Swimmer profile

Nathan Vangoethem

Male15-16Charger AquaticsNM · WESTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 15
Current (today)
585
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #11650 Free SCY17:47.68612
  • #2500 Free SCY5:09.92577
  • #3200 IM SCY2:06.66556
  • #4200 Free SCY1:56.04530
Projected (age 17)
913
D1 Mid-Major

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

  • #11650 Free SCY15:09.81990
  • #2200 IM SCY1:47.93898
  • #3500 Free SCY4:37.02809
  • #4100 Breast SCY56.94787
College Ceiling (age 21)
1167range 5851167
Blue Chip

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

  • #1100 Free SCYCONF40.421167
  • #2200 Free SCYCONF1:29.231167
  • #3200 IM SCYCONF1:38.921167
  • #4100 Breast SCYCONF49.951166
Coach viewPIe ≈ 50(3156)typical outcome D3 (89%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Free SCY, 100 Breast SCY are improving fastest vs. the NCAA D1 cut, so they rank into the top 4 at age 21 even though they aren't in today’s top 4. That’s a real recruiting signal — shows which events project as the strongest college pathway.

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What this means for Nathan

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 (913 → 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 585 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
1650 Free SCY17:47.6817:25.77−21.91s
500 Free SCY5:09.925:03.19−6.73s
200 IM SCY2:06.662:00.12−6.54s
200 Free SCY1:56.041:41.79−14.25s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 132 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Widener University

MenMACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

500

Recruit median

410

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

Dickinson College

MenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

630

Recruit median

490

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

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

MenHCACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

598

Recruit median

420

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

Carthage College

MenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

609

Recruit median

420

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

Anderson University (IN)

MenHCACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

639

Recruit median

370

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.