Current roster times
See the times on a team today and how many swimmers race the event.
College Recruiting Times
College Swimming Recruiting Times
Wondering how your swimmer’s times compare? Start with 2025–26 rosters across D1, D2, and D3, then take a closer look at the schools that interest you.
Updated July 2026 · Short-course yards · 2025–26 rosters
College swimming times by event and division
Each number is the middle of the school-level roster medians for that division. We include 2025–26 rosters with at least four swimmers in the event.
| Event | D1 roster median | D2 roster median | D3 roster median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 Free | 24.61199 programs | 26.0595 programs | 27.42240 programs |
| 100 Free | 52.70199 programs | 56.1494 programs | 59.47236 programs |
| 200 Free | 1:53.80199 programs | 2:01.6893 programs | 2:08.68226 programs |
| 500 Free | 5:03.60192 programs | 5:27.7489 programs | 5:44.61206 programs |
| 100 Back | 57.28194 programs | 1:02.7792 programs | 1:06.98220 programs |
| 100 Breast | 1:05.42187 programs | 1:10.2887 programs | 1:15.91209 programs |
| 100 Fly | 58.24197 programs | 1:02.3293 programs | 1:05.73200 programs |
| 200 IM | 2:07.86195 programs | 2:16.5889 programs | 2:25.05203 programs |
| Event | D1 roster median | D2 roster median | D3 roster median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 Free | 21.27134 programs | 22.4175 programs | 23.53217 programs |
| 100 Free | 46.20135 programs | 48.6875 programs | 51.08214 programs |
| 200 Free | 1:40.28134 programs | 1:47.4175 programs | 1:52.86204 programs |
| 500 Free | 4:32.40129 programs | 4:50.8767 programs | 5:05.85183 programs |
| 100 Back | 49.97132 programs | 54.5470 programs | 57.53184 programs |
| 100 Breast | 56.16131 programs | 1:00.6970 programs | 1:03.78185 programs |
| 100 Fly | 50.92135 programs | 53.8273 programs | 56.41188 programs |
| 200 IM | 1:51.95131 programs | 1:59.2171 programs | 2:05.38176 programs |
Each cell is a national reference built from active programs with at least four swimmers in that event. Women’s and men’s rosters are calculated separately and never combined.Counts beneath each time show the program sample. Women’s and men’s rosters are calculated separately.
A few ways to look at a time
Conference championship results
See what placed or advanced at last season’s conference meet.
Published national standards
See the published times used to qualify for a national championship.
How to use college swimming recruiting times
Pick an event, look at a few teams, and see what catches your eye.
- 01
Start with your swimmer’s best events
Choose one to three events your swimmer races now.
- 02
Compare the current roster
Look at the whole event group. The median is the middle time; the range shows how the rest of the team compares.
- 03
Check the conference meet
See what eighth and sixteenth place looked like at the conference championship.
D1, D2, and D3 recruiting times
Division I
Start with an event, then see how times compare across D1 teams.
Division II
Take a closer look at the schools and times in D2.
Division III
Explore D3 teams and see which schools catch your interest.
How On The Board calculates the roster reference
For each active D1, D2, and D3 program, On The Board calculates the median 2025–26 roster time in each event. Programs with fewer than four swimmers in an event are left out of that event’s national summary. We then take the median across the included programs.
D1 combines the Power 4 and D1 mid-major groups used inside the product. All times on this page are short-course yards. The current source set includes 112,478 roster-time rows across 978 active gendered programs, plus 1,438 conference-standard rows across 64 division-and-conference keys.
Roster-time load date: 2026-05-13.
Common questions about college swimming recruiting times
Is the roster median the time I need to be recruited?
No. It is the middle swimmer in the event group at a typical program in that division. Coaches recruit for changing event and class needs, so a school may recruit above or below that reference.
Should I compare my best time with D1, D2, or D3 first?
Use the division table for a first pass, then move quickly to individual teams. A swimmer’s time can sit very differently on two rosters in the same division.
Are NCAA championship standards recruiting standards?
No. They are published qualification references for a championship. They can show the national level, but they do not tell you what a particular coach needs.
Which time course does this page use?
The roster table uses short-course yards. Check the course before comparing any time from a long-course or short-course-meters meet.
How often is the data updated?
The page identifies the season and update month at the top. Roster and championship sources should be refreshed on the existing annual data cycle, with the visible date changed when the underlying data changes.