Speedo Junior Nationals 2026: Summer Results, Winter Dates and Cuts

Looking for the cut tables? They have their own pages now, with every event for girls and boys, SCY and LCM, plus bonus and relay cuts:

• Winter Junior Nationals 2026 cuts: the December 2026 meet
• Summer Junior Nationals cuts: the 2026 standards and what we know about 2027

This page covers the meets themselves: the 2026 summer results, the December meet, and how to follow them.

Every 2026 Junior Nationals result is in Gophin. Open the meet to see all the times, heats and finals, with each swimmer's result next to their history:

See all 2026 Speedo Junior Nationals results in Gophin

If you are not signed in, Gophin asks you to sign in (free) and then takes you straight to the meet. Last December's meets are there too: Winter Juniors 2025 East and Winter Juniors 2025 West.

The first time I watched a national-level meet on a stream, Rafa was eight. She did not say much. She just kept asking why one swimmer's hand hit the wall a tenth ahead of the other and how the announcer knew. We pulled up the heat sheet on my phone and tried to follow along. By the third final she was hooked.

That is what national meets do. They take a sport that age groupers spend years training for in quiet pools and put it on a stage where every detail matters.

The 2026 Speedo junior meets at a glance

Sources: USA Swimming events calendar, 2026 Junior National time standards, 2026 Winter Junior time standards.

Next summer: the 2027 Speedo Junior National Championships is August 2 to 6, 2027, in Huntsville, Alabama, per the USA Swimming calendar. The 2027 cuts are not published yet.

Winter Juniors 2026: what to know

Winter Juniors is the December national meet for swimmers 18 and under, swum in yards. In 2025 it ran as two identical meets on the same dates. East was in Indianapolis and West was in Austin. Each swimmer's site was set by the LSC they are registered in. For 2026, USA Swimming lists December 9 to 12 with the location still to be announced, so confirm on usaswimming.org/events before booking travel.

A few things parents should know:

• The 2026 cuts are identical to 2025. If your swimmer was chasing last year's times, the target did not move.
• Only swims from November 1, 2025 count. A faster swim from October 2025 does not.
• An LCM swim can qualify. The meet swims yards, but the sheet has an LCM column too.
• Bonus events exist. In 2025, a swimmer with at least one full cut could add up to two bonus events.

Every cut, including bonus and relays: Winter Junior Nationals 2026 cuts.

Summer Junior Nationals 2026: results

The 2026 Speedo Junior National Championships ran August 3 to 7 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatic Center in Irvine, an outdoor long course meet for swimmers 18 and under. Here are the individual champions, from USA Swimming's official results. Ages are on the day of the meet.

Girls

Boys

Source: USA Swimming, 2026 Speedo Junior National Championships official results (championship finals; the 800 and 1500 Free are timed finals).

Highlights

• Double winners: Emerson Callis (Quest Swimming) won the 200 fly and 400 IM. Ryan Coughenour (Columbia Swim Club) won the 100 and 200 breast. Joey Eaddy (Revolution Aquatic Club), 15, won the 800 and 1500 free.
• Youngest champion: Elliot Leasure (Rochester Swim Club) won the boys' 100 back at 14, in 54.92.
• New events: 2026 was the first year the 50 back, 50 breast and 50 fly had their own Junior National cuts.

Relay titles went to clubs such as Beach Cities Alpha (girls 200 and 400 free relays), Irvine Novaquatics (boys 800 and 400 free relays), Waterloo Swimming (boys 200 and 400 medley relays), Long Island Aquatic Club (girls 800 free relay), NOVA of Virginia (girls 400 medley relay), University of Denver Hilltoppers (girls 200 medley relay) and Santa Clara Swim Club (boys 200 free relay).

Next summer: the 2027 meet moves to Huntsville, Alabama, August 2 to 6. Until USA Swimming posts the 2027 sheet, the 2026 cuts are the best target; they moved by tenths, not seconds, from 2025. Every cut and the 2025 vs 2026 comparison: Summer Junior Nationals cuts.

How Junior National cuts fit with the others

Junior National cuts are faster than Futures and Sectionals and slower than the U.S. Open and Nationals cuts. For most swimmers, Winter Juniors comes first because its cuts are a little slower than summer's. For example, the girls' 100 Free SCY is 50.39 for Winter Juniors and 49.99 for Summer Juniors.

To see the whole ladder, from age group B, A and AA up to Juniors, read the USA Swimming time standards guide.

Check your swimmer against the cuts

You can check one event against a table by hand. For every event in two courses, it is easier in Gophin: open Compare → Standards, pick the Junior National or Winter Junior set, and see the gap in seconds next to each of your swimmer's official best times. Free.

See your swimmer's gap to the Junior National cuts

How to follow a junior national meet

Event page: each meet has a page on the USA Swimming events calendar with the meet information, psych sheets, heat sheets and live results links as the meet gets close.

Psych sheet first: the psych sheet comes out after entries close and shows every entry by seed time. It is the best way to see where a swimmer sits in the field. Our guide on reading a psych sheet explains the format.

Heat sheets: once the meet starts, find your swimmer's heat and lane before each session so you know when to watch.

After the meet: results reach the official databases after the meet. If you follow a swimmer in Gophin, the new times show up in their profile next to all their other meets.

What age groupers can learn from watching

If you have a swimmer in the 11 to 16 range watching one of these meets, here is what to point out:

1. The pipeline is visible. Every swimmer at Junior Nationals started at local meets, chasing B and A times. Look up a finalist's history in Gophin and you will often see years of small drops, not overnight jumps.

2. The standards are public. Every cut on the sheet is a number you can look up and train toward. They are time drops compounded over years.

3. Watch how they race, not just how fast. Pre-race routines, warm-up, body language at the blocks, recovery between swims. The basics carry over to your own swimmer's prep, from the psych sheet to a tight packing checklist.

4. Disappointment is normal. Plenty of swimmers at Juniors will not make a final or will swim slower than their entry time. That is a good conversation about how strong swimmers handle setbacks.

To see how far your swimmer is from each rung on the way to nationals, follow our tutorial on comparing times to standards.

Key takeaways

• Summer Junior Nationals 2026 is done (August 3 to 7, Irvine, LCM): Callis, Coughenour and Eaddy won two events each, and Leasure won at 14. All results in Gophin. 2027 is August 2 to 6 in Huntsville, and its cuts are not out yet.
• Winter Juniors 2026 is December 9 to 12, SCY. Its cuts are the same as 2025 and count from November 1, 2025.
• Both meets publish cuts in SCY and LCM, so either course can qualify.
• Full tables: Winter Juniors 2026 cuts and Summer Junior Nationals cuts.

Compare your swimmer to Junior National cuts in Gophin

Sources

1. USA Swimming. Events calendar. 2026 Winter Juniors and 2027 Junior Nationals dates, courses and host city.
2. USA Swimming. 2026 Speedo Junior National Championships time standards (PDF).
3. USA Swimming. 2026 Speedo Winter Junior Championships time standards (PDF).
4. USA Swimming. 2026 Speedo Junior National Championships meet information, May 14, 2026 (PDF). Dates, venue, age and entry rules.
5. USA Swimming. 2025 Speedo Winter Junior Championships meet information (PDF). East/West sites and bonus rules.
6. USA Swimming. 2026 Speedo Junior National Championships official results (PDF).