Swimmer profile

Ethan Swalls

Male15-16Central Arkansas Swim ClubAR · CENTRAL

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
age 15
Current (today)
442
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #150 Free SCY24.88476
  • #2100 Free SCY55.55449
  • #3200 Free SCY2:11.06368
  • #4400 IM SCY5:15.65368
Projected (age 17)
510
Building Base

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

  • #1100 Free SCY52.39536
  • #250 Free SCY24.17520
  • #3400 IM SCY4:53.45458
  • #4200 Free SCY2:04.71427
College Ceiling (age 21)
548range 442664
Building BaseD2/D3 Realistic

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

  • #1100 Free SCY50.58595
  • #250 Free SCY23.76547
  • #3200 Free SCY2:01.06467
  • #4100 Back SCY1:00.03459
Coach viewPIe ≈ 90(68100)
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 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 (510 → Building Base) 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 442 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 442 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 128 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Franklin & Marshall College

MenCentennialD3

Match

Your Team Fit

598

Recruit median

550

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

Wheaton College (IL)

MenCCIWD3

Match

Your Team Fit

493

Recruit median

450

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

Skidmore College

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

508

Recruit median

460

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

Union College (NY)

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

552

Recruit median

480

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

Carthage College

MenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

494

Recruit median

420

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.