Swimmer profile

Lydia Talley

Female15-16Crawfish AquaticsLA · SOUTHERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
age 16
Current (today)
840
D1 Mid-Major

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1500 Free SCY4:57.54867
  • #21650 Free SCY17:29.04829
  • #3200 Back SCY2:02.78817
  • #4200 Free SCY1:53.46805
Projected (age 17)
874
D1 Mid-Major

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

  • #1500 Free SCY4:54.38895
  • #2200 Back SCY2:00.08874
  • #3200 Free SCY1:51.86840
  • #41650 Free SCY17:29.04829
College Ceiling (age 21)
926range 8401079
D1 Mid-MajorD1 Power 4

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

  • #1200 Back SCY1:56.92947
  • #2500 Free SCY4:50.63930
  • #3200 Free SCY1:49.98884
  • #4100 Back SCY55.10872
Coach viewPIe ≈ 15(1217)typical outcome D3 (49%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Back 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 Lydia

Building toward recruiting peak — currently D1 Mid-Major.

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 (874 → 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 D1 Power 4

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 840 to 950, 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
500 Free SCY4:57.544:30.93−26.61s
1650 Free SCY17:29.0415:51.63−97.41s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 169 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Grand Valley State University

WomenGLIACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

1063

Recruit median

990

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

University of Findlay

WomenGMACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

1063

Recruit median

1010

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

Wingate University

WomenSACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

1063

Recruit median

1010

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

Lynn University

WomenSSCD2

Match

Your Team Fit

1063

Recruit median

1000

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

West Chester University

WomenPSACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

1063

Recruit median

1020

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.