Swimmer profile

Bennett Mestrits

Male17-18FMC AquaticIL · CENTRAL

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 17
Current (today)
754
D1 Mid-Major

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #11650 Free SCY16:26.22777
  • #2500 Free SCY4:40.77777
  • #3200 Free SCY1:46.56685
  • #4100 Free SCY49.37640
Projected
754
D1 Mid-Major

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

  • #11650 Free SCY16:26.22777
  • #2500 Free SCY4:40.77777
  • #3200 Free SCY1:46.56685
  • #4100 Free SCY49.37640
College Ceiling (age 21)
1056range 7541167
D1 Power 4Blue Chip

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

  • #1500 Free SCY4:10.011100
  • #21650 Free SCY14:48.491062
  • #3200 Free SCY1:34.92969
  • #4200 IM SCY1:45.31967
Coach viewPIe ≈ 20(1723)typical outcome D3 (75%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 200 IM 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 Bennett

D1 Mid-Major recruit, peak window.

This is the recruiting window. Coaches are evaluating times within ~6 months of where you sit today. The College Ceiling range (754–1167) 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 D1 Power 4

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 754 to 950, 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 754 all the way to 950. The gap from D1 Mid-Major to D1 Power 4 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 128 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Dickinson College

MenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

576

Recruit median

490

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

Gettysburg College

MenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

636

Recruit median

540

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

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

MenHCACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

576

Recruit median

420

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

Widener University

MenMACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

576

Recruit median

410

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

Augustana College (IL)

MenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

579

Recruit median

410

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.