Swimmer profile

Cole Pederson

Male15-16Pikes Peak AthleticsCO · WESTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
age 16
Current (today)
641
D2/D3 Realistic

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #11650 Free SCY17:29.14645
  • #2100 Free SCY49.32642
  • #3500 Free SCY5:00.56633
  • #4200 Back SCY1:59.37627
Projected (age 17)
706
D2/D3 Realistic

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

  • #11650 Free SCY16:48.16727
  • #2200 Back SCY1:55.03700
  • #3100 Free SCY48.33682
  • #4500 Free SCY4:54.69672
College Ceiling (age 21)
802range 6411088
D1 Mid-MajorD1 Power 4

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

  • #11650 Free SCY16:01.09839
  • #2200 Back SCY1:50.04800
  • #3100 Back SCY51.07745
  • #4100 Free SCY47.18734
Coach viewPIe ≈ 41(2446)typical outcome D3 (89%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Back 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 Cole

Building toward recruiting peak — currently D2/D3 Realistic.

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

What time drops unlock D1 Mid-Major

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 641 to 750, 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 SCY17:29.1415:30.52−118.62s
100 Free SCY49.3243.72−5.60s

Best school matches

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

Pilot data

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

MenHCACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

502

Recruit median

420

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

Dickinson College

MenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

595

Recruit median

490

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

Carthage College

MenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

635

Recruit median

420

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

Franklin & Marshall College

MenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

793

Recruit median

550

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

University of Scranton

MenLandmarkD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

712

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.