Swimmer profile
Alex McGowan
Male15-16Spokane Sea SerpentsIE · WESTERN
SR Rating
NCAA D1 cut anchored • 2026 seasonBased on current PBs vs. NCAA D1 cut times.
- #1500 Free SCY6:52.32245
- #2200 Back SCY2:47.24228
- #3200 Free SCY2:35.06222
- #4100 Free SCY1:11.55210
Trajectory projected to end of high-school junior year — recruiting peak.
- #1500 Free SCY6:20.61312
- #2200 Back SCY2:34.38290
- #3200 Free SCY2:23.13283
- #4100 Free SCY1:06.05267
College junior year. Range reflects developmental uncertainty — wider for younger swimmers and late developers.
- #1500 Free SCY5:04.23610
- #2200 Back SCY2:03.39567
- #3200 Free SCY1:54.41553
- #4100 Free SCY52.82523
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What this means for Alex
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 (296 → Early Career) 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 Building Base
Each row shows the time required in that event alone to push SR Rating Current from 233 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.
No single-event drop within reachable bounds gets 233 all the way to 400. The gap from Early Career to Building Base 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 4 of 80 curated programs that actually fit. Use the picker below to evaluate any other school.
Bard College
Men • Liberty League • D3
Your Team Fit
285
Recruit median
340
Below the median but within the recruit band — competitive entry.
Lyon College
Men • ASC • D3
Your Team Fit
285
Recruit median
350
Below the median but within the recruit band — competitive entry.
Sul Ross State University
Men • ASC • D3
Your Team Fit
285
Recruit median
350
Below the median but within the recruit band — competitive entry.
Gwynedd Mercy University
Men • Atlantic East • D3
Your Team Fit
285
Recruit median
360
Below the median but within the recruit band — competitive entry.
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.