Swimmer profile

Ella Richards

Female13-14Nation's Capital Swim ClubPV · EASTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
age 14
Current (today)
678
D2/D3 Realistic

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #11650 Free SCY18:17.40724
  • #2400 IM SCY4:51.33657
  • #3500 Free SCY5:29.12641
  • #4200 Back SCY2:15.04614
Projected (age 17)
1130
Blue Chip

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

  • #1200 IM SCYCONF1:51.991166
  • #2500 Free SCYCONF4:31.581140
  • #3200 Free SCY1:43.061074
  • #4100 Free SCY48.94979
College Ceiling (age 21)
1167range 6781167
Blue Chip

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

  • #1100 Fly SCYCONF49.891167
  • #2200 Fly SCYCONF1:51.251167
  • #3200 Free SCYCONF1:40.251167
  • #4100 Free SCYCONF46.171166
Coach viewPIe ≈ 33(2737)typical outcome D3 (75%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Fly SCY, 200 Fly SCY, 200 Free SCY, 100 Free 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 Ella

Building toward recruiting peak — currently D2/D3 Realistic.

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 (1130 → Blue Chip) 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 D1 Mid-Major

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 678 to 750, 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
1650 Free SCY18:17.4016:57.03−80.37s
400 IM SCY4:51.334:28.14−23.19s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 169 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Johns Hopkins University

WomenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

819

Recruit median

730

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

Carthage College

WomenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

633

Recruit median

430

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

Widener University

WomenMACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

633

Recruit median

420

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

Franklin & Marshall College

WomenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

819

Recruit median

560

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

Gettysburg College

WomenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

819

Recruit median

550

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.