Swimmer profile

Cara Braden

Female15-16Nation's Capital Swim ClubPV · EASTERN

Performance Progression Goals Time Standards Meets Recruiting

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season

Late developerage 15

Current (today)

647

D2/D3 Realistic

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

#150 Free SCY25.61658
#2100 Back SCY1:00.81649
#3200 Back SCY2:13.81632
#41650 Free SCY19:29.63598

Projected (age 17)

830

D1 Mid-Major

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

#1200 Back SCY2:00.94855
#250 Free SCY23.73828
#3100 Free SCY52.25805
#4200 Free SCY1:56.56742

College Ceiling (age 21)

1160range 647 – 1167

Blue Chip

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

#1200 Back SCYCONF1:49.061166
#2100 Free SCYCONF46.171166
#350 Free SCYCONF21.341138
#4100 Fly SCYCONF50.421130

Coach viewPIe ≈ 41(24–46)typical outcome D3 (79%)

Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Free 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 Cara

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 (830 → D1 Mid-Major) is the more meaningful number for that window. Continue building broad event coverage — the top-4 weighting rewards multiple strong events.

Maturity context: Your data shows late-developer trajectory — continued steep improvement past age 15. That's exactly the kind of pattern that under-rates well-developed seniors but signals strong upside.

What time drops unlock D1 Mid-Major

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 647 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.

Event	Current	Target	Δ
50 Free SCY	25.61	22.88	−2.73s
100 Back SCY	1:00.81	54.26	−6.55s

School matches

School matches activate once your SR Rating is published. The curated set spans NCAA D1 P5 programs in this pilot, with the school list growing as we expand coverage.