Swimmer profile

Macale Richards

Male15-16Club Mountaineer AquaticsWV · SOUTHERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 16
Current (today)
649
D2/D3 Realistic

Based 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
Projected (age 17)
779
D1 Mid-Major

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 Ceiling (age 21)
1166range 6491166
Blue Chip

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
Coach viewPIe ≈ 41(2446)typical outcome D3 (89%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 200 Free 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 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.

EventCurrentTargetΔ
100 Back SCY53.1747.61−5.56s
100 Free SCY49.1443.93−5.21s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 131 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Ouachita Baptist University

MenGACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

789

Recruit median

780

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

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

MenHCACD3

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

789

Recruit median

550

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

University of Scranton

MenLandmarkD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

731

Recruit median

450

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

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

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

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.