Swimmer profile
Ethan Melson
Male17-18Parkway-Rockwood Gateway Swim ClubOZ · CENTRAL
SR Rating
NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 seasonBased on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.
- #1500 Free SCY5:05.40603
- #2200 Free SCY1:52.26586
- #31650 Free SCY18:12.30572
- #4400 IM SCY4:35.98551
You're at or past recruiting peak. SR Projected here equals SR Current — no forward projection is applied past age 17.
- #1500 Free SCY5:05.40603
- #2200 Free SCY1:52.26586
- #31650 Free SCY18:12.30572
- #4400 IM SCY4:35.98551
College junior year. Range reflects developmental uncertainty — wider for younger swimmers and late developers.
- #1500 Free SCY4:54.06676
- #21650 Free SCY17:22.15658
- #3100 Free SCY49.32642
- #4200 Free SCY1:49.12638
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What this means for Ethan
Borderline D2/D3 Realistic recruit — D2/D3 Realistic ceiling.
Recruiting window is active. Your Current (588) is just 12 points below the D2/D3 Realistic threshold — effectively a D2/D3 Realistic caliber recruit for evaluation purposes. Your optimistic ceiling projects to D2/D3 Realistic territory through college junior year. The modest gap between Current and Ceiling reflects college-years upside coaches should weigh in their evaluation — particularly if biological maturation is still ongoing.
Maturity context: Data flags continued improvement well past age 15 — bring this trajectory to recruiting visits as part of the evaluation story.
What time drops unlock D2/D3 Realistic
Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 588 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.
| Event | Current | Target | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 Free SCY | 5:05.40 | 5:00.50 | −4.90s |
| 200 Free SCY | 1:52.26 | 1:50.41 | −1.85s |
| 1650 Free SCY | 18:12.30 | 17:29.35 | −42.95s |
| 400 IM SCY | 4:35.98 | 4:09.45 | −26.53s |
Best school matches
Top 5 of 123 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.
Skidmore College
Men • Liberty League • D3
Your Team Fit
495
Recruit median
460
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Hartwick College
Men • Empire 8 • D3
Your Team Fit
393
Recruit median
370
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Franklin & Marshall College
Men • Centennial • D3
Your Team Fit
680
Recruit median
550
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Swarthmore College
Men • Centennial • D3
Your Team Fit
684
Recruit median
530
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Alfred University
Men • Empire 8 • D3
Your Team Fit
583
Recruit median
390
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.