Swimmer profile
Cole McDonnell
Male17-18Cheshire Y Sea Dog Swim ClubCT · EASTERN
SR Rating
NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 seasonBased on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.
- #1200 Fly SCY2:02.40610
- #2100 Fly SCY55.60570
- #31650 Free SCY18:32.62541
- #4200 Free SCY1:56.36526
You're at or past recruiting peak. SR Projected here equals SR Current — no forward projection is applied past age 17.
- #1200 Fly SCY2:02.40610
- #2100 Fly SCY55.60570
- #31650 Free SCY18:32.62541
- #4200 Free SCY1:56.36526
College junior year. Range reflects developmental uncertainty — wider for younger swimmers and late developers.
- #1200 Fly SCY2:01.87618
- #2100 Fly SCY55.41576
- #31650 Free SCY18:32.62541
- #4200 Free SCY1:56.20528
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What this means for Cole
Borderline D2/D3 Realistic recruit — D2/D3 Realistic ceiling.
Recruiting window is active. Your Current (578) is just 22 points below the D2/D3 Realistic threshold — effectively a D2/D3 Realistic caliber recruit for evaluation purposes. Your optimistic ceiling projects to D2/D3 Realistic territory through college junior year. The modest gap between Current and Ceiling reflects college-years upside coaches should weigh in their evaluation — particularly if biological maturation is still ongoing.
Maturity context: The Building Base → D2/D3 Realistic ceiling-range transition is the late-developer story: data signal alone doesn't flag it, but the spread between conservative and optimistic ceilings suggests biological development may not yet be complete. (We're working on a parent-input layer to refine this — see methodology §4.7.)
What time drops unlock D2/D3 Realistic
Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 578 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.
| Event | Current | Target | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200 Fly SCY | 2:02.40 | 1:58.90 | −3.50s |
| 100 Fly SCY | 55.60 | 53.91 | −1.69s |
| 1650 Free SCY | 18:32.62 | 17:12.86 | −79.76s |
Best school matches
Top 5 of 120 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.
Franklin & Marshall College
Men • Centennial • D3
Your Team Fit
601
Recruit median
550
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Anderson University (IN)
Men • HCAC • D3
Your Team Fit
408
Recruit median
370
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Franklin College
Men • HCAC • D3
Your Team Fit
435
Recruit median
380
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Swarthmore College
Men • Centennial • D3
Your Team Fit
601
Recruit median
530
Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.
Washington College
Men • Centennial • D3
Your Team Fit
518
Recruit median
430
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.