Swimmer profile

Calyx Barden

Female15-16Kent County YMCANE · EASTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 16
Current (today)
714
D2/D3 Realistic

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #150 Free SCY24.63740
  • #2100 Free SCY53.99729
  • #3100 Back SCY1:01.02642
  • #4200 Free SCY2:03.31627
Projected (age 17)
748
D2/D3 Realistic

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

  • #150 Free SCY24.22778
  • #2100 Free SCY53.03770
  • #3100 Back SCY1:00.21669
  • #4200 Free SCY2:03.21628
College Ceiling (age 21)
858range 714914
D1 Mid-Major

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

  • #150 Free SCY23.10897
  • #2100 Free SCY50.44895
  • #3100 Back SCY58.02747
  • #4100 Breast SCY1:09.18662
Coach viewPIe ≈ 26(2229)typical outcome D3 (69%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Breast SCY is improving fastest vs. the NCAA D1 cut, so it ranks into the top 4 at age 21 even though it isn't in today’s top 4. That’s a real recruiting signal — shows which event projects as the strongest college pathway.

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What this means for Calyx

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 (748 → 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 714 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
50 Free SCY24.6323.67−0.96s
100 Free SCY53.9951.86−2.13s
100 Back SCY1:01.0255.15−5.87s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 167 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Cal State Monterey Bay

WomenCCAAD2

Match

Your Team Fit

797

Recruit median

780

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

Southern Arkansas University

WomenGACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

797

Recruit median

780

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

Le Moyne College

WomenNE-10D2

Match

Your Team Fit

797

Recruit median

790

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

Drew University

WomenLandmarkD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

573

Recruit median

400

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

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

WomenHCACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

675

Recruit median

430

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.