Swimmer profile

Sam Christy

Male15-16Wichita Swim ClubMV · CENTRAL

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 15
Current (today)
759
D1 Mid-Major

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1200 Free SCY1:42.30774
  • #2200 Back SCY1:52.22754
  • #3100 Free SCY46.86749
  • #4100 Back SCY51.65720
Projected (age 17)
1123
Blue Chip

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

  • #1200 Free SCYCONF1:29.271165
  • #2100 Fly SCYCONF44.601105
  • #3100 Free SCY41.231099
  • #4100 Back SCY45.921024
College Ceiling (age 21)
1167range 7591167
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 Free SCYCONF1:29.231167
  • #4200 Back SCYCONF1:37.031167
Coach viewPIe ≈ 20(1723)typical outcome D3 (75%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Fly 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 Sam

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 (1123 → Blue Chip) 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 759 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 759 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.

Pilot data

University of Findlay

MenGMACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

1085

Recruit median

1000

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

Florida Southern College

MenSSCD2

Match

Your Team Fit

1085

Recruit median

1080

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

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

MenPSACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

1085

Recruit median

1080

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

West Chester University

MenPSACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

1085

Recruit median

1000

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

West Virginia University

MenBig 12D1

Match

Your Team Fit

956

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.