Swimmer profile
Sam Fontaine
Male15-16Missoula Aquatic ClubMT · WESTERN
SR Rating
NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 seasonBased on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.
- #1100 Breast SCY1:06.76489
- #2100 Free SCY55.54450
- #3200 Breast SCY2:31.70435
- #4500 Free SCY5:44.28421
Trajectory projected to end of high-school junior year — recruiting peak.
- #1100 Free SCY48.76665
- #2100 Breast SCY1:00.86645
- #3200 Breast SCY2:22.21528
- #450 Free SCY24.80481
College junior year. Range reflects developmental uncertainty — wider for younger swimmers and late developers.
- #1100 Free SCYCONF40.651147
- #2100 Breast SCY53.46951
- #3200 Breast SCY2:09.91693
- #4500 Free SCY5:11.47569
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What this means for Sam
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 (624 → D2/D3 Realistic) 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 461 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 461 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 125 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.
Skidmore College
Men • Liberty League • D3
Your Team Fit
495
Recruit median
460
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
University of Scranton
Men • Landmark • D3
Your Team Fit
485
Recruit median
450
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Carthage College
Men • CCIW • D3
Your Team Fit
520
Recruit median
420
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Wheaton College (IL)
Men • CCIW • D3
Your Team Fit
552
Recruit median
450
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Franklin & Marshall College
Men • Centennial • D3
Your Team Fit
683
Recruit median
550
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.