It’s the best two weeks of the season for high school swimming in California.
The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) will be hosting sectional meets throughout the week, leading up to the state meet in Clovis from May 14-16.
Swimmers will qualify for the state meet based on performances at sectional meets and meeting the qualified criteria.
Here is a schedule of sectional meets.
| SECTION | DATES | LOCATION |
| CIF Central | Diving: May 6-7; Swimming: May 8-9 | Kern Aquatic Center |
| CIF Central Coast | Diving: May 6-7; Swimming May 7-9 | Diving: Lynbrook High School; Swimming: Independence High School |
| CIF Los Angeles City | Diving: May 6; Swimming: May 8 | Diving: Palisades Charter High School; Swimming:East L.A. College |
| CIF North Coast | Diving: May 7; Swimming: May 8-9 | College of Marin (Miwok Aquatic Center) |
| CIF Sac-Joaquin | Diving: May 5-6; Swimming: May 4-8 | Diving: St. Mary’s High School; Swimming: Woodcreek High School |
| CIF San Diego | Diving: May 7; Swimming: May 6,8,9 | Southwestern College |
| CIF San Francisco | May 8-9 | City College of San Fransisco |
| CIF Southern | Diving: April 28-30; Swimming: May 5-9 | Marguerite Aquatics Center |
| CIF State Meet | Diving: May 14; Swimming May 15-16 | Clovis West High School |
Here are the list of automatic qualifiers for the state meet that each sectional is allotted.
- CIF Southern, 5
- CIF North Coast, 3
- San Diego, 3
- CIF Sac-Joaquin, 3
- CIF Central Coast, 3
- CIF Los Angeles, 2
- CIF San Francisco, 1
- CIF Oakland, 1
Once automatic qualifying spots from each section are filled, additional competitors can be entered if they have met the “At-Large” Automatic or Consideration standard for their event in the finals of their sectional meet. If there aren’t 40 automatic qualifiers, consideration times will be used. All times must be recorded on “Fully Automatic Timing” systems (FAT). No hard times will be accepted. There won’t be any at-large qualifiers for divers.
Here are state meet Qualifying Time Standards (Courtesy of the CIF website)
| Girls Automatic | Girls Consideration | Event | Boys Automatic | Boys Consideration |
| 1:46.95 | 1:50.99 | 200 Medley Relay | 1:34.22 | 1:36.67 |
| 1:51.21 | 1:53.99 | 200 Free | 1:39.94 | 1:42.23 |
| 2:04.24 | 2:09.49 | 200 IM | 1:51.63 | 1:54.69 |
| 23.69 | 24.39 | 50 Free | 20.89 | 21.34 |
| 55.44 | 57.99 | 100 Fly | 49.54 | 50.79 |
| 51.40 | 52.27 | 100 Free | 45.86 | 46.67 |
| 4:58.09 | 5:12.99 | 500 Free | 4:32.85 | 4:38.26 |
| 1:37.45 | 1:40.53 | 200 Free Relay | 1:25.89 | 1:27.70 |
| 56.33 | 58.90 | 100 Back | 49.94 | 52.13 |
| 1:04.24 | 1:05.71 | 100 Breast | 56.38 | 57.99 |
| 3:31.98 | 3:39.99 | 400 Free Relay | 3:08.83 | 3:13.20 |
Psych sheets are out for state. https://www.cifstate.org/sports/swimming_and_diving/sd_champ_info