Swimmer profile

Peiffer Blackford

Female15-16Westerville Aquatic ClubOH · CENTRAL

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 16
Current (today)
756
D1 Mid-Major

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1200 Back SCY2:05.32769
  • #2200 IM SCY2:09.48755
  • #3400 IM SCY4:40.13738
  • #4100 Back SCY58.67723
Projected (age 17)
809
D1 Mid-Major

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

  • #1200 IM SCY2:06.05818
  • #2200 Back SCY2:03.02813
  • #3400 IM SCY4:33.43794
  • #4100 Back SCY57.63763
College Ceiling (age 21)
1008range 7561118
D1 Power 4Blue Chip

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

  • #1200 IM SCY1:56.921025
  • #250 Free SCY22.181014
  • #3400 IM SCY4:15.51973
  • #4200 Back SCY1:56.82949
Coach viewPIe ≈ 20(1723)typical outcome D3 (61%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 50 Free 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 Peiffer

Building toward recruiting peak — currently D1 Mid-Major.

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 (809 → 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 Power 4

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 756 to 950, 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 756 all the way to 950. The gap from D1 Mid-Major to D1 Power 4 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 169 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Henderson State University

WomenGACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

907

Recruit median

830

In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.

Michigan Technological University

WomenGLIACD2

Match

Your Team Fit

907

Recruit median

850

In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.

Missouri University of Science and Tech

WomenGLVCD2

Match

Your Team Fit

907

Recruit median

880

In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.

Assumption University

WomenNE-10D2

Match

Your Team Fit

907

Recruit median

830

In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.

Bentley University

WomenNE-10D2

Match

Your Team Fit

907

Recruit median

870

In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.

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.