Swimmer profile

Natalie Gates

Female17-18Michigan Lakeshore AquaticsMI · CENTRAL

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 18
Current (today)
669
D2/D3 Realistic

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1100 Fly SCY59.73680
  • #2200 IM SCY2:14.55673
  • #350 Free SCY25.77646
  • #4100 Free SCY56.54635
Projected
669
D2/D3 Realistic

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

  • #1100 Fly SCY59.73680
  • #2200 IM SCY2:14.55673
  • #350 Free SCY25.77646
  • #4100 Free SCY56.54635
College Ceiling (age 21)
754range 669826
D1 Mid-Major

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

  • #1200 IM SCY2:07.71786
  • #2100 Fly SCY57.27771
  • #350 Free SCY25.52665
  • #4100 Breast SCY1:09.26660
Coach viewPIe ≈ 33(2737)typical outcome D3 (75%)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 100 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 Natalie

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: Data flags continued improvement well past age 15 — bring this trajectory to recruiting visits as part of the evaluation story.

What time drops unlock D1 Mid-Major

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 669 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
100 Fly SCY59.7354.65−5.08s
200 IM SCY2:14.552:02.99−11.56s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 165 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Franklin & Marshall College

WomenCentennialD3

Match

Your Team Fit

601

Recruit median

560

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

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

WomenLiberty LeagueD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

537

Recruit median

480

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

Drew University

WomenLandmarkD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

481

Recruit median

400

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

Bryn Mawr College

WomenCentennialD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

596

Recruit median

410

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

Arcadia University

WomenMACD3

Safety

Your Team Fit

596

Recruit median

400

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.