Swimmer profile

Pierce Shields

Male15-16Bluefish Swim ClubNE · EASTERN

Performance Progression Goals Time Standards Meets Recruiting

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season

Late developerage 16

Current (today)

562

Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

#11650 Free SCY18:07.00580
#2200 Back SCY2:03.21570
#3500 Free SCY5:20.68521
#4100 Back SCY58.09506

Projected (age 17)

670

D2/D3 Realistic

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

#1200 Back SCY1:53.73724
#2500 Free SCY4:58.70645
#3100 Back SCY54.27621
#41650 Free SCY17:49.36609

College Ceiling (age 21)

1153range 562 – 1166

Blue Chip

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

#1200 Back SCYCONF1:37.031167
#2500 Free SCYCONF4:05.171166
#3200 IM SCYCONF1:40.571110
#4100 Back SCY44.861099

Coach viewPIe ≈ 50(31–56)typical outcome D3 (89%)

Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 200 IM 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 Pierce

Building toward recruiting peak — currently Building Base.

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 (670 → D2/D3 Realistic) 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 D2/D3 Realistic

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 562 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
1650 Free SCY	18:07.00	17:12.44	−54.56s
200 Back SCY	2:03.21	1:56.92	−6.29s
500 Free SCY	5:20.68	4:43.11	−37.57s

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.