Swimmer profile

Melia Eckman

Female17-18Mason Manta RaysOH · CENTRAL

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 18
Current (today)
834
D1 Mid-Major

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1100 Free SCY51.34848
  • #2200 Free SCY1:52.22832
  • #350 Free SCY23.79821
  • #4200 IM SCY2:07.89783
Projected
834
D1 Mid-Major

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

  • #1100 Free SCY51.34848
  • #2200 Free SCY1:52.22832
  • #350 Free SCY23.79821
  • #4200 IM SCY2:07.89783
College Ceiling (age 21)
885range 834944
D1 Mid-Major

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

  • #1200 Free SCY1:49.25901
  • #2100 Free SCY50.66883
  • #3200 Breast SCY2:17.82864
  • #4200 IM SCY2:04.25854
Coach viewPIe ≈ 15(1217)typical outcome D3 (49%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 200 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 Melia

D1 Mid-Major recruit, D1 Mid-Major ceiling.

Recruiting window is active. Your optimistic ceiling projects to D1 Mid-Major territory through college junior year. The modest gap between Current and Ceiling reflects college-years upside coaches should weigh in their evaluation — particularly if biological maturation is still ongoing.

Maturity context: Data flags continued improvement well past age 15 — bring this trajectory to recruiting visits as part of the evaluation story.

What time drops unlock D1 Power 4

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 834 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
100 Free SCY51.3446.43−4.91s
200 Free SCY1:52.221:41.31−10.91s

Best school matches

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

Pilot data

University of Mississippi

WomenSECD1

Match

Your Team Fit

989

Recruit median

940

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

Northern Michigan University

WomenGLIACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

936

Recruit median

890

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

McKendree University

WomenGLVCD2

Match

Your Team Fit

936

Recruit median

920

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

Missouri University of Science and Tech

WomenGLVCD2

Match

Your Team Fit

936

Recruit median

880

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

Truman State University

WomenGLVCD2

Match

Your Team Fit

936

Recruit median

920

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.