Swimmer profile

Elijah Chou

Male15-16Hawaii Swimming ClubHI · WESTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 16
Current (today)
454
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #150 Free SCY24.07526
  • #2200 IM SCY2:18.07429
  • #3200 Free SCY2:10.48373
  • #4200 Breast SCY2:41.56360
Projected (age 17)
514
Building Base

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

  • #150 Free SCY22.64632
  • #2200 IM SCY2:14.70462
  • #3200 Free SCY2:07.45400
  • #4200 Breast SCY2:37.14391
College Ceiling (age 21)
661range 454703
D2/D3 Realistic

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

  • #150 Free SCY19.071058
  • #2200 IM SCY2:18.07429
  • #3200 Free SCY2:10.48373
  • #4200 Breast SCY2:41.56360
Coach viewPIe ≈ 74(5283)typical outcome D3 (80%)

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What this means for Elijah

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 (514 → Building Base) 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 454 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.

No single-event drop within reachable bounds gets 454 all the way to 600. The gap from Building Base to D2/D3 Realistic closes through broad improvement — multiple events moving together. That’s exactly what college coaches want to see; specialists rarely make this jump on one event alone.

Best school matches

Top 5 of 114 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Hobart College

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Match

Your Team Fit

518

Recruit median

480

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

Illinois Wesleyan University

MenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

518

Recruit median

460

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

Messiah University

MenMACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

518

Recruit median

460

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

Hope College

MenMIAAD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

518

Recruit median

460

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

Ursinus College

MenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

518

Recruit median

450

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.