On The Board for swim families
Build and manage your college swim recruiting list.
Save the schools you’re considering. On The Board fills in roster times, majors, cost, and conference context, then keeps coach contacts, notes, and next steps with each one.
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What swim parents say about On The Board
They use it to research schools, see where their swimmer’s times fit, and keep the recruiting work organized.
“Honestly, the amount of time this saved us on research alone made it worth it. Trying to dig through individual college websites and program stats manually was turning into a full-time job.”
“I'm usually terrible with new apps, but this was really easy to figure out right away. It’s made tracking and organizing our target D1 programs so much less overwhelming.”
“Navigating the recruiting process felt totally chaotic before finding this. It genuinely gives you all the tools you need to stay on top of things.”
“We’ve been using it for a bit now and it’s been a huge help. Plugging in my swimmer’s specific events and times to see realistic target schools gave us instant clarity.”
“On The Board gave us a much easier way to organize our daughter’s recruiting list than our own spreadsheet. Being able to move schools up and down on our list, track notes, and see where things stand with each school has made the process much easier to manage.”
Recruiting List
Keep status, notes, and next steps with every school.
Browse and save schools free. Recruiting List adds the workspace for coach contacts, family interest, visit status, notes, and next steps beside each school. When a coach asks for meet splits or an updated transcript, the follow-up stays with that school — not buried in email. $29 one time. It stays with your account.
Williams College
D3 · NESCAC · Williamstown, MA · Most selective
Tracking
Coach stage: Coach responded · My interest: Interested · Visit: Interested
Notes
Coach asked for mid-season splits and an updated unofficial transcript.
Follow-up
Your move · Send July meet splits · Last contacted Jul 6, 2026
Example profile
12 strong matches
Biology & Life Sciences · Men · Class of 2031 · 100 Free 43.87 · 100 Breast 56.44 · 50 Free 21.55
Your ranked list
3 example schools shown below
Williams College · D3 · MA · 100 Free Scorer
Emory University · D3 · GA · 100 Breast Scorer
Georgia Tech · D1 · GA · 50 Free Contributor
Recruiting List + Match
Find schools that fit your swimmer.
Add their times, class year, intended major, academics, and school preferences. On The Board builds a personalized, ranked starting list and explains why each school is on it. It includes the full Recruiting List workspace for contacts, notes, and next steps. $79 one time. It stays with your account.
Build my ranked starting listThe school and swim data is already connected.
The list is useful because the context is already there. A 100 Free can read as Scorer at Williams and Depth somewhere else, with the major, cost, and conference result beside it.
Current roster depth
See where your swimmer's time lands against the current roster for that event.
Conference standards
Scoring and finals lines show what a time would have meant at the conference meet.
Academic profiles
Majors, admissions, and cost sit next to the swim read instead of in another set of tabs.
A visible fit read
Each Scorer, Contributor, or Depth label shows the event and evidence behind it.
Start where your family is now.
Already have schools in mind? Browse and save them. Still deciding which schools belong on the list? Add your swimmer’s profile and build a ranked starting list.
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Questions families ask
Do I need a swim recruiting spreadsheet?
Most families end up making one. It's how you keep schools, times, majors, and coach contacts in a single place. The spreadsheet isn't the hard part, though. The hard part is filling it in: finding each team's roster times, the academics, the conference, then judging whether your swimmer is actually in range. On The Board does that part for you. You still decide which schools stay on the list.
What should go on a college swim recruiting list?
For each school, start with the basics in one row: division, conference, location, and the majors your swimmer is considering. Then the part that drives the decision: the team's event times, and where your swimmer's times land against that roster. Add coach contact and status once you start reaching out. Keeping the data and your notes in one place is the whole point of a list.
When should I start my swim recruiting list?
Earlier than most families think, but lightly. Freshman and sophomore year, it's really a watch list: schools that look interesting, times to keep an eye on. No pressure to be complete. Junior year is when it gets real. Times firm up, coach contact picks up, and a list you've added to for a year beats one you build in a panic the summer before senior year.
How do I know if a college is realistic for my times?
Compare your swimmer's event times to the team's actual roster, not to the school's reputation. The same 100 Free can be a scorer on one roster, depth on another, and slower than the slowest swimmer somewhere else. Reputation won't tell you which. This is the read On The Board runs for every school on your list, using real roster times.
How many schools should be on my list?
There's no magic number. If you need a place to start, try 15 to 25 schools. Keep the list wider early, then narrow it as times settle and coaches respond. The goal isn't a long list. It's a list where you can say, out loud, why each school is on it.
How is this different from a swim recruiting spreadsheet template?
A template is an empty grid. You still have to find every number and type it in yourself. On The Board comes with the data already in place: division, conference, academics, and the roster times your swimmer is measured against, across 1,000+ programs in D1, D2, and D3. You add the notes, the coach status, and the decisions. What you get is a working recruiting list. Without the weeks of data entry.
Founder note
College swim recruiting can feel like a giant research project.
On The Board exists to put the useful pieces closer together — so a family can see where a swimmer’s times may fit, what a school offers, and whether it’s worth a closer look. It’s not here to pick the school. That part stays with the family.
Kevin Tu · Swim parent and founder, On The Board