Ontario Junior International

December 11 - 14, 2025

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August 11 update

• Preliminary Information found below.
• Entries will not be accepted until the meet is sanctioned.
• Contact Nicole Parent

Eligibility

All athletes must be registered as Competitive swimmers with Swimming Canada or for USPORT swimmers, in the Varsity category or another World Aquatics recognized National Federation and have met the qualifying requirements (see information below for foreign teams). A valid registration number is required.

A competitor’s age is their age as of the first day of the competition. For the Olympic program swimmers, this event is restricted to those 18 years old and younger. There are no age restrictions for Paralympic program swimmers.

Qualification Period is March 1, 2024 to December 1, 2025

Entry Limits

There are no limits on individual entries with the following conditions:

• All athletes must qualify in a minimum of one (1) event with up to 4 bonus events as follows:
  • 1 QT = 4 bonus swims
  • 2 QT = 3 bonus swims
  • 3 QT = 2 bonus swims
  • 4 QT = 1 bonus swim
  • 5 or more QT = 0 bonus swims
• All bonus swims must meet the bonus swim consideration times
• Note: The 800m & 1500m Freestyle events are not eligible as Bonus swims.
• See Standards (qualification times) below.

The competition host reserves the right to limit the meet to 375 swimmers. In such a case, the Federation or Swim Club that enters the 375th swimmer will be the last entries accepted into the meet.

COMPETITION FORMAT

Event List

All sessions will be run in a single 25m x 10 lane (3m deep) tank. Warm-up/cool down facilities will be available throughout the sessions.

PRELIMINARIES:

• All prelims will run 10 lane heats with the fastest three heats circle seeded except for 400m events which will be 2 heats circle seeded.
• The 800 and 1500 Freestyle will be run as Time Final events.
• The distance events will have the fastest 10 entries in each event swimming in that day’s finals session. The remaining heats will be run fastest to slowest alternating women and men in the preliminary session.

FINALS:

• All “A” finals will be run top ten (10)
• All “B” finals will be run top ten (10)
• There will be an “A” & “B” final for all Olympic Program Events
• A separate para swimmer final (10 swimmers) will be held for the following events
  • 150/200 IM – combined, fastest 10 swimmers based on para points
  • 50 Free, Back, Breast, Fly
  • 100 Free & 100 Breast

Foreign Teams

• Foreign Teams and their competitors are welcome, subject to the following provisions.
  • Proof of TEAM Liability Insurance for a minimum of $2,000,000 is required naming Swim Ontario on the Insurance certificate.
  • All foreign competitors must be registered with an amateur swimming organization recognized by World Aquatics.
  • All foreign competitors and coaches must be duly registered and residents of the governing body for which they are competing.
  • All competitors and coaches must be in good standing with their respective governing swim body.
  • All foreign competitors and coaches must have primary residence within the province /state or country for which they claim registration. Proof of residency may be green card, student ID, driver’s license, college residence or other document as deemed acceptable by Swim Ontario and shall be submitted with the Proof of Residence and Registration Status form to Swim Ontario no later than the entry deadline along with the insurance certificate.

STANDARDS

• New Time Standards - pdf
  • Distance events time standards adjusted.
  • New: Bonus swims now have a consideration time: 5% of the OJI time standard
• Paralympic Program OJI Standards
  • includes both SCM and LCM

2024 Recognition Videos

• OJI Legacy
• Maggie Mac Neil Recognition
• Thank you Sagamihara Swim Team

MEET RECORDS

updated January 7, 2025

Contact Nicole Parent

Funded in part by the Government of Ontario