Swimmer profile

Ethan Finkel

Male13-14Palo Alto Stanford AquaticsPC · WESTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
age 14
Current (today)
466
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1200 Back SCY2:11.19472
  • #2100 Free SCY54.88466
  • #350 Free SCY25.17460
  • #4100 Back SCY1:00.63445
Projected (age 17)
857
D1 Mid-Major

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

  • #1200 Back SCY1:43.19970
  • #2200 Breast SCY2:01.24852
  • #3100 Breast SCY59.85678
  • #4100 Back SCY53.92633
College Ceiling (age 21)
1075range 4661164
D1 Power 4Blue Chip

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

  • #1200 Back SCYCONF1:37.031167
  • #2200 Breast SCYCONF1:50.141137
  • #3100 Breast SCY56.10823
  • #4200 IM SCY1:54.36755
Coach viewPIe ≈ 74(5283)typical outcome D3 (80%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 200 Breast SCY, 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 Ethan

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 (857 → D1 Mid-Major) is the more meaningful number for that window. Continue building broad event coverage — the top-4 weighting rewards multiple strong events.

What time drops unlock D2/D3 Realistic

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 466 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 466 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 133 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Minnesota State University, Mankato

MenNSICD2

Match

Your Team Fit

969

Recruit median

920

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

St. Cloud State University

MenNSICD2

Match

Your Team Fit

969

Recruit median

890

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

Bloomsburg University

MenPSACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

969

Recruit median

890

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

East Stroudsburg University

MenPSACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

969

Recruit median

920

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

Missouri University of Science and Tech

MenGLVCD2

Match

Your Team Fit

955

Recruit median

870

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.