Swimmer profile

Carson Hester

Male17-18Etown DolphinsKY · SOUTHERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
age 17
Current (today)
543
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1100 Free SCY51.39568
  • #250 Free SCY23.74548
  • #3200 Free SCY1:58.88493
  • #4500 Free SCY5:27.63489
Projected
543
Building Base

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

  • #1100 Free SCY51.39568
  • #250 Free SCY23.74548
  • #3200 Free SCY1:58.88493
  • #4500 Free SCY5:27.63489
College Ceiling (age 21)
592range 543746
Building BaseD2/D3 Realistic

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

  • #1100 Free SCY49.77625
  • #250 Free SCY23.24584
  • #3100 Back SCY56.48551
  • #4500 Free SCY5:16.05544
Coach viewPIe ≈ 61(4069)typical outcome D3 (93%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Back 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 Carson

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 (543–746) shows the projected upside through college junior year — useful for "where will I be when it counts most" conversations.

What time drops unlock D2/D3 Realistic

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 543 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 Free SCY51.3947.64−3.75s
50 Free SCY23.7421.95−1.79s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 116 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Swarthmore College

MenCentennialD3

Match

Your Team Fit

531

Recruit median

530

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

Alma College

MenMIAAD3

Match

Your Team Fit

448

Recruit median

410

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

Hobart College

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

531

Recruit median

480

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

Misericordia University

MenMACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

448

Recruit median

380

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

Illinois Wesleyan University

MenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

531

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.