Swimmer profile

Damian Brown

Male15-16Columbia Swim ClubMV · CENTRAL

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 15
Current (today)
449
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1500 Free SCY5:34.76458
  • #2400 IM SCY4:55.38449
  • #3200 Breast SCY2:31.97433
  • #4200 Free SCY2:04.82426
Projected (age 17)
626
D2/D3 Realistic

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

  • #1500 Free SCY4:59.21642
  • #2400 IM SCY4:23.49633
  • #3200 Breast SCY2:16.11602
  • #4200 Free SCY1:54.95546
College Ceiling (age 21)
1005range 4491158
D1 Power 4Blue Chip

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

  • #1500 Free SCY4:15.701028
  • #2400 IM SCY3:44.541022
  • #3200 Breast SCY1:56.65957
  • #4100 Fly SCY48.33868
Coach viewPIe ≈ 90(68100)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 Fly 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 Damian

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 (626 → D2/D3 Realistic) 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 D2/D3 Realistic

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 449 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 449 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 123 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Drew University

MenLandmarkD3

Match

Your Team Fit

421

Recruit median

390

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

Hartwick College

MenEmpire 8D3

Safety

Your Team Fit

413

Recruit median

370

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

Skidmore College

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

526

Recruit median

460

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

Union College (NY)

MenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

558

Recruit median

480

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

Washington College

MenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

543

Recruit median

430

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.