Swimmer profile

Sawyer Bland

Male15-16Empire KC Swim ClubMV · CENTRAL

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 15
Current (today)
474
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1200 Free SCY1:59.50486
  • #2500 Free SCY5:30.06478
  • #3100 Free SCY55.55449
  • #41650 Free SCY19:50.48442
Projected (age 17)
721
D2/D3 Realistic

Trajectory projected to end of high-school junior year — recruiting peak.

  • #1100 Free SCY47.33727
  • #2500 Free SCY4:47.35724
  • #3200 Free SCY1:44.74721
  • #4200 IM SCY1:59.28665
College Ceiling (age 21)
1167range 4741167
Blue Chip

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

  • #1100 Free SCYCONF40.421167
  • #2200 Free SCYCONF1:29.231167
  • #3200 IM SCYCONF1:38.921167
  • #4200 Back SCYCONF1:37.031167
Coach viewPIe ≈ 74(5283)typical outcome D3 (80%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 200 IM 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 Sawyer

Building toward recruiting peak — currently Building Base.

Recruiting conversations start in earnest at the end of sophomore year (NCAA contact rules let coaches reach out June 15 of sophomore year for most sports including swimming). Your projected rating (721 → D2/D3 Realistic) is the more meaningful number for that window. Continue building broad event coverage — the top-4 weighting rewards multiple strong events.

Maturity context: Your data shows late-developer trajectory — continued steep improvement past age 15. That's exactly the kind of pattern that under-rates well-developed seniors but signals strong upside.

What time drops unlock D2/D3 Realistic

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 474 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.

No single-event drop within reachable bounds gets 474 all the way to 600. The gap from Building Base to D2/D3 Realistic closes through broad improvement — multiple events moving together. That’s exactly what college coaches want to see; specialists rarely make this jump on one event alone.

Best school matches

Top 5 of 130 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Wheaton College (IL)

MenCCIWD3

Match

Your Team Fit

466

Recruit median

450

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

Carthage College

MenCCIWD3

Match

Your Team Fit

447

Recruit median

420

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

Widener University

MenMACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

462

Recruit median

410

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

Dickinson College

MenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

549

Recruit median

490

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

Anderson University (IN)

MenHCACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

572

Recruit median

370

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.