Swimmer profile

Samuel Bae

Male13-14Irvine NovaquaticsSO · WESTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
age 14
Current (today)
556
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1200 Breast SCY2:18.43573
  • #2100 Breast SCY1:04.10552
  • #3200 IM SCY2:07.54544
  • #4200 Back SCY2:08.20506
Projected (age 17)
1123
Blue Chip

Trajectory projected to end of high-school junior year — recruiting peak.

  • #1200 Breast SCYCONF1:49.201166
  • #2100 Breast SCYCONF50.421134
  • #3200 Free SCY1:33.081028
  • #4200 IM SCY1:43.621015
College Ceiling (age 21)
1166range 5561167
Blue Chip

College junior year. Range reflects developmental uncertainty — wider for younger swimmers and late developers.

  • #1200 Free SCYCONF1:29.231167
  • #2200 IM SCYCONF1:38.921167
  • #3200 Breast SCYCONF1:49.201166
  • #4100 Breast SCYCONF49.951166
Coach viewPIe ≈ 50(3156)typical outcome D3 (89%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 200 Free SCY is improving fastest vs. the NCAA D1 cut, so it ranks into the top 4 at age 21 even though it isn't in today’s top 4. That’s a real recruiting signal — shows which event projects as the strongest college pathway.

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What this means for Samuel

Building toward recruiting peak — currently Building Base.

Recruiting conversations start in earnest at the end of sophomore year (NCAA contact rules let coaches reach out June 15 of sophomore year for most sports including swimming). Your projected rating (1123 → Blue Chip) is the more meaningful number for that window. Continue building broad event coverage — the top-4 weighting rewards multiple strong events.

What time drops unlock D2/D3 Realistic

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 556 to 600, holding the other three events fixed. Only physiologically reachable drops (≤15% per event) are shown. In practice swimmers improve across multiple events at once, so real progress will lift faster than these single-event deltas suggest.

EventCurrentTargetΔ
200 Breast SCY2:18.432:10.37−8.06s
100 Breast SCY1:04.101:00.24−3.86s
200 IM SCY2:07.541:51.28−16.26s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 133 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Drury University

MenGLVCD2

Match

Your Team Fit

1268

Recruit median

1160

In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.

University of Louisville

MenACCD1

Match

Your Team Fit

1123

Recruit median

1120

In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.

University of Kentucky

MenSECD1

Match

Your Team Fit

1123

Recruit median

1030

In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.

University of Minnesota

MenBig TenD1

Match

Your Team Fit

1123

Recruit median

1060

In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.

University of Wisconsin

MenBig TenD1

Match

Your Team Fit

1123

Recruit median

1070

In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.

Selection: Realistic-tier first (sorted by Team Fit), padded with closest Reach or Stretch only if fewer than 5 Realistic matches exist. Display order: D1 → D2 → D3 within the picks. How is this calculated?

Custom college fit

Pick a specific school to see the full per-event analysis.

682 programs catalogued across NCAA D1, D2, and D3. Roughly half have real scraped rosters; the rest run on calibrated placeholder data while the T-166 cleanup expands coverage.