College Swimming Recruiting

College Swimming Recruiting:

• Find programs where you’d make the conference team (top 4 on the depth chart) in 2+ events.

• Complete each school’s recruiting questionnaire and/or email the recruiting coordinator with your SwimCloud profile & academic info.

Step 1 — Build Your Target List in SwimCloud (20–40 minutes):

Goal: Identify schools where you project as top-4 in 2+ events at the conference championship.

A) Find the fits:

• In SwimCloud → Teams: filter by Division (NCAA DI/DII/DIII, NAIA, NJCAA) and Region you like.

• Open a program → Results → locate last season’s Conference Championships.

• Click into the meet → view Finals results for your best events (e.g., 100 Back, 200 Free). Note the 4th-best time from that team’s depth chart across the year or the A/B final cut lines.  Schools are most likely to recruit you if you help them score points at their Conference and/or NCAA/NAIA/NJCAA Championship Meet.
  
  

B) Compare your value

• Pull your current best times from your SwimCloud profile.

• If your time slots you top-4 on their roster in two or more events and you could see yourself at that school, get ready to fill out their Recruiting Questionnaire and/or email the Recruiting Coordinator.
  
  

C) Roster & relay reality check

• Roster holes: Check class years—are multiple swimmers graduating from a team in your top events? 

• Relay value: 50/100/200 Free and 100-stroke times that help 200/400/800 Free Relays & 200/400 Medley Relays.

• Event diversity: Being 2-3 deep (e.g., 100/200 Back + 200 IM) is stronger than one elite event.
  
  

D) Sort your board

• Reach: You’re close to top-4 in 1–2 events.

• Match: Top-4 in 2+ events with your reasonable projection.

• Safety: Already top-4 in 2+ events on current times.

Step 2 — Make Contact with Recruiting Coordinator:

Order of operations for each school:

• Recruiting Questionnaire: Find it on the program’s Swimming & Diving page (Athletics site). Fill it out completely; this gets you into their database.

• Email the Recruiting Coordinator (usually an assistant coach). If not listed, email the staff list and address it to the recruiting lead.
  
  

Email Advice to College Coaches:

*It's always a good idea to send a short email to the school's Recruiting Coordinator, expressing interest in the school/program.

• List your top 2-3 events with your best times.  

• Copy/paste your SwimCloud link to the college coach

• Tell them about your life outside of the pool & academics (GPA, ACT/SAT Score, honors, additional extracurriculars, etc.)

Rules & Timing (always verify):

Contact rules vary by NCAA division, NAIA, and NJCAA and can change. Before outreach, check the latest guidelines on those sites regarding contact dates, official/unofficial visits, and amateurism. When in doubt, ask the staff—they’ll tell you what’s permissible.

BSPC College Swimmers:

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