What cuts do you need to make for what colleges?

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Anonymous wrote:Unless it’s a top 10 team most coaches recruit based upon who can help them win CONFERENCE titles, meaning who can score points at the conference meet. ASU, Virginia, Florida, Cal, etc recruit for NCAAs but that’s not the most typical scenario. There aren’t cut times for conference meets but you can look up the results on swimcloud and see what the times looked like for last year’s meet. That gives you a good idea of where a swimmer would fit in.

Also coaches recruit in cycles. If they recruited two strong breaststrokers the last two years they probably won’t recruit another one for a couple years. Typically they shoot to have a strong senior, up and coming sophomore and 1-2 developing freshman in the wings to take over when that senior graduates. Look for teams with graduating seniors or juniors in your swimmer’s stroke to get an idea of where the coaches have gaps that will need to be filled.

Would also add that many coaches look for kids who are still developing and have room to grow as a swimmer versus super stars who have maybe plateaued. When looking at their races and strokes is they think there is room for improvement they might be more inclined to recruit over someone with perfected technique who might be maxed out. For boys, they’re also looking at whether they’re still growing and filling out. DS was a butterflier and all coaches looked at his wingspan, shoulder mobility and flexibility, ratio of shoulder to waist & waist to ankles, foot size.

Coaches measured your kid this way? Never heard of such a thing.

Absolutely....different body types lend themselves to different strokes. Elite butterflies generally have a wider wingspan than their height and longer torsos. Backstrokers tend to be the tallest swimmers, etc.

https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/what-makes-the-perfect-swimmers-body/

Sure, but I have had two swimmers go D1 and have never seen a college coach break out a tape measure. The swimmer’s times are his times.

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Anonymous wrote:The last two posts are interesting. The first link posted above: https://swimswam.com/time-standards-for-2024-ncaa-division-iii-swimming-diving-championships-released/

Says the Div III A cut for the men’s 1650 is a 15:14.69 and for Div I in this link (the second one posted above): https://www.ncsasports.org/mens-swimming/college-swimming-recruiting-times for the top Tier I is a 15:26.10.

NSCA sports does not really know swimming. They are a for-profit company that does all sports. Trust Swimswam.

That is so true.

Don't pay for NSCA. We found swimcloud pretty helpful. We paid about $30 or $40 for the full profile. It helped my swimmer come up with a list the summer after their Sophomore year.

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You can use Swimcloud to see ballparks or look at the NCAA meet results but be aware that college coaches only recruit for roster holes. It’s easy for your swimmer to be fast enough and skilled enough but to fall through based on what spots are available.

There are a lot of schools with swim clubs and those are great. Taking those seriously will broaden options. They compete and are very competitive, too.

My kid just committed to swim D3.

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Take a gander at your athletes IMX score and see what they can do to improve it to show colleges they are extreme and well rounded.

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Anonymous wrote:Take a gander at your athletes IMX score and see what they can do to improve it to show colleges they are extreme and well rounded.

LOL!

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Anonymous wrote:Take a gander at your athletes IMX score and see what they can do to improve it to show colleges they are extreme and well rounded.

LOL!

I’ve kind of missed IMX poster.

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Anonymous wrote:Take a gander at your athletes IMX score and see what they can do to improve it to show colleges they are extreme and well rounded.

Gretchen Walsh has no times listed on swimcloud for 500 free, 200 breast, or 400 IM which are three of the IMX events. Nevertheless, the University of Virginia, the top women's swim team in the country, took a chance on a high schooler with national age group records. It worked out since she just broke the American record for 50 free, 100 free, and 100 fly at the championship meet this past weekend.

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Anonymous wrote:Take a gander at your athletes IMX score and see what they can do to improve it to show colleges they are extreme and well rounded.

Gretchen Walsh has no times listed on swimcloud for 500 free, 200 breast, or 400 IM which are three of the IMX events. Nevertheless, the University of Virginia, the top women's swim team in the country, took a chance on a high schooler with national age group records. It worked out since she just broke the American record for 50 free, 100 free, and 100 fly at the championship meet this past weekend.

Probably because they measured her wing span.

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Anonymous wrote:Take a gander at your athletes IMX score and see what they can do to improve it to show colleges they are extreme and well rounded.

Gretchen Walsh has no times listed on swimcloud for 500 free, 200 breast, or 400 IM which are three of the IMX events. Nevertheless, the University of Virginia, the top women's swim team in the country, took a chance on a high schooler with national age group records. It worked out since she just broke the American record for 50 free, 100 free, and 100 fly at the championship meet this past weekend.

Probably because they measured her wing span.

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Anonymous wrote:Take a gander at your athletes IMX score and see what they can do to improve it to show colleges they are extreme and well rounded.

LOL!

I’ve kind of missed IMX poster.

So stupid

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Anonymous wrote:Take a gander at your athletes IMX score and see what they can do to improve it to show colleges they are extreme and well rounded.

LOL!

I’ve kind of missed IMX poster.

The problem is I can no longer tell if it’s the IMX poster or someone jokingly impersonating the IMX poster.

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Anonymous wrote:Take a gander at your athletes IMX score and see what they can do to improve it to show colleges they are extreme and well rounded.

LOL!

I’ve kind of missed IMX poster.

The problem is I can no longer tell if it’s the IMX poster or someone jokingly impersonating the IMX poster.

Both are stupid.

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Anonymous wrote:Take a gander at your athletes IMX score and see what they can do to improve it to show colleges they are extreme and well rounded.

I heard Katie Ladeckys IMX score was terrible and that’s why she had such a tough time getting recruited.

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Anonymous wrote:Take a gander at your athletes IMX score and see what they can do to improve it to show colleges they are extreme and well rounded.

I heard Katie Ladeckys IMX score was terrible and that’s why she had such a tough time getting recruited.

Still stupid. Will always be a stupid joke n

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There are some low end D3 schools where almost anyone can swim. My kid had A cuts and was nowhere close to being able to swim at any of the D3 schools he was academically interested in. His friends that got recruited for D3 all had NCSA/Sectionals cuts.