Swimmer profile

Gabe Ballard

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SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 15
Current (today)
329
Early Career

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #150 Free SCY27.49353
  • #2200 Breast SCY2:48.55317
  • #3100 Breast SCY1:17.47313
  • #4200 Free SCY2:22.32288
Projected (age 17)
504
Building Base

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

  • #150 Free SCY23.42571
  • #2200 Free SCY2:01.27465
  • #3100 Free SCY54.99463
  • #4100 Breast SCY1:09.90426
College Ceiling (age 21)
881range 329881
D1 Mid-Major

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

  • #150 Free SCY19.241030
  • #2200 Free SCY1:39.62838
  • #3100 Free SCY45.18835
  • #4200 Breast SCY2:48.55317
Coach viewPIe ≈ 132(113146)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 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 Gabe

Building toward recruiting peak — currently Early Career.

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 (504 → Building Base) 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 Building Base

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 329 to 400, 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
50 Free SCY27.4923.92−3.57s
200 Breast SCY2:48.552:24.82−23.73s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 115 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Illinois Wesleyan University

MenCCIWD3

Match

Your Team Fit

506

Recruit median

460

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

Hobart College

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Match

Your Team Fit

506

Recruit median

480

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

Union College (NY)

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Match

Your Team Fit

506

Recruit median

480

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

Messiah University

MenMACD3

Match

Your Team Fit

506

Recruit median

460

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

Hope College

MenMIAAD3

Match

Your Team Fit

506

Recruit median

460

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.