Swimmer profile
Macale Richards
Male15-16Club Mountaineer AquaticsWV · SOUTHERN
SR Rating
NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 seasonBased on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.
- #1100 Back SCY53.17660
- #2100 Free SCY49.14649
- #350 Free SCY22.60636
- #4200 Back SCY2:00.38611
Trajectory projected to end of high-school junior year — recruiting peak.
- #1100 Free SCY46.00792
- #2200 Back SCY1:51.12777
- #3100 Back SCY50.68762
- #4200 Free SCY1:42.94760
College junior year. Range reflects developmental uncertainty — wider for younger swimmers and late developers.
- #1100 Free SCYCONF40.421167
- #2200 Free SCYCONF1:29.231167
- #3200 Back SCYCONF1:37.031167
- #450 Free SCYCONF18.521155
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What this means for Macale
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 (779 → 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 D1 Mid-Major
Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 649 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.
| Event | Current | Target | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Back SCY | 53.17 | 47.61 | −5.56s |
| 100 Free SCY | 49.14 | 43.93 | −5.21s |
Best school matches
Top 5 of 131 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.
Ouachita Baptist University
Men • GAC • D2
Your Team Fit
789
Recruit median
780
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Men • HCAC • D3
Your Team Fit
596
Recruit median
420
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Franklin & Marshall College
Men • Centennial • D3
Your Team Fit
789
Recruit median
550
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
University of Scranton
Men • Landmark • D3
Your Team Fit
731
Recruit median
450
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Men • Liberty League • D3
Your Team Fit
761
Recruit median
470
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.