Swimmer profile

Ben Kelso

Male15-16Greenbrier Valley Aquatic Center Sea DragonsWV · SOUTHERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 16
Current (today)
373
Early Career

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #150 Free SCY26.04415
  • #2100 Free SCY1:00.15354
  • #3200 Free SCY2:14.48341
  • #4100 Breast SCY1:17.87308
Projected (age 17)
430
Building Base

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

  • #150 Free SCY24.64490
  • #2100 Free SCY57.61403
  • #3100 Fly SCY1:04.21370
  • #4200 Free SCY2:11.36366
College Ceiling (age 21)
686range 373835
D2/D3 RealisticD1 Mid-Major

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

  • #150 Free SCY21.13778
  • #2100 Fly SCY52.16691
  • #3100 Free SCY51.07578
  • #4200 Free SCY2:14.48341
Coach viewPIe ≈ 109(93121)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Fly 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 Ben

Building toward recruiting peak — currently Early Career.

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 (430 → Building Base) 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 Building Base

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 373 to 400, 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 SCY26.0424.74−1.30s
100 Free SCY1:00.1556.68−3.47s
200 Free SCY2:14.481:57.64−16.84s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 114 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Swarthmore College

MenCentennialD3

Match

Your Team Fit

569

Recruit median

530

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

Messiah University

MenMACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

521

Recruit median

460

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

Stevenson University

MenMACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

488

Recruit median

400

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

Hobart College

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

569

Recruit median

480

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

Vassar College

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

534

Recruit median

440

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.