Swimmer profile

Gibson Pitalo

Male17-18Crawfish AquaticsLA · SOUTHERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
age 18
Current (today)
596
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #11650 Free SCY17:51.00607
  • #2200 Fly SCY2:03.35596
  • #3500 Free SCY5:09.61579
  • #4100 Fly SCY55.58571
Projected
596
Building Base

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

  • #11650 Free SCY17:51.00607
  • #2200 Fly SCY2:03.35596
  • #3500 Free SCY5:09.61579
  • #4100 Fly SCY55.58571
College Ceiling (age 21)
602range 596760
D2/D3 RealisticD1 Mid-Major

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

  • #1200 Fly SCY2:02.45609
  • #21650 Free SCY17:51.00607
  • #3100 Fly SCY55.22582
  • #4500 Free SCY5:09.46580
Coach viewPIe ≈ 50(3156)typical outcome D3 (89%)

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What this means for Gibson

Borderline D2/D3 Realistic recruit — D1 Mid-Major ceiling.

Recruiting window is active. Your Current (596) is just 4 points below the D2/D3 Realistic threshold — effectively a D2/D3 Realistic caliber recruit for evaluation purposes. 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 D2/D3 Realistic

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 596 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.

EventCurrentTargetΔ
1650 Free SCY17:51.0017:44.75−6.25s
200 Fly SCY2:03.352:02.62−0.73s
500 Free SCY5:09.615:05.08−4.53s
100 Fly SCY55.5853.48−2.10s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 127 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Transylvania University

MenHCACD3

Match

Your Team Fit

440

Recruit median

400

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

Carthage College

MenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

476

Recruit median

420

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

Augustana College (IL)

MenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

504

Recruit median

410

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

Hartwick College

MenEmpire 8D3

Safety

Your Team Fit

477

Recruit median

370

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

Skidmore College

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

582

Recruit median

460

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.