Swimmer profile

Ben Payne

Male15-16San Clemente Aquatic TeamSO · WESTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 15
Current (today)
496
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1200 Breast SCY2:22.07530
  • #2100 Breast SCY1:06.95484
  • #3100 Free SCY55.21458
  • #4500 Free SCY5:35.98453
Projected (age 17)
678
D2/D3 Realistic

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

  • #1200 Breast SCY2:08.33719
  • #2100 Breast SCY59.68684
  • #3100 Free SCY50.39602
  • #4500 Free SCY5:10.91572
College Ceiling (age 21)
1047range 4961126
D1 Power 4Blue Chip

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

  • #1100 Breast SCYCONF50.821108
  • #2200 Breast SCYCONF1:51.311101
  • #3100 Free SCY44.36883
  • #450 Free SCY21.57731
Coach viewPIe ≈ 74(5283)typical outcome D3 (80%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 50 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 Ben

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 (678 → D2/D3 Realistic) is the more meaningful number for that window. Continue building broad event coverage — the top-4 weighting rewards multiple strong events.

Maturity context: Your data shows late-developer trajectory — continued steep improvement past age 15. That's exactly the kind of pattern that under-rates well-developed seniors but signals strong upside.

What time drops unlock D2/D3 Realistic

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 496 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 SCY2:22.072:04.01−18.06s
100 Breast SCY1:06.9557.84−9.11s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 131 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Cal State East Bay

MenCCAAD2

Match

Your Team Fit

856

Recruit median

800

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

Harding University

MenGACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

856

Recruit median

800

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

Michigan Technological University

MenGLIACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

856

Recruit median

840

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

William Jewell College

MenGLVCD2

Match

Your Team Fit

856

Recruit median

800

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

Saint Anselm College

MenNE-10D2

Match

Your Team Fit

856

Recruit median

800

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.