Swimmer profile
Michael Zhu
Male17-18Mount Lebanon Aqua ClubAM · EASTERN
SR Rating
NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 seasonBased on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.
- #1100 Breast SCY58.64721
- #2100 Free SCY47.93700
- #350 Free SCY21.91697
- #4100 Fly SCY53.44642
You're at or past recruiting peak. SR Projected here equals SR Current — no forward projection is applied past age 17.
- #1100 Breast SCY58.64721
- #2100 Free SCY47.93700
- #350 Free SCY21.91697
- #4100 Fly SCY53.44642
College junior year. Range reflects developmental uncertainty — wider for younger swimmers and late developers.
- #1100 Breast SCY58.40730
- #2100 Free SCY47.72709
- #350 Free SCY21.82706
- #4100 Fly SCY53.07656
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What this means for Michael
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 704 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Breast SCY | 58.64 | 55.76 | −2.88s |
| 100 Free SCY | 47.93 | 45.51 | −2.42s |
| 50 Free SCY | 21.91 | 19.53 | −2.38s |
Best school matches
Top 5 of 130 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.
Widener University
Men • MAC • D3
Your Team Fit
532
Recruit median
410
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Franklin & Marshall College
Men • Centennial • D3
Your Team Fit
752
Recruit median
550
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Skidmore College
Men • Liberty League • D3
Your Team Fit
667
Recruit median
460
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Loras College
Men • ARC • D3
Your Team Fit
631
Recruit median
410
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Men • Liberty League • D3
Your Team Fit
712
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.