Swimmer profile

Christian Zhang

Male15-16Upper Main Line YMCAMA · EASTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 15
Current (today)
678
D2/D3 Realistic

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1100 Fly SCY52.02696
  • #2200 Fly SCY1:58.58671
  • #3200 Free SCY1:47.66664
  • #4100 Free SCY49.25645
Projected (age 17)
944
D1 Mid-Major

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

  • #1100 Fly SCY46.36984
  • #2200 Fly SCY1:46.24932
  • #3200 Back SCY1:45.25914
  • #4100 Free SCY44.96848
College Ceiling (age 21)
1167range 6781167
Blue Chip

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

  • #1100 Fly SCYCONF43.801167
  • #2100 Free SCYCONF40.421167
  • #3200 IM SCYCONF1:38.921167
  • #4200 Back SCYCONF1:37.031167
Coach viewPIe ≈ 33(2838)typical outcome D3 (86%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 200 IM SCY, 200 Back 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 Christian

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 (944 → 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 678 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 SCY52.0248.10−3.92s
200 Fly SCY1:58.581:49.35−9.23s

Best school matches

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

Pilot data

Florida Southern College

MenSSCD2

Match

Your Team Fit

1128

Recruit median

1080

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

Wayne State University (MI)

MenGLIACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

1128

Recruit median

1090

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

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

MenPSACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

1128

Recruit median

1080

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

University of Cincinnati

MenBig 12D1

Match

Your Team Fit

994

Recruit median

910

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

West Virginia University

MenBig 12D1

Match

Your Team Fit

994

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.