Swimmer profile

Jacob Birch

Male15-16Berkeley AquaticsFL · SOUTHERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
age 16
Current (today)
624
D2/D3 Realistic

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1200 IM SCY2:01.39631
  • #2100 Breast SCY1:01.50625
  • #350 Free SCY22.83617
  • #4100 Free SCY50.47599
Projected (age 17)
676
D2/D3 Realistic

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

  • #1200 IM SCY1:57.88689
  • #2100 Breast SCY59.86678
  • #350 Free SCY22.40653
  • #4200 Breast SCY2:13.27642
College Ceiling (age 21)
745range 624939
D2/D3 RealisticD1 Mid-Major

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

  • #1200 IM SCY1:53.80766
  • #2100 Breast SCY57.96747
  • #3200 Breast SCY2:08.99708
  • #450 Free SCY21.89699
Coach viewPIe ≈ 41(2446)typical outcome D3 (89%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 200 Breast 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 Jacob

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 (676 → D2/D3 Realistic) is the more meaningful number for that window. Continue building broad event coverage — the top-4 weighting rewards multiple strong events.

What time drops unlock D1 Mid-Major

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 624 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 IM SCY2:01.391:45.81−15.58s
100 Breast SCY1:01.5053.55−7.95s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 132 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

MenHCACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

470

Recruit median

420

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

Skidmore College

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

559

Recruit median

460

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

Anderson University (IN)

MenHCACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

535

Recruit median

370

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

Transylvania University

MenHCACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

586

Recruit median

400

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

University of Scranton

MenLandmarkD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

654

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.