Swimmer profile

Leo Popko

Male15-16Patriot Aquatic ClubIL · CENTRAL

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 16
Current (today)
683
D2/D3 Realistic

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1100 Breast SCY59.29698
  • #2200 Breast SCY2:10.40685
  • #3200 IM SCY1:59.57661
  • #4100 Free SCY49.27644
Projected (age 17)
779
D1 Mid-Major

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

  • #1100 Breast SCY56.75795
  • #2100 Fly SCY50.13778
  • #3200 IM SCY1:54.27757
  • #4200 Breast SCY2:07.16739
College Ceiling (age 21)
1139range 6831163
Blue Chip

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

  • #1100 Fly SCYCONF43.801167
  • #2100 Breast SCYCONF50.201149
  • #3200 IM SCYCONF1:40.651107
  • #450 Free SCY19.62971
Coach viewPIe ≈ 33(2838)typical outcome D3 (86%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Fly SCY, 50 Free SCY are improving fastest vs. the NCAA D1 cut, so they rank into the top 4 at age 21 even though they aren't in today’s top 4. That’s a real recruiting signal — shows which events project as the strongest college pathway.

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What this means for Leo

Building toward recruiting peak — currently D2/D3 Realistic.

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 (779 → 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 Mid-Major

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 683 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
100 Breast SCY59.2955.12−4.17s
200 Breast SCY2:10.402:01.08−9.32s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 129 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Skidmore College

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

581

Recruit median

460

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

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

MenHCACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

621

Recruit median

420

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

Franklin & Marshall College

MenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

822

Recruit median

550

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

Swarthmore College

MenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

822

Recruit median

530

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

University of Scranton

MenLandmarkD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

745

Recruit median

450

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.