Swimmer profile

Rj Matthies

Male15-16Watertown Area Swim ClubSD · CENTRAL

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 15
Current (today)
525
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #150 Free SCY24.04528
  • #21650 Free SCY18:44.17525
  • #3200 Fly SCY2:08.82523
  • #4100 Fly SCY57.38519
Projected (age 17)
680
D2/D3 Realistic

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

  • #1200 IM SCY1:57.93688
  • #2200 Breast SCY2:10.29687
  • #3100 Breast SCY1:00.43659
  • #41650 Free SCY17:32.22640
College Ceiling (age 21)
1046range 5251146
D1 Power 4Blue Chip

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

  • #1200 IM SCYCONF1:40.641108
  • #2200 Breast SCY1:53.001053
  • #3100 Breast SCY53.02975
  • #450 Free SCY21.06785
Coach viewPIe ≈ 61(4069)typical outcome D3 (93%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 200 IM SCY, 200 Breast SCY, 100 Breast 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 Rj

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 (680 → 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 D2/D3 Realistic

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 525 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
50 Free SCY24.0421.68−2.36s
1650 Free SCY18:44.1716:53.36−110.81s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 130 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

MenHCACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

479

Recruit median

420

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

University of Scranton

MenLandmarkD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

536

Recruit median

450

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

Augustana College (IL)

MenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

641

Recruit median

410

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

Franklin & Marshall College

MenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

783

Recruit median

550

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

Swarthmore College

MenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

809

Recruit median

530

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.