Swimmer profile

Clayton McCool

Male15-16Flatiron Athletic ClubCO · WESTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 15
Current (today)
428
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1200 Breast SCY2:31.48437
  • #2100 Breast SCY1:09.61431
  • #350 Free SCY26.12412
  • #4200 Free SCY2:07.56399
Projected (age 17)
664
D2/D3 Realistic

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

  • #1100 Breast SCY59.31697
  • #250 Free SCY22.25666
  • #3100 Free SCY50.00616
  • #4200 Breast SCY2:19.42561
College Ceiling (age 21)
1130range 4281138
Blue Chip

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

  • #1100 Breast SCYCONF49.951166
  • #250 Free SCYCONF18.461166
  • #3100 Free SCYCONF41.081111
  • #4200 IM SCY1:56.70710
Coach viewPIe ≈ 90(68100)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Free 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 Clayton

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 (664 → 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 428 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 428 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 126 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Skidmore College

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Match

Your Team Fit

462

Recruit median

460

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

Franklin & Marshall College

MenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

632

Recruit median

550

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

Swarthmore College

MenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

632

Recruit median

530

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

Carthage College

MenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

538

Recruit median

420

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

Hobart College

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

632

Recruit median

480

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.