Swimmer profile

Zara Groves

Female17-18Rose Bowl AquaticsSCS · WESTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 17
Current (today)
747
D2/D3 Realistic

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1100 Fly SCY56.65797
  • #250 Free SCY24.73731
  • #3200 Breast SCY2:28.66689
  • #4100 Back SCY59.70686
Projected
747
D2/D3 Realistic

You're at or past recruiting peak. SR Projected here equals SR Current — no forward projection is applied past age 17.

  • #1100 Fly SCY56.65797
  • #250 Free SCY24.73731
  • #3200 Breast SCY2:28.66689
  • #4100 Back SCY59.70686
College Ceiling (age 21)
1065range 7471162
D1 Power 4Blue Chip

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

  • #1100 Fly SCYCONF49.891167
  • #2200 Breast SCY2:10.621015
  • #3100 Back SCY52.99981
  • #450 Free SCY22.60958
Coach viewPIe ≈ 26(2229)typical outcome D3 (69%)

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What this means for Zara

D2/D3 Realistic recruit, peak window.

This is the recruiting window. Coaches are evaluating times within ~6 months of where you sit today. The College Ceiling range (747–1162) shows the projected upside through college junior year — useful for "where will I be when it counts most" conversations.

Maturity context: Your late-developer trajectory matters here — make sure coaches understand you're still on the upslope. Bring growth-rate and recent improvement data to recruiting visits.

What time drops unlock D1 Mid-Major

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 747 to 750, 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
100 Fly SCY56.6556.49−0.16s
50 Free SCY24.7324.65−0.08s
200 Breast SCY2:28.662:27.46−1.20s
100 Back SCY59.7058.44−1.26s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 168 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Cal State Monterey Bay

WomenCCAAD2

Match

Your Team Fit

800

Recruit median

780

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

Southern Arkansas University

WomenGACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

800

Recruit median

780

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

Le Moyne College

WomenNE-10D2

Match

Your Team Fit

794

Recruit median

790

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

Widener University

WomenMACD3

Match

Your Team Fit

426

Recruit median

420

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

Gettysburg College

WomenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

801

Recruit median

550

Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.

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.