Swimmer profile
Izzie Merkin
Female17-18Waterloo SwimmingST · SOUTHERN
SR Rating
NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 seasonBased on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.
- #1100 Back SCY58.12743
- #2400 IM SCY4:39.92740
- #3200 Back SCY2:07.71726
- #4200 Fly SCY2:10.81718
You're at or past recruiting peak. SR Projected here equals SR Current — no forward projection is applied past age 17.
- #1100 Back SCY58.12743
- #2400 IM SCY4:39.92740
- #3200 Back SCY2:07.71726
- #4200 Fly SCY2:10.81718
College junior year. Range reflects developmental uncertainty — wider for younger swimmers and late developers.
- #1100 Back SCY57.93751
- #2400 IM SCY4:39.63742
- #3200 Back SCY2:07.59728
- #4200 Fly SCY2:10.60721
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What this means for Izzie
Borderline D1 Mid-Major recruit — D1 Mid-Major ceiling.
Recruiting window is active. Your Current (738) is just 12 points below the D1 Mid-Major threshold — effectively a D1 Mid-Major caliber recruit for evaluation purposes. Your optimistic ceiling projects to D1 Mid-Major 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 D2/D3 Realistic → D1 Mid-Major 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 D1 Mid-Major
Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 738 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Back SCY | 58.12 | 57.33 | −0.79s |
| 400 IM SCY | 4:39.92 | 4:36.09 | −3.83s |
| 200 Back SCY | 2:07.71 | 2:03.54 | −4.17s |
| 200 Fly SCY | 2:10.81 | 2:00.39 | −10.42s |
Best school matches
Top 5 of 168 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.
Cal State Monterey Bay
Women • CCAA • D2
Your Team Fit
799
Recruit median
780
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Ouachita Baptist University
Women • GAC • D2
Your Team Fit
799
Recruit median
790
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Southern Arkansas University
Women • GAC • D2
Your Team Fit
799
Recruit median
780
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Le Moyne College
Women • NE-10 • D2
Your Team Fit
798
Recruit median
790
In line with this program's typical recruit — a natural fit.
Franklin & Marshall College
Women • Centennial • D3
Your Team Fit
849
Recruit median
560
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.