Swimmer profile

Max Short

Male15-16Sooner Swim ClubOK · CENTRAL

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
age 16
Current (today)
511
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1100 Back SCY56.90538
  • #2200 Back SCY2:07.43515
  • #3100 Fly SCY59.80458
  • #4200 Free SCY2:02.67449
Projected (age 17)
543
Building Base

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

  • #1100 Back SCY55.42583
  • #2200 Back SCY2:05.87534
  • #3500 Free SCY5:26.34495
  • #4100 Fly SCY59.27471
College Ceiling (age 21)
589range 511745
Building BaseD2/D3 Realistic

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

  • #1100 Back SCY53.69641
  • #2500 Free SCY5:12.10565
  • #3200 Back SCY2:04.03559
  • #4100 Fly SCY58.64486
Coach viewPIe ≈ 61(4069)typical outcome D3 (93%)
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 Max

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 (543 → Building Base) 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 511 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 SCY56.9050.58−6.32s
200 Back SCY2:07.431:52.78−14.65s

Best school matches

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

Pilot data

Franklin & Marshall College

MenCentennialD3

Match

Your Team Fit

577

Recruit median

550

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

Loras College

MenARCD3

Match

Your Team Fit

422

Recruit median

410

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

Union College (NY)

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

535

Recruit median

480

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

University of Scranton

MenLandmarkD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

531

Recruit median

450

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

Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham

MenMACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

495

Recruit median

380

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.