Swimmer profile
Cole Malsam
Male15-16Aberdeen Swim ClubSD · CENTRAL
SR Rating
NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 seasonBased on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.
- #1200 Breast SCY2:32.37429
- #2100 Breast SCY1:10.90408
- #3100 Free SCY58.50385
- #4100 Back SCY1:04.18375
Trajectory projected to end of high-school junior year — recruiting peak.
- #1200 Breast SCY2:17.25588
- #2100 Fly SCY56.20552
- #3100 Back SCY57.62519
- #4100 Breast SCY1:05.83510
College junior year. Range reflects developmental uncertainty — wider for younger swimmers and late developers.
- #1100 Fly SCY46.071003
- #2200 Breast SCY1:58.57911
- #3100 Back SCY49.54816
- #450 Free SCY21.00792
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What this means for Cole
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 (558 → Building Base) 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 D2/D3 Realistic
Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 411 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 411 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.
Widener University
Men • MAC • D3
Your Team Fit
456
Recruit median
410
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Augustana College (IL)
Men • CCIW • D3
Your Team Fit
484
Recruit median
410
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Skidmore College
Men • Liberty League • D3
Your Team Fit
550
Recruit median
460
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
University of Scranton
Men • Landmark • D3
Your Team Fit
557
Recruit median
450
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Carthage College
Men • CCIW • D3
Your Team Fit
560
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.