Swimmer profile

Sophia Wilgus

Female15-16Velocity SwimmingIE · WESTERN

SR Rating

NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 season
age 16
Current (today)
387
Early Career

Based on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.

  • #150 Free SCY29.30440
  • #2100 Free SCY1:07.28377
  • #3200 IM SCY2:53.72312
  • #4200 Breast SCY3:13.86311
Projected (age 17)
396
Early Career

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

  • #150 Free SCY29.30440
  • #2100 Free SCY1:06.28394
  • #3200 Breast SCY3:10.88325
  • #4100 Back SCY1:17.06319
College Ceiling (age 21)
390range 387395
Early Career

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

  • #150 Free SCY29.30440
  • #2100 Free SCY1:07.28377
  • #3100 Breast SCY1:27.24330
  • #4200 IM SCY2:53.72312
Coach viewPIe ≈ 109(87122)
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 Sophia

Building toward recruiting peak — currently Early Career.

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 (396 → Early Career) 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 Building Base

Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 387 to 400, 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
50 Free SCY29.3028.60−0.70s
100 Free SCY1:07.281:05.42−1.86s
200 IM SCY2:53.722:40.92−12.80s

Best school matches

Top 5 of 144 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.

Pilot data

Illinois Wesleyan University

WomenCCIWD3

Match

Your Team Fit

472

Recruit median

470

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

McDaniel College

WomenCentennialD3

Match

Your Team Fit

472

Recruit median

430

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

Ursinus College

WomenCentennialD3

Match

Your Team Fit

472

Recruit median

460

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

Washington College

WomenCentennialD3

Match

Your Team Fit

472

Recruit median

440

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

Clarkson University

WomenLiberty LeagueD3

Match

Your Team Fit

472

Recruit median

440

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

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.