Swimmer profile

Shain Louw

Male17-18Dickinson Dolphin Swim TeamND · CENTRAL

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
age 18
Current (today)
669
D2/D3 Realistic

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1500 Free SCY4:53.61679
  • #2200 Free SCY1:47.59665
  • #350 Free SCY22.33659
  • #4100 Free SCY49.09651
Projected
669
D2/D3 Realistic

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

  • #1500 Free SCY4:53.61679
  • #2200 Free SCY1:47.59665
  • #350 Free SCY22.33659
  • #4100 Free SCY49.09651
College Ceiling (age 21)
671range 669745
D2/D3 Realistic

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

  • #1500 Free SCY4:53.61679
  • #250 Free SCY22.23668
  • #3200 Free SCY1:47.48668
  • #4100 Free SCY48.97656
Coach viewPIe ≈ 33(2838)typical outcome D3 (86%)

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What this means for Shain

D2/D3 Realistic recruit, D2/D3 Realistic ceiling.

Recruiting window is active. Your optimistic ceiling projects to D2/D3 Realistic territory through college junior year. The modest gap between Current and Ceiling reflects college-years upside coaches should weigh in their evaluation — particularly if biological maturation is still ongoing.

What time drops unlock D1 Mid-Major

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 669 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.

EventCurrentTargetΔ
500 Free SCY4:53.614:28.57−25.04s
200 Free SCY1:47.591:38.26−9.33s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 125 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

University of Scranton

MenLandmarkD3

Match

Your Team Fit

461

Recruit median

450

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

Carthage College

MenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

478

Recruit median

420

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

Wheaton College (IL)

MenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

601

Recruit median

450

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

Hartwick College

MenEmpire 8D3

Safety

Your Team Fit

566

Recruit median

370

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

Transylvania University

MenHCACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

601

Recruit median

400

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.