Swimmer profile
Sean Zhao
Male15-16New Trier AquaticsIL · CENTRAL
SR Rating
NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 seasonBased on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.
- #1400 IM SCY4:06.64771
- #2200 Free SCY1:43.46748
- #3200 IM SCY1:55.25738
- #41650 Free SCY16:49.57724
Trajectory projected to end of high-school junior year — recruiting peak.
- #150 Free SCY18.881090
- #2200 IM SCY1:47.22916
- #3400 IM SCY3:53.18913
- #41650 Free SCY15:44.95883
College junior year. Range reflects developmental uncertainty — wider for younger swimmers and late developers.
- #1200 IM SCYCONF1:38.921167
- #250 Free SCYCONF18.461166
- #3400 IM SCYCONF3:35.581155
- #4100 Free SCYCONF41.021116
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What this means for Sean
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 (981 → D1 Power 4) is the more meaningful number for that window. Continue building broad event coverage — the top-4 weighting rewards multiple strong events.
Maturity context: Your data shows late-developer trajectory — continued steep improvement past age 15. That's exactly the kind of pattern that under-rates well-developed seniors but signals strong upside.
What time drops unlock D1 Power 4
Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 754 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 754 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.
Florida Southern College
Men • SSC • D2
Your Team Fit
1187
Recruit median
1080
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Wayne State University (MI)
Men • GLIAC • D2
Your Team Fit
1187
Recruit median
1090
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Drury University
Men • GLVC • D2
Your Team Fit
1187
Recruit median
1160
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Nova Southeastern University
Men • SSC • D2
Your Team Fit
1187
Recruit median
1150
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Men • PSAC • D2
Your Team Fit
1187
Recruit median
1080
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.