Swimmer profile

Lydia Smith

Female15-16Cottonwood Heights AquaticsUT · WESTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 16
Current (today)
586
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1500 Free SCY5:34.85608
  • #2200 Free SCY2:06.59579
  • #3100 Free SCY58.86563
  • #4400 IM SCY5:11.25538
Projected (age 17)
641
D2/D3 Realistic

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

  • #1200 Free SCY2:00.80667
  • #2500 Free SCY5:30.34633
  • #3100 Free SCY57.37608
  • #4200 Back SCY2:15.73605
College Ceiling (age 21)
907range 5861062
D1 Mid-MajorD1 Power 4

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

  • #1200 Free SCY1:45.97988
  • #2200 Back SCY1:57.99921
  • #3100 Free SCY53.42753
  • #4500 Free SCY5:18.05710
Coach viewPIe ≈ 49(3056)typical outcome D3 (82%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 200 Back 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 Lydia

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 (641 → 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 586 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
500 Free SCY5:34.855:28.29−6.56s
200 Free SCY2:06.592:03.99−2.60s
100 Free SCY58.8656.00−2.86s
400 IM SCY5:11.254:35.06−36.19s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 167 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Hartwick College

WomenEmpire 8D3

Match

Your Team Fit

405

Recruit median

380

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

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

WomenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

609

Recruit median

480

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

Gettysburg College

WomenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

713

Recruit median

550

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

Augustana College (IL)

WomenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

584

Recruit median

420

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

Messiah University

WomenMACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

637

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.