Swimmer profile

Nathan Sanford

Male17-18StingraysGA · SOUTHERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 18
Current (today)
651
D2/D3 Realistic

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1200 Back SCY1:56.37676
  • #2100 Back SCY53.77638
  • #3100 Free SCY49.67629
  • #4200 IM SCY2:01.76626
Projected
651
D2/D3 Realistic

You're at or past recruiting peak. SR Projected here equals SR Current — no forward projection is applied past age 17.

  • #1200 Back SCY1:56.37676
  • #2100 Back SCY53.77638
  • #3100 Free SCY49.67629
  • #4200 IM SCY2:01.76626
College Ceiling (age 21)
922range 6511152
D1 Mid-MajorBlue Chip

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

  • #1200 Back SCY1:43.80953
  • #2100 Free SCY43.73921
  • #3200 IM SCY1:48.87875
  • #4100 Fly SCY48.48860
Coach viewPIe ≈ 33(2838)typical outcome D3 (86%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Fly 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 Nathan

D2/D3 Realistic recruit, Blue Chip ceiling.

Recruiting window is active. Your optimistic ceiling projects to Blue Chip territory through college junior year. The meaningful gap between Current and Ceiling reflects college-years upside coaches should weigh in their evaluation — particularly if biological maturation is still ongoing.

Maturity context: Data flags continued improvement well past age 15 — bring this trajectory to recruiting visits as part of the evaluation story.

What time drops unlock D1 Mid-Major

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 651 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.

EventCurrentTargetΔ
200 Back SCY1:56.371:44.61−11.76s
100 Back SCY53.7748.07−5.70s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 128 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Skidmore College

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

509

Recruit median

460

Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

558

Recruit median

470

Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.

Franklin & Marshall College

MenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

657

Recruit median

550

Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.

Millikin University

MenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

509

Recruit median

390

Above this program's typical recruit median — you're a top-of-class addition.

Swarthmore College

MenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

657

Recruit median

530

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.