Swimmer profile

Danica Aldag

Female15-16Anthem Arizona Swim ClubAZ · WESTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 16
Current (today)
604
D2/D3 Realistic

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1400 IM SCY4:58.20612
  • #2200 Breast SCY2:35.58601
  • #3200 IM SCY2:20.11596
  • #4100 Free SCY57.77595
Projected (age 17)
638
D2/D3 Realistic

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

  • #1200 IM SCY2:16.51644
  • #2200 Free SCY2:02.64637
  • #3400 IM SCY4:54.86633
  • #4100 Free SCY56.86624
College Ceiling (age 21)
827range 604944
D1 Mid-Major

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

  • #1100 Back SCY54.76889
  • #2200 IM SCY2:06.93801
  • #3200 Free SCY1:54.57782
  • #4100 Breast SCY1:07.35718
Coach viewPIe ≈ 41(2446)typical outcome D3 (79%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Back SCY, 200 Free SCY, 100 Breast 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 Danica

Building toward recruiting peak — currently D2/D3 Realistic.

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 (638 → 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 D1 Mid-Major

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 604 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.

EventCurrentTargetΔ
400 IM SCY4:58.204:14.35−43.85s
200 Breast SCY2:35.582:12.38−23.20s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 162 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Franklin College

WomenHCACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

472

Recruit median

390

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

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

WomenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

603

Recruit median

480

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

Wheaton College (IL)

WomenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

587

Recruit median

460

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

Susquehanna University

WomenMACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

568

Recruit median

430

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

North Central College

WomenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

587

Recruit median

440

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.