Swimmer profile

Lucas McDonough

Male17-18Upper Dublin Aquatic ClubMA · EASTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 18
Current (today)
843
D1 Mid-Major

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1400 IM SCY3:58.80850
  • #2200 Breast SCY2:01.53846
  • #3200 IM SCY1:51.03825
  • #4500 Free SCY4:35.29824
Projected
843
D1 Mid-Major

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

  • #1400 IM SCY3:58.80850
  • #2200 Breast SCY2:01.53846
  • #3200 IM SCY1:51.03825
  • #4500 Free SCY4:35.29824
College Ceiling (age 21)
963range 8431129
D1 Power 4Blue Chip

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

  • #1200 Breast SCY1:54.411014
  • #2200 IM SCY1:46.58933
  • #3100 Breast SCY53.91928
  • #4100 Fly SCY47.35924
Coach viewPIe ≈ 15(1218)typical outcome D3 (70%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Breast SCY, 100 Fly SCY are improving fastest vs. the NCAA D1 cut, so they rank into the top 4 at age 21 even though they aren't in today’s top 4. That’s a real recruiting signal — shows which events project as the strongest college pathway.

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What this means for Lucas

D1 Mid-Major recruit, Blue Chip ceiling.

Recruiting window is active. Your optimistic ceiling projects to Blue Chip 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 D1 Power 4

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 843 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.

EventCurrentTargetΔ
400 IM SCY3:58.803:37.51−21.29s
200 Breast SCY2:01.531:50.66−10.87s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 133 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Missouri University of Science and Tech

MenGLVCD2

Match

Your Team Fit

953

Recruit median

870

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

Truman State University

MenGLVCD2

Match

Your Team Fit

953

Recruit median

910

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

Minnesota State University, Mankato

MenNSICD2

Match

Your Team Fit

953

Recruit median

920

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

St. Cloud State University

MenNSICD2

Match

Your Team Fit

953

Recruit median

890

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

Bloomsburg University

MenPSACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

953

Recruit median

890

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

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.