Swimmer profile

Dongsen Zheng

Male17-18Irvine NovaquaticsSO · WESTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 17
Current (today)
586
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1200 Free SCY1:50.24619
  • #2100 Breast SCY1:03.40570
  • #31650 Free SCY18:21.27558
  • #4500 Free SCY5:13.80556
Projected
586
Building Base

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

  • #1200 Free SCY1:50.24619
  • #2100 Breast SCY1:03.40570
  • #31650 Free SCY18:21.27558
  • #4500 Free SCY5:13.80556
College Ceiling (age 21)
767range 586865
D1 Mid-Major

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

  • #11650 Free SCY16:10.24816
  • #2200 Free SCY1:42.14778
  • #3100 Breast SCY1:00.28664
  • #4500 Free SCY4:56.60659
Coach viewPIe ≈ 50(3156)typical outcome D3 (89%)

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What this means for Dongsen

Building Base recruit, peak window.

This is the recruiting window. Coaches are evaluating times within ~6 months of where you sit today. The College Ceiling range (586–865) 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 D2/D3 Realistic

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 586 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 Free SCY1:50.241:48.24−2.00s
100 Breast SCY1:03.401:02.15−1.25s
1650 Free SCY18:21.2717:30.25−51.02s
500 Free SCY5:13.804:39.91−33.89s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 127 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Carthage College

MenCCIWD3

Match

Your Team Fit

448

Recruit median

420

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

Wheaton College (IL)

MenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

502

Recruit median

450

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

Franklin & Marshall College

MenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

688

Recruit median

550

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

Swarthmore College

MenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

696

Recruit median

530

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

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

647

Recruit median

470

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.