Swimmer profile
James Center
Male15-16Manta Ray AquaticsIE · WESTERN
SR Rating
NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 seasonBased on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.
- #1500 Free SCY5:31.83470
- #2200 Free SCY2:04.15433
- #31650 Free SCY20:11.01420
- #4100 Free SCY59.20371
Trajectory projected to end of high-school junior year — recruiting peak.
- #1500 Free SCY4:42.76760
- #2200 Free SCY1:45.79700
- #350 Free SCY23.32578
- #41650 Free SCY18:53.50512
College junior year. Range reflects developmental uncertainty — wider for younger swimmers and late developers.
- #1200 Free SCYCONF1:29.231167
- #2500 Free SCYCONF4:05.171166
- #350 Free SCY19.161043
- #4200 IM SCY1:56.34717
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What this means for James
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 (693 → 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 442 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 442 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 118 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.
Union College (NY)
Men • Liberty League • D3
Your Team Fit
504
Recruit median
480
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Messiah University
Men • MAC • D3
Your Team Fit
492
Recruit median
460
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Washington College
Men • Centennial • D3
Your Team Fit
504
Recruit median
430
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Franklin & Marshall College
Men • Centennial • D3
Your Team Fit
625
Recruit median
550
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Loras College
Men • ARC • D3
Your Team Fit
504
Recruit median
410
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.