Swimmer profile

Caroline Ward

Female17-18Chelsea Piers Aquatic ClubCT · EASTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
age 18
Current (today)
714
D2/D3 Realistic

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1100 Free SCY54.09725
  • #2500 Free SCY5:18.21709
  • #3200 Free SCY1:58.41708
  • #41650 Free SCY18:32.16695
Projected
714
D2/D3 Realistic

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

  • #1100 Free SCY54.09725
  • #2500 Free SCY5:18.21709
  • #3200 Free SCY1:58.41708
  • #41650 Free SCY18:32.16695
College Ceiling (age 21)
721range 714861
D2/D3 RealisticD1 Mid-Major

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

  • #1100 Free SCY53.80737
  • #2500 Free SCY5:17.65712
  • #3200 Free SCY1:58.16712
  • #450 Free SCY25.12698
Coach viewPIe ≈ 26(2229)typical outcome D3 (69%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 50 Free 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 Caroline

D2/D3 Realistic 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: The D2/D3 Realistic → D1 Mid-Major ceiling-range transition is the late-developer story: data signal alone doesn't flag it, but the spread between conservative and optimistic ceilings suggests biological development may not yet be complete. (We're working on a parent-input layer to refine this — see methodology §4.7.)

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
100 Free SCY54.0951.99−2.10s
500 Free SCY5:18.215:05.57−12.64s
200 Free SCY1:58.411:48.06−10.35s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 166 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

800

Recruit median

780

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

Southern Arkansas University

WomenGACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

800

Recruit median

780

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

Le Moyne College

WomenNE-10D2

Match

Your Team Fit

800

Recruit median

790

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

Gettysburg College

WomenCentennialD3

Match

Your Team Fit

566

Recruit median

550

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

Messiah University

WomenMACD3

Match

Your Team Fit

498

Recruit median

470

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.