What 800m mark do you need to get recruited by Dakota Wesleyan (men's)?

The median high-school 800m mark of Dakota Wesleyan's 2025-26 American men's signees was 2:00.96, with the class ranging 1:59.66 – 2:12.26 across 3 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Dakota Wesleyan competes in the GPAC.

What 1600m mark do you need to get recruited by Dakota Wesleyan (men's)?

The median high-school 1600m mark of Dakota Wesleyan's 2025-26 American men's signees was 5:01.97, with the class ranging 5:01.97 across 1 signee. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Dakota Wesleyan competes in the GPAC.

What 3200m mark do you need to get recruited by Dakota Wesleyan (men's)?

The median high-school 3200m mark of Dakota Wesleyan's 2025-26 American men's signees was 11:43.79, with the class ranging 11:43.79 across 1 signee. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Dakota Wesleyan competes in the GPAC.

What 1600m mark do you need to get recruited by Dakota Wesleyan (women's)?

The median high-school 1600m mark of Dakota Wesleyan's 2025-26 American women's signees was 5:29.80, with the class ranging 5:29.80 across 1 signee. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Dakota Wesleyan competes in the GPAC.

What 3200m mark do you need to get recruited by Dakota Wesleyan (women's)?

The median high-school 3200m mark of Dakota Wesleyan's 2025-26 American women's signees was 11:44.16, with the class ranging 11:44.16 across 1 signee. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Dakota Wesleyan competes in the GPAC.

What 800m mark do you need to get recruited by Dakota Wesleyan (women's)?

The median high-school 800m mark of Dakota Wesleyan's 2025-26 American women's signees was 2:22.17, with the class ranging 2:22.17 across 1 signee. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Dakota Wesleyan competes in the GPAC.

Who is the head track and field coach at Dakota Wesleyan?

Jared Seckel (Head Coach) leads the Dakota Wesleyan track & field program. Jared Seckel leads a staff of 3.

Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Dakota Wesleyan

NAIA · GPAC · SD

No published standards, no estimates — this is what Dakota Wesleyan actually signed: 16 athletes in the 2025-26 class. What it takes, straight from the results.

Dakota Wesleyan is a 887-student private campus in Mitchell, SD and competes in the GPAC. Jared Seckel leads a staff of 3.

Median = the middle signee’s PR. Range = fastest to slowest mark they signed. 1500m/Mile and 3000m marks are shown as 1600m/3200m equivalents. Aggregated from verified meet results.

Inside the Dakota Wesleyan program

Division: NAIA
Conference: GPAC
Campus: Mitchell, SD
Enrollment: 887 students
T&F operating budget: $190K men · $185K women

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Men's standards

American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.

EventWhat their median signee ranFull class rangeDepth

800mDistance

2:00.96median signee

1:59.66 – 2:12.26class range

2:00.963 signees

1600mDistance

5:01.97median signee

5:01.97class range

5:01.971 signee

3200mDistance

11:43.79median signee

11:43.79class range

11:43.791 signee

Women's standards

American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.

EventWhat their median signee ranFull class rangeDepth

1600mDistance

5:29.80median signee

5:29.80class range

5:29.801 signee

3200mDistance

11:44.16median signee

11:44.16class range

11:44.161 signee

800mDistance

2:22.17median signee

2:22.17class range

2:22.171 signee

Who recruits for Dakota Wesleyan

Sourced from the program’s own athletics department directory.

Jared SeckelHead Coach
Caitlin OstbyeAssistant Coach
Robert AtwaterAssistant Coach

Verified contact details for every Dakota Wesleyan coach are in the member database.

Every verified mark in Dakota Wesleyan's 2025-26 class

4 of the 16 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 12 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.

Men's class · 3 signed

Signed out of: Ariz. · Neb. · S.D.

800m3 signed

1:59.662:00.962:12.26

Women's class · 1 signed

Signed out of: S.D.

800m1 signed

2:22.17

Members see who each of these 4 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class

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Real signee marks for the programs Dakota Wesleyan recruits against.

NAIA standards for the events Dakota Wesleyan signs

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