Swimmer profile

Dakota Vanberschot

Male15-16American Energy Swim ClubOK · CENTRAL

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
age 15
Current (today)
472
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #11650 Free SCY18:48.22519
  • #2200 IM SCY2:16.07448
  • #3200 Free SCY2:04.06434
  • #4500 Free SCY5:42.84427
Projected (age 17)
586
Building Base

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

  • #11650 Free SCY17:36.01633
  • #2200 Free SCY1:53.93560
  • #3200 IM SCY2:06.98552
  • #4500 Free SCY5:17.29538
College Ceiling (age 21)
559range 472688
Building BaseD2/D3 Realistic

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

  • #1200 IM SCY2:01.83624
  • #2100 Breast SCY1:05.09527
  • #31650 Free SCY18:48.22519
  • #4100 Free SCY55.40453
Coach viewPIe ≈ 74(5283)typical outcome D3 (80%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Breast SCY, 100 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 Dakota

Building toward recruiting peak — currently Building Base.

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 (586 → Building Base) 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 D2/D3 Realistic

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 472 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.

No single-event drop within reachable bounds gets 472 all the way to 600. The gap from Building Base to D2/D3 Realistic closes through broad improvement — multiple events moving together. That’s exactly what college coaches want to see; specialists rarely make this jump on one event alone.

Best school matches

Top 5 of 116 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Swarthmore College

MenCentennialD3

Match

Your Team Fit

555

Recruit median

530

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

Hartwick College

MenEmpire 8D3

Safety

Your Team Fit

429

Recruit median

370

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

Hobart College

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

555

Recruit median

480

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

Illinois Wesleyan University

MenCCIWD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

555

Recruit median

460

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

Messiah University

MenMACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

555

Recruit median

460

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.