Swimmer profile

Sophie Buchan

Female17-18Cascade Swim ClubPNW · WESTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 18
Current (today)
591
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1200 Back SCY2:16.42596
  • #2200 Free SCY2:05.82590
  • #3100 Free SCY58.10585
  • #450 Free SCY26.69582
Projected
591
Building Base

You're at or past recruiting peak. SR Projected here equals SR Current — no forward projection is applied past age 17.

  • #1200 Back SCY2:16.42596
  • #2200 Free SCY2:05.82590
  • #3100 Free SCY58.10585
  • #450 Free SCY26.69582
College Ceiling (age 21)
670range 591749
D2/D3 Realistic

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

  • #1200 Back SCY2:10.34683
  • #2100 Back SCY1:00.29666
  • #3100 Fly SCY1:00.41657
  • #4200 Free SCY2:02.09646
Coach viewPIe ≈ 49(3056)typical outcome D3 (82%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Back SCY, 100 Fly SCY are improving fastest vs. the NCAA D1 cut, so they rank into the top 4 at age 21 even though they aren't in today’s top 4. That’s a real recruiting signal — shows which events project as the strongest college pathway.

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What this means for Sophie

Borderline D2/D3 Realistic recruit — D2/D3 Realistic ceiling.

Recruiting window is active. Your Current (591) is just 9 points below the D2/D3 Realistic threshold — effectively a D2/D3 Realistic caliber recruit for evaluation purposes. Your optimistic ceiling projects to D2/D3 Realistic 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 D2/D3 Realistic

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 591 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
200 Back SCY2:16.422:14.72−1.70s
200 Free SCY2:05.822:04.23−1.59s
100 Free SCY58.1056.36−1.74s
50 Free SCY26.6924.74−1.95s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 159 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Gettysburg College

WomenCentennialD3

Match

Your Team Fit

592

Recruit median

550

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

Dickinson College

WomenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

563

Recruit median

500

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

Skidmore College

WomenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

563

Recruit median

470

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

Wheaton College (IL)

WomenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

563

Recruit median

460

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

University of Scranton

WomenLandmarkD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

563

Recruit median

460

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.