Swimmer profile

James Fairbank

Male17-18Cardinal & Gold AquaticsMD · EASTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
age 18
Current (today)
794
D1 Mid-Major

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1200 Breast SCY2:03.17813
  • #2100 Breast SCY56.35812
  • #3200 IM SCY1:55.23738
  • #4100 Free SCY48.04695
Projected
794
D1 Mid-Major

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

  • #1200 Breast SCY2:03.17813
  • #2100 Breast SCY56.35812
  • #3200 IM SCY1:55.23738
  • #4100 Free SCY48.04695
College Ceiling (age 21)
810range 7941074
D1 Mid-MajorD1 Power 4

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

  • #1200 Breast SCY2:02.29831
  • #2100 Breast SCY56.01827
  • #3200 IM SCY1:54.47753
  • #4100 Back SCY51.83712
Coach viewPIe ≈ 20(1723)typical outcome D3 (75%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Back 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 James

D1 Mid-Major 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: The D1 Mid-Major → D1 Power 4 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 Power 4

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 794 to 950, 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
200 Breast SCY2:03.171:47.76−15.41s
100 Breast SCY56.3549.30−7.05s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 133 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Michigan Technological University

MenGLIACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

897

Recruit median

840

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

Azusa Pacific University

MenPacWestD2

Match

Your Team Fit

897

Recruit median

860

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

Carson-Newman University

MenSACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

897

Recruit median

850

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

St. Cloud State University

MenNSICD2

Match

Your Team Fit

897

Recruit median

890

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

Bloomsburg University

MenPSACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

897

Recruit median

890

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

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.