Swimmer profile
Kai Van Sickle
Male15-16Spokane Waves Aquatic TeamIE · WESTERN
SR Rating
NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 seasonBased on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.
- #1500 Free SCY5:43.07426
- #2200 Back SCY2:18.50401
- #3200 Free SCY2:07.84397
- #4100 Free SCY58.46386
Trajectory projected to end of high-school junior year — recruiting peak.
- #1500 Free SCY5:24.69502
- #2200 Back SCY2:11.58468
- #350 Free SCY25.77429
- #4200 Free SCY2:05.17423
College junior year. Range reflects developmental uncertainty — wider for younger swimmers and late developers.
- #1500 Free SCY4:38.32797
- #2200 Back SCY1:53.99719
- #350 Free SCY23.20587
- #4100 Back SCY55.78572
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What this means for Kai
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 (472 → 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 409 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 409 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 124 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.
Franklin & Marshall College
Men • Centennial • D3
Your Team Fit
602
Recruit median
550
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
University of Scranton
Men • Landmark • D3
Your Team Fit
465
Recruit median
450
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Loras College
Men • ARC • D3
Your Team Fit
447
Recruit median
410
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Swarthmore College
Men • Centennial • D3
Your Team Fit
602
Recruit median
530
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Union College (NY)
Men • Liberty League • D3
Your Team Fit
589
Recruit median
480
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.