Swimmer profile
Kainoa Bird
Male17-18Punahou Aquatics InstituteHI · WESTERN
SR Rating
NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 seasonBased on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.
- #1500 Free SCY4:57.93650
- #2200 Free SCY1:53.12573
- #3100 Free SCY51.55562
- #450 Free SCY24.21517
You're at or past recruiting peak. SR Projected here equals SR Current — no forward projection is applied past age 17.
- #1500 Free SCY4:57.93650
- #2200 Free SCY1:53.12573
- #3100 Free SCY51.55562
- #450 Free SCY24.21517
College junior year. Range reflects developmental uncertainty — wider for younger swimmers and late developers.
- #1500 Free SCY4:57.89650
- #2200 Free SCY1:52.44583
- #3100 Free SCY51.12577
- #450 Free SCY24.08525
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What this means for Kainoa
Borderline D2/D3 Realistic recruit — D1 Mid-Major ceiling.
Recruiting window is active. Your Current (598) is just 2 points below the D2/D3 Realistic threshold — effectively a D2/D3 Realistic caliber recruit for evaluation purposes. Your optimistic ceiling projects to D1 Mid-Major territory through college junior year. The meaningful gap between Current and Ceiling reflects college-years upside coaches should weigh in their evaluation — particularly if biological maturation is still ongoing.
Maturity context: The D2/D3 Realistic → D1 Mid-Major ceiling-range transition is the late-developer story: data signal alone doesn't flag it, but the spread between conservative and optimistic ceilings suggests biological development may not yet be complete. (We're working on a parent-input layer to refine this — see methodology §4.7.)
What time drops unlock D2/D3 Realistic
Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 598 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.
| Event | Current | Target | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 Free SCY | 4:57.93 | 4:57.05 | −0.88s |
| 200 Free SCY | 1:53.12 | 1:52.74 | −0.38s |
| 100 Free SCY | 51.55 | 51.13 | −0.42s |
| 50 Free SCY | 24.21 | 23.65 | −0.56s |
Best school matches
Top 5 of 126 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Men • Liberty League • D3
Your Team Fit
562
Recruit median
470
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Skidmore College
Men • Liberty League • D3
Your Team Fit
555
Recruit median
460
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Franklin & Marshall College
Men • Centennial • D3
Your Team Fit
698
Recruit median
550
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Anderson University (IN)
Men • HCAC • D3
Your Team Fit
543
Recruit median
370
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Swarthmore College
Men • Centennial • D3
Your Team Fit
714
Recruit median
530
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.