Swimmer profile

Ella Mekker

Female15-16Liverpool Jets Swim ClubNI · EASTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
age 15
Current (today)
573
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1100 Back SCY1:03.27576
  • #2200 Back SCY2:18.02575
  • #350 Free SCY26.97564
  • #4100 Free SCY59.07557
Projected (age 17)
634
D2/D3 Realistic

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

  • #150 Free SCY25.69652
  • #2500 Free SCY5:32.11623
  • #3100 Free SCY56.98621
  • #4100 Back SCY1:01.97613
College Ceiling (age 21)
695range 573864
D2/D3 RealisticD1 Mid-Major

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

  • #150 Free SCY24.96711
  • #2500 Free SCY5:19.38701
  • #3100 Free SCY55.77662
  • #4100 Back SCY1:01.20637
Coach viewPIe ≈ 49(3056)typical outcome D3 (82%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 500 Free 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 Ella

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 (634 → D2/D3 Realistic) is the more meaningful number for that window. Continue building broad event coverage — the top-4 weighting rewards multiple strong events.

What time drops unlock D2/D3 Realistic

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 573 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
100 Back SCY1:03.271:00.90−2.37s
200 Back SCY2:18.022:12.85−5.17s
50 Free SCY26.9724.70−2.27s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 166 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Gettysburg College

WomenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

690

Recruit median

550

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

Skidmore College

WomenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

744

Recruit median

470

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

Hartwick College

WomenEmpire 8D3

Safety

Your Team Fit

656

Recruit median

380

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

Marywood University

WomenCSACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

661

Recruit median

380

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

Dickinson College

WomenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

783

Recruit median

500

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.