Swimmer profile

Ben Najem

Male15-16Hunterdon County YMCANJ · EASTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 15
Current (today)
540
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1100 Breast SCY1:04.07553
  • #250 Free SCY23.81543
  • #3100 Free SCY52.97518
  • #4100 Back SCY58.56494
Projected (age 17)
873
D1 Mid-Major

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

  • #1100 Breast SCY54.59894
  • #250 Free SCY20.28880
  • #3100 Free SCY45.13838
  • #4100 Back SCY49.90798
College Ceiling (age 21)
1167range 5401167
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
  • #4100 Breast SCYCONF49.951166
Coach viewPIe ≈ 61(4069)typical outcome D3 (93%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Fly 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 Ben

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 (873 → 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 D2/D3 Realistic

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 540 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.

EventCurrentTargetΔ
100 Breast SCY1:04.0759.04−5.03s
50 Free SCY23.8121.91−1.90s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 131 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Cal State East Bay

MenCCAAD2

Match

Your Team Fit

854

Recruit median

800

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

Harding University

MenGACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

854

Recruit median

800

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

Ouachita Baptist University

MenGACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

854

Recruit median

780

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

Michigan Technological University

MenGLIACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

854

Recruit median

840

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

Maryville University

MenGLVCD2

Match

Your Team Fit

854

Recruit median

810

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.