Swimmer profile

Carter Steele

Male17-18Albany StarfishAD · EASTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 18
Current (today)
703
D2/D3 Realistic

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #11650 Free SCY16:52.22719
  • #2400 IM SCY4:15.37695
  • #3100 Breast SCY59.37695
  • #4200 IM SCY1:58.17684
Projected
703
D2/D3 Realistic

You're at or past recruiting peak. SR Projected here equals SR Current — no forward projection is applied past age 17.

  • #11650 Free SCY16:52.22719
  • #2400 IM SCY4:15.37695
  • #3100 Breast SCY59.37695
  • #4200 IM SCY1:58.17684
College Ceiling (age 21)
866range 7031017
D1 Mid-MajorD1 Power 4

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

  • #1100 Breast SCY53.90928
  • #2200 Breast SCY2:01.94838
  • #3200 IM SCY1:51.20821
  • #4200 Back SCY1:51.90761
Coach viewPIe ≈ 26(2230)typical outcome D3 (76%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 200 Breast 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 Carter

D2/D3 Realistic recruit, D1 Power 4 ceiling.

Recruiting window is active. Your optimistic ceiling projects to D1 Power 4 territory through college junior year. The meaningful 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 D1 Mid-Major

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 703 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
1650 Free SCY16:52.2216:01.63−50.59s
400 IM SCY4:15.374:02.22−13.15s
100 Breast SCY59.3752.83−6.54s

Best school matches

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

Pilot data

Dickinson College

MenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

554

Recruit median

490

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

University of Scranton

MenLandmarkD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

544

Recruit median

450

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

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

MenHCACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

533

Recruit median

420

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

Skidmore College

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

670

Recruit median

460

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

Augustana College (IL)

MenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

637

Recruit median

410

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.