Swimmer profile

Adam Farinelli

Male15-16California GoldSN · WESTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 16
Current (today)
475
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1200 Free SCY1:58.82494
  • #2100 Free SCY54.83467
  • #3500 Free SCY5:34.89458
  • #450 Free SCY25.35450
Projected (age 17)
537
Building Base

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

  • #1200 Free SCY1:54.93546
  • #2100 Free SCY52.09545
  • #350 Free SCY24.24515
  • #4500 Free SCY5:28.71484
College Ceiling (age 21)
824range 4751024
D1 Mid-MajorD1 Power 4

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

  • #1100 Breast SCY55.55848
  • #2100 Free SCY45.14838
  • #3200 IM SCY1:54.07761
  • #450 Free SCY21.41747
Coach viewPIe ≈ 74(5283)typical outcome D3 (80%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Breast SCY, 200 IM 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 Adam

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 (537 → 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 475 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 475 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 122 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Franklin & Marshall College

MenCentennialD3

Match

Your Team Fit

589

Recruit median

550

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

Union College (NY)

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

530

Recruit median

480

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

Coe College

MenARCD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

439

Recruit median

380

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

Alfred University

MenEmpire 8D3

Safety

Your Team Fit

451

Recruit median

390

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

Drew University

MenLandmarkD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

475

Recruit median

390

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.