Swimmer profile
Joe Palen
Male17-18SMACPNW · WESTERN
SR Rating
NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 seasonBased on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.
- #1100 Fly SCY51.38723
- #250 Free SCY22.71626
- #3200 Fly SCY2:02.05615
- #4100 Free SCY50.20609
You're at or past recruiting peak. SR Projected here equals SR Current — no forward projection is applied past age 17.
- #1100 Fly SCY51.38723
- #250 Free SCY22.71626
- #3200 Fly SCY2:02.05615
- #4100 Free SCY50.20609
College junior year. Range reflects developmental uncertainty — wider for younger swimmers and late developers.
- #1100 Fly SCY47.15935
- #2200 Free SCY1:37.46895
- #3200 Fly SCY1:48.83867
- #4200 IM SCY1:51.09824
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What this means for Joe
D2/D3 Realistic recruit, Blue Chip ceiling.
Recruiting window is active. Your optimistic ceiling projects to Blue Chip territory through college junior year. The meaningful gap between Current and Ceiling reflects college-years upside coaches should weigh in their evaluation — particularly if biological maturation is still ongoing.
Maturity context: Data flags continued improvement well past age 15 — bring this trajectory to recruiting visits as part of the evaluation story.
What time drops unlock D1 Mid-Major
Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 661 to 750, 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.
| Event | Current | Target | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Fly SCY | 51.38 | 46.89 | −4.49s |
| 50 Free SCY | 22.71 | 20.48 | −2.23s |
Best school matches
Top 5 of 130 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.
Gettysburg College
Men • Centennial • D3
Your Team Fit
541
Recruit median
540
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Loras College
Men • ARC • D3
Your Team Fit
429
Recruit median
410
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Vassar College
Men • Liberty League • D3
Your Team Fit
536
Recruit median
440
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Franklin & Marshall College
Men • Centennial • D3
Your Team Fit
674
Recruit median
550
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Men • Liberty League • D3
Your Team Fit
628
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.