Swimmer profile

Samuel Richardson

Male17-18UnattachedSC · SOUTHERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 18
Current (today)
550
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1100 Breast SCY1:03.08579
  • #2200 Breast SCY2:19.83556
  • #350 Free SCY24.67489
  • #4400 IM SCY4:47.42487
Projected
550
Building Base

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

  • #1100 Breast SCY1:03.08579
  • #2200 Breast SCY2:19.83556
  • #350 Free SCY24.67489
  • #4400 IM SCY4:47.42487
College Ceiling (age 21)
718range 550883
D2/D3 RealisticD1 Mid-Major

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

  • #150 Free SCY21.36753
  • #2100 Breast SCY58.60722
  • #3200 Breast SCY2:11.37670
  • #4200 IM SCY2:04.07591
Coach viewPIe ≈ 61(4069)typical outcome D3 (93%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 200 IM 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 Samuel

Building Base recruit, D1 Mid-Major ceiling.

Recruiting window is active. Your optimistic ceiling projects to D1 Mid-Major 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 D2/D3 Realistic

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 550 to 600, 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 SCY1:03.0859.01−4.07s
200 Breast SCY2:19.832:10.47−9.36s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 123 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Franklin & Marshall College

MenCentennialD3

Match

Your Team Fit

556

Recruit median

550

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

Wheaton College (IL)

MenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

523

Recruit median

450

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

Luther College

MenARCD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

523

Recruit median

420

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

Swarthmore College

MenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

643

Recruit median

530

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

Drew University

MenLandmarkD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

523

Recruit median

390

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.