Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Delaware State
NCAA Division I · MEAC · DE
Every mark below belongs to someone Delaware State actually signed for 2025-26 — including 2 international signees — 33 athletes in the class. Not an estimate. The real bar.
Delaware State is a 4,941-student public campus in Dover, DE and competes in the MEAC. Gwen Harris leads a staff of 5 covering 3 event groups.
Median: the middle signee’s personal best. Range: the full spread of the class, fastest to slowest. 1500m/Mile and 3000m marks read as their 1600m/3200m equivalents. Sourced from verified meets, not self-reported times.
The Delaware State program at a glance
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- MEAC
- Campus
- Dover, DE
- Enrollment
- 4,941 students
- T&F operating budget
- $565K men · $565K women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.
Women's standards
Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.
Who recruits for Delaware State
Sourced from the program’s own athletics department directory. Event groups coached here: sprints and hurdles, jumps and vault, throws.
- Gwen HarrisHead Coach
- Stephen KimesHead Coach
- Brian FlorekAssistant Coach/ThrowsThrows
- Duane HenrySprints/Mid distanceSprints & Hurdles
- Terry GadsonAssistant Coach/Jumps/HurdlesJumps
Direct, verified contact info for the full Delaware State staff lives in the member database.
Every verified mark in Delaware State's 2025-26 class
11 of the 33 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 22 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.
Signed out of: Va
+ 1 international signee 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 11 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
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These numbers move every recruiting cycle — they’re last class’s signing marks, not a fixed bar. Programs also weigh progression, event needs, academics and open roster spots, so a mark in range starts a conversation; it doesn’t guarantee one.
Delaware permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Delaware NIL rules →
More MEAC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Delaware State recruits against.
D1 standards for the events Delaware State signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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