Swimmer profile

Bryson Hougas

Male15-16West Express Swim TeamMN · CENTRAL

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 15
Current (today)
696
D2/D3 Realistic

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1100 Fly SCY50.72751
  • #250 Free SCY22.12678
  • #3100 Free SCY49.38640
  • #4200 Fly SCY2:02.55608
Projected (age 17)
877
D1 Mid-Major

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

  • #1100 Fly SCY45.621033
  • #2200 Fly SCY1:52.07794
  • #3200 Free SCY1:43.38750
  • #450 Free SCY21.52736
College Ceiling (age 21)
1077range 6961109
D1 Power 4Blue Chip

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

  • #1100 Fly SCYCONF43.801167
  • #2200 Free SCYCONF1:30.511118
  • #3100 Free SCY44.87853
  • #450 Free SCY20.72825
Coach viewPIe ≈ 33(2838)typical outcome D3 (86%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 200 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 Bryson

Building toward recruiting peak — currently D2/D3 Realistic.

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 (877 → D1 Mid-Major) 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 Mid-Major

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 696 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 Fly SCY50.7247.95−2.77s
50 Free SCY22.1220.79−1.33s
100 Free SCY49.3842.89−6.49s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 133 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Wayne State University (MI)

MenGLIACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

1149

Recruit median

1090

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

Florida Southern College

MenSSCD2

Match

Your Team Fit

1137

Recruit median

1080

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

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

MenPSACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

1134

Recruit median

1080

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

University of Iowa

MenBig TenD1

Match

Your Team Fit

1014

Recruit median

970

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

West Virginia University

MenBig 12D1

Match

Your Team Fit

996

Recruit median

940

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.