Swimmer profile

Sheldon Lamb

Male13-14Ames Cyclone Aquatics ClubIA · CENTRAL

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
age 14
Current (today)
758
D1 Mid-Major

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1100 Back SCY50.70761
  • #2200 Back SCY1:51.90761
  • #350 Free SCY21.38751
  • #4100 Fly SCY50.78749
Projected (age 17)
1167
Blue Chip

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

  • #1100 Fly SCYCONF43.801167
  • #2200 Back SCYCONF1:37.031167
  • #3100 Breast SCYCONF49.951166
  • #4200 Fly SCYCONF1:38.601166
College Ceiling (age 21)
1167range 7581167
Blue Chip

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

  • #1100 Fly SCYCONF43.801167
  • #2200 Free SCYCONF1:29.231167
  • #3200 IM SCYCONF1:38.921167
  • #4200 Back SCYCONF1:37.031167
Coach viewPIe ≈ 20(1723)typical outcome D3 (75%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 200 Free SCY, 200 IM SCY are improving fastest vs. the NCAA D1 cut, so they rank into the top 4 at age 21 even though they aren't in today’s top 4. That’s a real recruiting signal — shows which events project as the strongest college pathway.

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What this means for Sheldon

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 (1167 → Blue Chip) 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 758 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.

No single-event drop within reachable bounds gets 758 all the way to 950. The gap from D1 Mid-Major to D1 Power 4 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 133 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

University of Arizona

MenBig 12D1

Match

Your Team Fit

1167

Recruit median

1070

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

University of Alabama

MenSECD1

Match

Your Team Fit

1167

Recruit median

1090

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

Auburn University

MenSECD1

Match

Your Team Fit

1167

Recruit median

1100

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

University of Louisville

MenACCD1

Match

Your Team Fit

1167

Recruit median

1120

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

Ohio State University

MenBig TenD1

Match

Your Team Fit

1167

Recruit median

1140

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.