What are you breastroke times?

Are these times good enough for a D1 swimming scholarship?

• I am a 16 year old male sophmore in high school. Here are my best times in SCY. 50 FR - 23.64 on 11/12/11 (15 yrs old) 100 FR - 50.84 on 10/22/11 (15) 200 FR - 1:48.09 on 2/17/12 (16)* 500 FR - 5:11.59 on 2/05/11 (15) 1000 FR - 10:43.05 on 10/22/11 (16) 1650 FR - NT 200 IM - 1:59.51 on 2/09/12 (16)* 400 IM - 4:34.80 on 11/12/11 (15) 100 FL - 58.54 on 11/12/11 (15) 200 FL - NT 100 BR - 1:10.26 on 1/07/12 (16) 200 BR - NT 100 BK - 52.42 on 2/09/12 (16)* 200 BK - 1:55.64 on 2/17/12 (16)* 50 FR - 22.11 on 2/09/12 (16)** 100 FR - 48.29 on 2/09/12 (16)** Also, my 200 IM spits were 25.84, 28.99, 36.43, and 28.25 (I was trying very hard on breastroke btw) *I was shaved and tapered wearing a LZR Racer Pro **Same as * but with a relay start. I have dropped a lot of time since last year and will continue to work hard through senior year.

• Answer:

  Your times are good for a sophomore in hs ... actually very good but, not the best. None of your times, at this moment in time, would get you even close to a D1 scholarship. Your 200 IM and 100 back times would get the attention of D2 coaches and MIGHT, depending on the school, get you a 10 to 25% scholarship. Read the following and take a look at D1 and D2 times. Swimming coaches are allowed, by the NCAA, to give out 8.2 TOTAL FULL EQUIVALENT scholarships. So, they give 25% to one swimmer and 50% to another and 33.3% to another ... until the total is 8.2 for the whole team. RARELY does a swimmer get a full ride. A few years ago, I was coaching high school and I had a kid who went 4:26.2 in the 500 free and 49.5 in the 100 fly. I helped to negotiate a 75% scholarship (they originally offered him only 50%) to a D1 school. Consider that for a coach to be interested in you, you'll need to be in the top 200 from the information below: For NCAA times from this or from last season, start by clicking on the following: http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=1402&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en Look to the left side and you'll see NCAA Information Click on NCAA Information and choose the division you want (Division 1,2, or 3) Choose EVENT RANK Date range should be 10-11 for last year and 11-12 for this season Choose the event Choose gender Choose "Cut/Standard", use the drop down menu and choose NS For "Times To Include" ... chose BEST TIME ONLY Then ... Maximum # of results is your choice. The # you choose is up to you (and 7000)