Swimmer profile
AJ Merced
Male17-18Newark Wahoos Swim ClubNI · EASTERN
SR Rating
NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 seasonBased on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.
- #1500 Free SCY5:09.03582
- #2200 Free SCY1:52.93575
- #3100 Free SCY51.53563
- #4200 IM SCY2:07.33547
You're at or past recruiting peak. SR Projected here equals SR Current — no forward projection is applied past age 17.
- #1500 Free SCY5:09.03582
- #2200 Free SCY1:52.93575
- #3100 Free SCY51.53563
- #4200 IM SCY2:07.33547
College junior year. Range reflects developmental uncertainty — wider for younger swimmers and late developers.
- #1100 Back SCY52.70678
- #2400 IM SCY4:18.63669
- #350 Free SCY22.38654
- #4500 Free SCY4:59.63639
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What this means for AJ
Borderline D2/D3 Realistic recruit — D1 Mid-Major ceiling.
Recruiting window is active. Your Current (574) is just 26 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: Data flags continued improvement well past age 15 — bring this trajectory to recruiting visits as part of the evaluation story.
What time drops unlock D2/D3 Realistic
Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 574 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.
| Event | Current | Target | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 Free SCY | 5:09.03 | 4:58.24 | −10.79s |
| 200 Free SCY | 1:52.93 | 1:48.94 | −3.99s |
| 100 Free SCY | 51.53 | 47.41 | −4.12s |
Best school matches
Top 5 of 118 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.
Messiah University
Men • MAC • D3
Your Team Fit
501
Recruit median
460
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Union College (NY)
Men • Liberty League • D3
Your Team Fit
544
Recruit median
480
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Swarthmore College
Men • Centennial • D3
Your Team Fit
634
Recruit median
530
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Vassar College
Men • Liberty League • D3
Your Team Fit
548
Recruit median
440
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Marymount University (VA)
Men • Atlantic East • D3
Your Team Fit
501
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.