Swimmer profile

Thomas Appuhn

Male15-16Topeka Swim AssociationMV · CENTRAL

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 16
Current (today)
644
D2/D3 Realistic

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1200 IM SCY1:58.89672
  • #2100 Free SCY49.70628
  • #350 Free SCY22.73625
  • #4200 Breast SCY2:15.01617
Projected (age 17)
746
D2/D3 Realistic

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

  • #1200 IM SCY1:52.54792
  • #2100 Back SCY51.68719
  • #3100 Free SCY47.67711
  • #450 Free SCY21.79709
College Ceiling (age 21)
1121range 6441167
Blue Chip

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

  • #1200 IM SCYCONF1:38.921167
  • #2100 Back SCYCONF44.671113
  • #3200 Back SCY1:40.151061
  • #4200 Free SCY1:32.511047
Coach viewPIe ≈ 41(2446)typical outcome D3 (89%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Back SCY, 200 Back SCY, 200 Free 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 Thomas

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 (746 → D2/D3 Realistic) 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 644 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
200 IM SCY1:58.891:46.14−12.75s
100 Free SCY49.7044.07−5.63s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 132 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Dickinson College

MenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

576

Recruit median

490

Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

MenHCACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

508

Recruit median

420

Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.

Skidmore College

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

611

Recruit median

460

Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.

Carthage College

MenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

596

Recruit median

420

Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.

Franklin & Marshall College

MenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

809

Recruit median

550

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

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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.