USMS Pool National Qualifying Times

National Qualifying Times (NQTs) help shape a fast, fair, and exciting racing environment at U.S. Masters Swimming National Championships.

USMS strives to be inclusive and welcome all adult swimmers, even at our national championships. Competitors may enter up to three individual events without meeting the NQTs, or a maximum of six events if they meet the NQTs (i.e., have swum a time equal to or better than the NQTs during the past two years). Exception: Competitors entering some distance events (i.e., 1650-yard/1500-meter freestyle) must meet the NQT.

To create these standards, USMS analyzes the past three years of Top 10 results. NOTE: There are no NQTs for age groups 85+.

For short course yards (SCY), USMS averages the 10th-place time for each event. A conversion factor of 15% for sprint events (50s and 100s) and 10% for middle- and long-distance events (200 and above) is then applied to set a consistent and achievable qualifying standard.

For long course meters (LCM), USMS averages the 5th-place time and adds a conversion factor of 15% for all events.

This data-driven approach ensures that the qualification reflects real national performance trends while supporting broad participation across all age groups. For further information, you can view our FAQ's.

2026 USMS Spring Nationals (SCY) NQTs - Women

Event
50 Free
100 Free
200 Free
500 Free
1000 Free
1650 Free
50 Back
100 Back
200 Back
50 Breast
100 Breast
200 Breast
50 Fly
100 Fly
200 Fly
100 IM
200 IM
400 IM

18-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	80-84
28.81	28.18	28.76	29.16	29.24	30.28	30.93	31.63	32.22	33.69	37.03	42.52	53.25
1:04.07	1:01.36	1:03.50	1:04.22	1:04.48	1:06.24	1:08.67	1:09.54	1:11.40	1:14.77	1:24.00	1:36.30	1:58.98
2:15.75	2:10.81	2:15.14	2:17.44	2:19.57	2:21.47	2:25.82	2:26.42	2:28.27	2:40.72	2:59.65	3:27.97	4:36.04
6:20.02	6:01.63	6:07.91	6:11.63	6:13.77	6:21.84	6:31.95	6:31.55	6:37.02	7:10.76	8:07.52	9:12.63	12:08.99
14:25.47	13:00.41	13:00.79	13:04.92	13:02.67	13:40.78	13:48.14	13:34.89	13:49.70	15:12.62	16:57.17	19:51.54	29:25.71
24:30.06	21:56.24	22:15.28	22:14.28	22:07.83	23:27.51	23:29.23	23:01.39	23:55.62	25:22.44	28:41.19	33:05.54	47:03.85
33.30	32.19	33.14	33.83	33.89	35.69	35.98	37.03	38.48	41.35	44.95	53.58	1:03.87
1:12.64	1:09.82	1:12.46	1:14.04	1:14.16	1:17.82	1:18.48	1:19.96	1:23.64	1:28.79	1:38.40	1:55.88	2:19.23
2:35.57	2:29.87	2:34.48	2:38.44	2:38.04	2:44.85	2:46.98	2:49.39	2:55.63	3:07.16	3:26.29	4:04.49	4:51.99
37.14	36.55	38.16	38.49	37.36	38.76	39.76	41.45	42.75	45.96	50.01	59.99	1:14.61
1:21.27	1:19.05	1:22.60	1:23.96	1:22.32	1:25.15	1:27.83	1:33.01	1:34.97	1:42.75	1:51.78	2:16.60	2:50.13
2:58.41	2:48.88	2:59.71	2:59.05	2:55.75	3:00.51	3:07.01	3:15.29	3:21.74	3:40.52	4:00.65	4:48.85	7:02.42
30.97	30.33	31.10	31.27	31.92	32.97	34.12	34.71	35.53	37.62	44.30	55.86	1:20.60
1:08.93	1:08.02	1:09.99	1:11.42	1:12.81	1:14.96	1:20.23	1:21.07	1:23.51	1:33.26	1:58.48	3:01.77	2:48.08
2:48.57	2:36.39	2:44.30	2:42.61	2:48.91	3:15.88	3:08.48	3:08.29	3:17.00	3:51.61	4:48.24	5:44.86	9:22.58
1:11.39	1:10.08	1:12.17	1:13.27	1:13.85	1:15.47	1:18.78	1:20.52	1:22.98	1:28.55	1:38.94	1:58.18	2:43.22
2:33.34	2:30.01	2:36.01	2:35.46	2:36.43	2:40.70	2:48.37	2:50.98	2:56.83	3:16.40	3:43.26	4:22.60	6:55.70
5:45.52	5:31.94	5:49.36	5:48.02	5:40.78	6:03.78	6:08.94	6:09.85	6:24.92	7:08.51	8:23.46	10:02.70	14:45.43

2026 USMS Spring Nationals (SCY) NQTs - Men

Event
50 Free
100 Free
200 Free
500 Free
1000 Free
1650 Free
50 Back
100 Back
200 Back
50 Breast
100 Breast
200 Breast
50 Fly
100 Fly
200 Fly
100 IM
200 IM
400 IM

18-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	80-84
24.36	23.94	24.39	24.95	25.43	26.30	26.63	27.21	27.88	29.04	30.82	33.31	38.13
53.96	53.00	53.87	55.02	56.96	58.20	59.13	1:00.19	1:01.81	1:04.94	1:08.88	1:15.85	1:30.84
1:57.67	1:56.06	1:56.68	1:58.60	2:01.96	2:05.97	2:08.74	2:08.70	2:15.49	2:19.31	2:30.71	2:46.82	3:23.69
5:30.93	5:24.30	5:26.94	5:42.72	5:39.30	5:46.51	5:56.30	5:56.02	6:13.42	6:22.09	6:53.92	7:58.21	10:05.09
12:30.89	11:46.63	11:51.54	12:21.55	12:17.12	12:21.43	12:30.90	12:28.30	13:00.27	13:30.71	14:27.41	16:48.28	22:05.54
22:27.53	20:09.13	20:20.75	21:29.17	20:35.99	21:01.95	21:22.40	20:54.69	21:55.51	22:41.92	24:46.12	28:30.72	37:52.49
28.13	27.27	27.98	28.70	30.10	30.72	31.08	32.56	33.57	34.96	37.79	42.39	49.48
1:01.80	59.77	1:01.81	1:04.21	1:06.55	1:07.46	1:08.20	1:10.02	1:13.32	1:15.90	1:23.66	1:35.29	1:54.82
2:17.95	2:12.26	2:15.67	2:22.18	2:24.80	2:23.78	2:27.61	2:28.79	2:35.21	2:39.80	2:56.34	3:23.84	4:09.09
31.01	30.16	30.88	31.85	32.15	32.70	33.81	34.88	36.04	37.42	41.44	44.49	52.42
1:07.83	1:06.12	1:08.00	1:10.12	1:11.03	1:11.38	1:15.39	1:17.18	1:19.96	1:23.17	1:33.82	1:41.48	2:05.15
2:29.40	2:23.59	2:30.10	2:33.69	2:35.36	2:35.18	2:44.61	2:48.17	2:56.53	3:01.19	3:25.07	3:35.03	4:34.87
26.30	25.76	26.38	27.17	27.51	28.61	28.58	29.97	30.61	32.20	34.48	38.48	50.68
58.84	57.46	59.11	1:01.42	1:02.04	1:03.91	1:04.42	1:07.43	1:10.70	1:15.60	1:23.81	1:46.31	2:42.28
2:16.51	2:11.07	2:16.76	2:24.47	2:21.25	2:30.40	2:35.38	2:42.73	2:55.68	3:11.42	3:37.20	4:26.40	11:24.49
1:01.35	59.41	1:00.91	1:02.33	1:04.37	1:05.69	1:06.81	1:09.41	1:11.70	1:15.22	1:22.72	1:30.87	1:50.35
2:12.47	2:09.41	2:13.33	2:14.48	2:20.34	2:21.14	2:25.57	2:28.86	2:34.96	2:42.61	2:59.11	3:26.55	5:06.35
4:58.48	4:53.16	4:59.34	5:18.33	5:08.17	5:15.85	5:23.84	5:27.43	5:47.98	5:58.76	7:01.81	7:48.86	12:50.02

2025 USMS Summer Nationals (LCM) NQTs - Women

Event
50 Free
100 Free
200 Free
400 Free
800 Free
1500 Free
50 Back
100 Back
200 Back
50 Breast
100 Breast
200 Breast
50 Fly
100 Fly
200 Fly
200 IM
400 IM

18-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	80-84
33.47	32.32	32.79	33.01	33.53	33.81	34.94	36.08	36.04	37.91	40.61	45.51	58.45
1:13.91	1:10.91	1:12.87	1:13.81	1:14.59	1:15.70	1:17.88	1:19.97	1:20.39	1:24.14	1:34.78	1:46.41	2:11.09
2:44.17	2:41.67	2:43.70	2:44.03	2:50.04	2:49.48	2:50.89	2:54.62	2:56.93	3:05.50	3:23.39	4:00.93	5:05.52
5:54.75	5:47.60	5:52.49	5:49.02	5:54.52	6:01.71	6:10.46	6:06.95	6:10.12	6:29.06	7:25.71	8:34.06	10:37.25
13:09.94	12:24.66	12:33.40	12:20.88	12:33.50	12:32.08	12:46.54	12:42.97	12:48.90	13:36.06	15:27.34	18:30.21	24:08.29
26:47.35	27:03.09	24:46.70	23:51.31	24:54.05	25:13.60	25:32.67	24:30.02	24:26.62	26:55.88	30:01.34	35:09.10	NO TIME
39.73	39.22	39.43	40.04	40.43	41.33	40.69	41.24	43.20	45.99	51.26	57.71	1:10.52
1:28.31	1:26.84	1:27.06	1:28.73	1:28.91	1:33.70	1:30.57	1:31.48	1:35.47	1:43.25	1:52.69	2:10.51	2:38.75
3:24.36	3:15.60	3:15.42	3:14.52	3:21.23	3:25.95	3:16.82	3:19.54	3:28.45	3:46.17	4:02.39	4:53.43	5:51.98
44.24	43.39	44.38	43.21	44.62	43.76	46.51	48.10	49.51	51.51	55.31	1:07.29	1:26.15
1:38.71	1:36.62	1:37.51	1:37.78	1:39.31	1:39.19	1:42.27	1:48.17	1:48.28	1:58.17	2:06.96	2:27.07	3:15.43
3:47.02	3:35.11	3:39.84	3:44.25	3:46.22	3:37.96	3:47.88	3:53.41	4:02.80	4:25.16	4:53.44	5:33.36	7:55.52
35.95	35.18	35.47	35.62	35.61	37.25	38.41	39.47	39.41	41.76	52.10	1:02.32	1:24.44
1:21.85	1:22.67	1:22.83	1:20.65	1:26.46	1:35.72	1:29.38	1:36.64	1:34.24	1:42.89	2:11.72	3:39.47	3:49.39
3:56.57	3:20.44	4:04.67	3:23.07	3:39.79	4:41.34	3:43.31	3:44.09	3:52.11	4:37.72	6:10.37	NO TIME	NO TIME
3:06.58	3:07.79	3:05.86	3:10.58	3:11.71	3:19.41	3:17.14	3:21.06	3:27.80	3:48.63	4:17.14	5:01.74	7:14.10
7:17.06	7:27.11	7:04.79	6:59.10	7:06.24	7:46.41	7:25.48	7:26.44	7:24.60	8:33.40	9:59.65	11:39.22	NO TIME

2025 USMS Summer Nationals (LCM) NQTs - Men

Event
50 Free
100 Free
200 Free
400 Free
800 Free
1500 Free
50 Back
100 Back
200 Back
50 Breast
100 Breast
200 Breast
50 Fly
100 Fly
200 Fly
200 IM
400 IM

18-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	80-84
28.65	27.86	28.08	29.14	29.35	30.41	30.64	30.95	31.74	32.74	34.83	37.76	41.56
1:04.01	1:02.24	1:02.90	1:04.73	1:06.26	1:07.51	1:08.66	1:09.28	1:12.22	1:14.08	1:19.81	1:24.31	1:41.22
2:29.91	2:21.24	2:26.40	2:25.32	2:31.33	2:34.71	2:37.24	2:37.86	2:42.40	2:47.66	2:57.45	3:13.30	3:59.40
5:21.80	5:10.28	5:17.46	5:23.41	5:29.45	5:32.93	5:37.47	5:39.53	5:47.78	5:50.28	6:18.88	7:01.64	9:30.15
11:37.23	11:14.44	11:58.71	11:36.36	11:59.77	11:40.76	11:51.23	11:48.19	12:11.44	12:22.69	13:18.25	14:59.92	20:36.78
25:41.00	21:53.67	23:14.97	23:28.35	23:34.65	22:56.47	23:23.40	23:07.39	23:38.22	24:05.36	26:13.59	29:38.00	46:04.17
34.85	32.91	33.50	34.66	35.42	36.11	36.74	37.69	39.18	39.48	42.51	47.63	56.99
1:16.56	1:13.68	1:15.91	1:19.01	1:18.58	1:20.78	1:21.50	1:20.95	1:26.63	1:26.96	1:34.55	1:50.84	2:08.54
3:02.91	2:49.74	2:49.28	3:08.43	2:59.92	3:00.80	3:01.45	3:04.09	3:12.99	3:11.72	3:31.11	4:02.90	5:06.80
36.48	35.19	36.00	37.06	38.19	38.76	38.51	40.83	40.80	42.21	46.02	50.86	57.88
1:22.81	1:18.28	1:22.26	1:22.71	1:25.88	1:27.98	1:26.75	1:32.31	1:34.02	1:37.26	1:46.06	1:56.54	2:09.67
3:23.50	3:07.09	3:07.46	3:10.14	3:18.30	3:16.19	3:19.39	3:30.65	3:33.32	3:38.64	4:09.72	4:26.36	5:11.18
31.04	30.11	30.56	31.19	31.41	32.99	32.48	33.44	33.99	35.88	38.56	42.90	1:09.43
1:09.89	1:07.66	1:09.43	1:12.38	1:10.69	1:15.72	1:15.34	1:17.24	1:21.22	1:24.99	1:40.39	2:06.93	2:42.00
3:10.04	2:44.79	2:59.20	3:15.29	3:13.62	3:13.87	3:19.51	3:15.30	3:22.64	3:36.82	4:30.35	5:29.02	NO TIME
2:48.36	2:41.43	2:48.54	2:51.23	2:51.88	2:58.26	2:56.08	3:03.96	3:08.87	3:09.04	3:32.59	3:55.70	5:41.89
6:45.22	6:11.73	6:24.10	6:35.64	6:26.96	6:35.72	6:46.57	6:40.72	7:08.19	7:06.31	8:12.53	9:56.67	NO TIME