Swimmer profile

Ella Sidlow

Female15-16Hilo Aquatic ClubHI · WESTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 15
Current (today)
556
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1100 Free SCY58.96560
  • #2200 Breast SCY2:39.42558
  • #3100 Breast SCY1:13.83545
  • #450 Free SCY27.41537
Projected (age 17)
829
D1 Mid-Major

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

  • #1200 Breast SCY2:15.84902
  • #2100 Breast SCY1:03.60852
  • #3100 Free SCY54.96692
  • #4100 Fly SCY1:03.20574
College Ceiling (age 21)
1131range 5561148
Blue Chip

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

  • #1200 Breast SCYCONF2:04.711166
  • #2100 Breast SCYCONF57.291166
  • #3100 Fly SCY51.881038
  • #4100 Free SCY49.81929
Coach viewPIe ≈ 49(3056)typical outcome D3 (82%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Fly SCY is improving fastest vs. the NCAA D1 cut, so it ranks into the top 4 at age 21 even though it isn't in today’s top 4. That’s a real recruiting signal — shows which event projects as the strongest college pathway.

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What this means for Ella

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 (829 → D1 Mid-Major) 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 556 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
100 Free SCY58.9655.43−3.53s
200 Breast SCY2:39.422:29.85−9.57s
100 Breast SCY1:13.831:04.36−9.47s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 166 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Franklin & Marshall College

WomenCentennialD3

Match

Your Team Fit

584

Recruit median

560

In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

WomenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

532

Recruit median

480

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

Augustana College (IL)

WomenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

495

Recruit median

420

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

Hartwick College

WomenEmpire 8D3

Safety

Your Team Fit

543

Recruit median

380

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

Skidmore College

WomenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

665

Recruit median

470

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.