Swimmer profile

Austin Preston

Male17-18BEASTNM · WESTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 17
Current (today)
458
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1200 Fly SCY2:13.74467
  • #21650 Free SCY19:32.67462
  • #3200 Free SCY2:03.76437
  • #4200 IM SCY2:17.93430
Projected
458
Building Base

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

  • #1200 Fly SCY2:13.74467
  • #21650 Free SCY19:32.67462
  • #3200 Free SCY2:03.76437
  • #4200 IM SCY2:17.93430
College Ceiling (age 21)
710range 458920
D2/D3 RealisticD1 Mid-Major

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

  • #1200 IM SCY1:53.47773
  • #2100 Back SCY52.75676
  • #3100 Breast SCY1:00.31663
  • #4200 Free SCY1:48.16655
Coach viewPIe ≈ 74(5283)typical outcome D3 (80%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Back 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 Austin

Building Base recruit, peak window.

This is the recruiting window. Coaches are evaluating times within ~6 months of where you sit today. The College Ceiling range (458–920) shows the projected upside through college junior year — useful for "where will I be when it counts most" conversations.

Maturity context: Your late-developer trajectory matters here — make sure coaches understand you're still on the upslope. Bring growth-rate and recent improvement data to recruiting visits.

What time drops unlock D2/D3 Realistic

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 458 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 458 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 108 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Salve Regina University

MenCCCD3

Match

Your Team Fit

408

Recruit median

380

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

Nazareth University

MenEmpire 8D3

Match

Your Team Fit

408

Recruit median

400

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

Franklin College

MenHCACD3

Match

Your Team Fit

408

Recruit median

380

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

Hanover College

MenHCACD3

Match

Your Team Fit

408

Recruit median

390

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

Elizabethtown College

MenLandmarkD3

Match

Your Team Fit

408

Recruit median

390

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

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.