Swimmer profile

Nikki Kayes

Female15-16Hawaii Swimming ClubHI · WESTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 16
Current (today)
483
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1200 Free SCY2:11.15521
  • #2500 Free SCY6:01.53483
  • #3100 Free SCY1:04.89420
  • #450 Free SCY30.32397
Projected (age 17)
542
Building Base

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

  • #1200 Free SCY2:04.37611
  • #2500 Free SCY5:49.59534
  • #3100 Free SCY1:03.92440
  • #450 Free SCY29.88415
College Ceiling (age 21)
739range 483853
D2/D3 RealisticD1 Mid-Major

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

  • #1200 Free SCY1:47.22954
  • #2500 Free SCY5:18.24709
  • #3100 Free SCY1:04.89420
  • #450 Free SCY30.32397
Coach viewPIe ≈ 73(5283)typical outcome D3 (90%)

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What this means for Nikki

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 (542 → Building Base) 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 483 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 SCY2:11.151:52.66−18.49s
500 Free SCY6:01.535:07.66−53.87s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 145 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Illinois Wesleyan University

WomenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

523

Recruit median

470

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

Hope College

WomenMIAAD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

523

Recruit median

470

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

Ursinus College

WomenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

523

Recruit median

460

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

St. Lawrence University

WomenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

523

Recruit median

460

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

Calvin University

WomenMIAAD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

523

Recruit median

460

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.