Recruitment in swimming and track & field is brutally honest—and that’s exactly why these sports work in an athlete’s favour. There’s no subjectivity, no highlight-reel hype, just numbers. If your time meets a college’s benchmark, you’re recruitable, highlights Mr. Abhinav Nath, Founder and Head Counselor, Nextrack Consulting . Swimming has one small twist for Indian athletes: pools here are measured in metres, while US colleges use yards. Coaches expect both metre times and converted yard times, knowing conversions aren’t perfectly accurate. Tools like Swimcloud make it easy to compare your performance with college rosters and standards. Track & field follows the same logic through TFRRS, where athletes can check event-wise benchmarks across divisions. The key difference? Coaches strongly prefer officially recorded, fully automated times (FAT).