Swimmer profile

Nicholas Chen

Male17-18Texas Ford AquaticsNT · SOUTHERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
age 18
Current (today)
700
D2/D3 Realistic

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1200 Breast SCY2:08.19721
  • #2100 Breast SCY58.76717
  • #3200 IM SCY2:00.36648
  • #450 Free SCY23.17590
Projected
700
D2/D3 Realistic

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

  • #1200 Breast SCY2:08.19721
  • #2100 Breast SCY58.76717
  • #3200 IM SCY2:00.36648
  • #450 Free SCY23.17590
College Ceiling (age 21)
711range 700895
D2/D3 RealisticD1 Mid-Major

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

  • #1200 Breast SCY2:07.49733
  • #2100 Breast SCY58.45728
  • #3200 IM SCY1:59.58660
  • #450 Free SCY23.06598
Coach viewPIe ≈ 33(2838)typical outcome D3 (86%)

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What this means for Nicholas

D2/D3 Realistic 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: The D2/D3 Realistic → D1 Mid-Major ceiling-range transition is the late-developer story: data signal alone doesn't flag it, but the spread between conservative and optimistic ceilings suggests biological development may not yet be complete. (We're working on a parent-input layer to refine this — see methodology §4.7.)

What time drops unlock D1 Mid-Major

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 700 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 Breast SCY2:08.192:01.34−6.85s
100 Breast SCY58.7655.60−3.16s
200 IM SCY2:00.361:45.47−14.89s

Best school matches

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

Pilot data

University of Scranton

MenLandmarkD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

508

Recruit median

450

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

Skidmore College

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

564

Recruit median

460

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

Transylvania University

MenHCACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

511

Recruit median

400

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

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

MenHCACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

537

Recruit median

420

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

Union College (NY)

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

675

Recruit median

480

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.