Swimmer profile
James Sumner
Male17-18Albany StarfishAD · EASTERN
SR Rating
NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 seasonBased on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.
- #1500 Free SCY4:56.70658
- #21650 Free SCY17:22.42658
- #3200 Free SCY1:51.73594
- #4100 Free SCY51.86552
You're at or past recruiting peak. SR Projected here equals SR Current — no forward projection is applied past age 17.
- #1500 Free SCY4:56.70658
- #21650 Free SCY17:22.42658
- #3200 Free SCY1:51.73594
- #4100 Free SCY51.86552
College junior year. Range reflects developmental uncertainty — wider for younger swimmers and late developers.
- #11650 Free SCY17:16.40669
- #2500 Free SCY4:55.26668
- #3200 Free SCY1:50.81609
- #4100 Free SCY51.58561
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What this means for James
D2/D3 Realistic recruit, D1 Mid-Major ceiling.
Recruiting window is active. Your optimistic ceiling projects to D1 Mid-Major 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: The D2/D3 Realistic → D1 Mid-Major ceiling-range transition is the late-developer story: data signal alone doesn't flag it, but the spread between conservative and optimistic ceilings suggests biological development may not yet be complete. (We're working on a parent-input layer to refine this — see methodology §4.7.)
What time drops unlock D1 Mid-Major
Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 641 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 Free SCY | 4:56.70 | 4:23.78 | −32.92s |
| 1650 Free SCY | 17:22.42 | 15:26.71 | −115.71s |
Best school matches
Top 5 of 128 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.
Augustana College (IL)
Men • CCIW • D3
Your Team Fit
457
Recruit median
410
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Anderson University (IN)
Men • HCAC • D3
Your Team Fit
454
Recruit median
370
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
University of Scranton
Men • Landmark • D3
Your Team Fit
545
Recruit median
450
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Hartwick College
Men • Empire 8 • D3
Your Team Fit
544
Recruit median
370
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Men • Liberty League • D3
Your Team Fit
662
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.