Swimmer profile
James McIlwain
Male17-18Crawfish AquaticsLA · SOUTHERN
SR Rating
NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 seasonBased on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.
- #1100 Breast SCY1:07.08482
- #2400 IM SCY4:50.18474
- #3500 Free SCY5:31.59471
- #4200 IM SCY2:14.04469
You're at or past recruiting peak. SR Projected here equals SR Current — no forward projection is applied past age 17.
- #1100 Breast SCY1:07.08482
- #2400 IM SCY4:50.18474
- #3500 Free SCY5:31.59471
- #4200 IM SCY2:14.04469
College junior year. Range reflects developmental uncertainty — wider for younger swimmers and late developers.
- #1200 Back SCY1:54.73706
- #2100 Breast SCY1:00.63652
- #3200 IM SCY2:00.12652
- #4400 IM SCY4:27.00608
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What this means for James
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 (476–821) 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 476 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 476 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.
Swarthmore College
Men • Centennial • D3
Your Team Fit
553
Recruit median
530
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Loras College
Men • ARC • D3
Your Team Fit
441
Recruit median
410
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Wilkes University
Men • MAC • D3
Your Team Fit
404
Recruit median
390
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Hartwick College
Men • Empire 8 • D3
Your Team Fit
394
Recruit median
370
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Union College (NY)
Men • Liberty League • D3
Your Team Fit
535
Recruit median
480
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.