Swimmer profile

Grant Ruder

Male15-16Missouri State AquaticsMV · CENTRAL

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
Late developerage 16
Current (today)
432
Building Base

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #1200 Free SCY2:01.60461
  • #2500 Free SCY5:42.28429
  • #3100 Breast SCY1:12.25385
  • #4100 Free SCY58.47385
Projected (age 17)
526
Building Base

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

  • #1200 Free SCY1:54.43553
  • #2500 Free SCY5:15.96545
  • #3100 Free SCY55.42453
  • #450 Free SCY25.82426
College Ceiling (age 21)
930range 4321090
D1 Mid-MajorD1 Power 4

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

  • #1500 Free SCY4:12.551067
  • #2200 Free SCY1:36.53921
  • #3100 Free SCY47.70710
  • #450 Free SCY22.03686
Coach viewPIe ≈ 90(68100)
Why the College Ceiling lineup differs: 50 Free 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 Grant

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 (526 → Building Base) 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 432 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 432 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.

School matches

School matches activate once your SR Rating is published. The curated set spans NCAA D1 P5 programs in this pilot, with the school list growing as we expand coverage.