Swimmer profile
Sam James
Male17-18Club HuskerMW · CENTRAL
SR Rating
NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 seasonBased on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.
- #1500 Free SCY5:25.90497
- #2100 Fly SCY58.64486
- #3200 Fly SCY2:19.25414
- #450 Free SCY26.49395
You're at or past recruiting peak. SR Projected here equals SR Current — no forward projection is applied past age 17.
- #1500 Free SCY5:25.90497
- #2100 Fly SCY58.64486
- #3200 Fly SCY2:19.25414
- #450 Free SCY26.49395
College junior year. Range reflects developmental uncertainty — wider for younger swimmers and late developers.
- #1100 Fly SCY46.87952
- #2500 Free SCY5:25.90497
- #350 Free SCY24.79482
- #4200 Fly SCY2:19.25414
Refine your College CeilingTesting
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What this means for Sam
Building Base recruit, peak window.
This is the recruiting window. Coaches are evaluating times within ~6 months of where you sit today. The College Ceiling range (473–764) shows the projected upside through college junior year — useful for "where will I be when it counts most" conversations.
Maturity context: Your late-developer trajectory matters here — make sure coaches understand you're still on the upslope. Bring growth-rate and recent improvement data to recruiting visits.
What time drops unlock D2/D3 Realistic
Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 473 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 473 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 118 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.
Union College (NY)
Men • Liberty League • D3
Your Team Fit
505
Recruit median
480
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Vassar College
Men • Liberty League • D3
Your Team Fit
505
Recruit median
440
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Swarthmore College
Men • Centennial • D3
Your Team Fit
596
Recruit median
530
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Coe College
Men • ARC • D3
Your Team Fit
466
Recruit median
380
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Messiah University
Men • MAC • D3
Your Team Fit
555
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.