Swimmer profile

Cullen Kahl

Male15-16Magnolia Aquatic ClubGU · SOUTHERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 16
Current (today)
918
D1 Mid-Major

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1400 IM SCY3:49.65956
  • #2200 IM SCY1:47.78902
  • #3200 Breast SCY1:59.58888
  • #4100 Breast SCY55.17866
Projected (age 17)
1008
D1 Power 4

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

  • #1200 Back SCY1:41.341024
  • #2500 Free SCY4:17.621005
  • #3400 IM SCY3:47.14988
  • #4200 IM SCY1:44.87979
College Ceiling (age 21)
1166range 9181166
Blue Chip

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

  • #1200 Free SCYCONF1:29.231167
  • #2200 IM SCYCONF1:38.921167
  • #3200 Back SCYCONF1:37.031167
  • #4100 Breast SCYCONF49.951166
Coach viewPIe ≈ 6(49)typical outcome D1 (86%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 200 Free 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 Cullen

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 (1008 → D1 Power 4) 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 918 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.

EventCurrentTargetΔ
400 IM SCY3:49.653:43.50−6.15s
200 IM SCY1:47.781:44.73−3.05s
200 Breast SCY1:59.581:51.84−7.74s
100 Breast SCY55.1747.09−8.08s

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 Arizona

MenBig 12D1

Match

Your Team Fit

1156

Recruit median

1070

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

Auburn University

MenSECD1

Match

Your Team Fit

1156

Recruit median

1100

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

University of Louisville

MenACCD1

Match

Your Team Fit

1156

Recruit median

1120

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

University of Minnesota

MenBig TenD1

Match

Your Team Fit

1156

Recruit median

1060

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

University of Southern California

MenBig TenD1

Match

Your Team Fit

1156

Recruit median

1090

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.