Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

Charleston

What it actually takes to run at Charleston

NCAA Division I · CAA · SC

Charleston signed 15 athletes for 2025-26 — including 3 international signees. What follows are their real high-school marks, not a program’s published walk-on line — the honest answer to “would they recruit me?”

Charleston is a 10,660-student public campus in Charleston, SC and competes in the CAA. Chris Bailey leads a staff of 5 covering 3 event groups.

The median below is the middle signee’s PR and the range spans the whole class, fastest to slowest. 1500m/Mile and 3000m are shown converted to 1600m/3200m. All of it comes from verified meet results.

Charleston program snapshot

Division
NCAA Division I
Conference
CAA
Campus
Charleston, SC
Enrollment
10,660 students

Public institution

T&F operating budget
$143K men · $482K women

Program expense, not scholarship aid

Distance only. Charleston sponsors men's cross country without a full outdoor track program. Sprint, jump, throw and multi-event athletes are not recruited here.

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Women's standards

US-based signees, marks verified against American high-school meet results.

800mDistance
2:14.405 signees
400mSprints
58.364 signees
100mSprints
12.483 signees
200mSprints
25.763 signees
1600mDistance
5:10.193 signees
Pole VaultJumps
3.50m1 signee

Who recruits for Charleston

As listed on the program’s official coaching staff page. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country, jumps and vault, combined events.

  • Chris BaileyHead Cross Country Coach/Assistant Track and Field Coach (Mid-Distance/Distance)Distance
  • Michael TornifolioHead Track & Field Coach (Sprints/Jumps/Multis)Multis
  • Hayley McMahonAssistant Coach (Mid-Distance)Distance
  • Peter KawakamiAssistant Coach (Jumps)Jumps
  • Rachel HamrykaAssistant Coach (Distance)Distance

Every Charleston coach’s verified email and phone are in the member database.

Every verified mark in Charleston's 2025-26 class

13 of the 15 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 2 have no verified mark on record, so they are left out rather than guessed. Not a published standard, not an estimate. Names, hometowns and the coach who recruited each athlete are the member view.

Women's class · 13 signed · 10 American shown

Signed out of: SC · TN · VA · PA · RI · NJ

200m2 signed
25.1025.84
400m1 signed
57.33
800m4 signed
2:09.302:14.072:14.402:17.19
1600m2 signed
5:10.195:12.67
Pole Vault1 signed
3.50m

+ 3 international signees in this class — their marks are in the International view of the tables above, kept separate so the American numbers above stay readable as US high-school marks.

Members see who each of these 13 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class

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This class’s marks, not a permanent standard: the range shifts every cycle as rosters and needs change. Progression, event fit, academics and open spots all factor into a real recruiting decision — fitting the range is a conversation-starter, not an offer.

South Carolina restricts high school NIL for high school athletes. See the South Carolina NIL rules →

D1 standards for the events Charleston signs

What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.

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