Swimmer profile

Declan Steele

Male15-16Kamehameha Swim ClubHI · WESTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 15
Current (today)
501
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1200 Free SCY1:57.80507
  • #250 Free SCY24.43503
  • #3100 Free SCY53.59501
  • #4500 Free SCY5:37.27448
Projected (age 17)
767
D1 Mid-Major

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

  • #1200 Free SCY1:40.38819
  • #2100 Free SCY46.93745
  • #350 Free SCY21.52736
  • #4100 Fly SCY53.03657
College Ceiling (age 21)
1167range 5011167
Blue Chip

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

  • #1100 Fly SCYCONF43.801167
  • #2100 Free SCYCONF40.421167
  • #3200 Free SCYCONF1:29.231167
  • #450 Free SCYCONF18.461166
Coach viewPIe ≈ 61(4069)typical outcome D3 (93%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Fly 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 Declan

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 (767 → D1 Mid-Major) 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 501 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 SCY1:57.801:42.88−14.92s
50 Free SCY24.4321.32−3.11s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 126 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Augustana College (IL)

MenCCIWD3

Match

Your Team Fit

411

Recruit median

410

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

Carthage College

MenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

517

Recruit median

420

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

Skidmore College

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

561

Recruit median

460

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

Hartwick College

MenEmpire 8D3

Safety

Your Team Fit

480

Recruit median

370

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

Alfred University

MenEmpire 8D3

Safety

Your Team Fit

513

Recruit median

390

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.