Divers can qualify to dive at the Sate meet by:

• Placing in the top 32 in the State at the Regional Diving meet.  Scores are collected from the 6 different          Regional Meets from across the state and ranked after all 6 meets are completed.  

IGHSAU Website LINK