Real Recruiting Standards · 2025-26 signing class
NCAA Division I Pole Vault Recruiting Standards (2026-27)
The honest answer to "am I a D1 Pole Vault athlete?" is not a published standard — it is what D1 programs actually signed. Every number below comes from the real high-school marks of the 2025-26 class.
P25 / P50 / P75 are the quarter, half and three-quarter points of the signing class, best mark first. 1500m/Mile and 3000m marks read as their 1600m/3200m equivalents. All from verified meets — American signees are pooled separately from international ones.
Boys · Pole Vault
84 signees · 66 programsP25 — top quarter
4.95m
The fast end of the D1 class.
P50 — median signee
4.70m
The middle D1 signee.
P75 — back quarter
4.46m
Still signed at this level.
A boy who jumped 4.70m in the Pole Vault is in the middle of what D1 actually signed this cycle. The middle half of the class landed inside 4.46m–4.95m, across all 84 boys signed by D1 programs in this event.
D1 programs signing the most Pole Vault
- California3 signees—median
- Binghamton3 signees—median
- South Dakota2 signees—median
- Penn2 signees—median
- Montana2 signees—median
- Eastern Illinois2 signees—median
- Navy2 signees—median
- Texas State2 signees—median
- Rhode Island2 signees—median
- Air Force2 signees—median
A dash means that program signed too few athletes in this event for a median to mean anything. The signee count is still exact.
Girls · Pole Vault
111 signees · 83 programsP25 — top quarter
3.89m
The fast end of the D1 class.
P50 — median signee
3.80m
The middle D1 signee.
P75 — back quarter
3.66m
Still signed at this level.
A girl who jumped 3.80m in the Pole Vault is in the middle of what D1 actually signed this cycle. The middle half of the class landed inside 3.66m–3.89m, across all 111 girls signed by D1 programs in this event.
D1 programs signing the most Pole Vault
- Army4 signees3.67mmedian
- Indiana3 signees—median
- UNC Charlotte3 signees—median
- Navy3 signees—median
- Montana3 signees—median
- UCLA2 signees—median
- Virginia2 signees—median
- Cincinnati2 signees—median
- South Florida2 signees—median
- Cornell2 signees—median
A dash means that program signed too few athletes in this event for a median to mean anything. The signee count is still exact.
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Other D1 event standards
Pole Vault standards at the other levels
A division-wide number is a starting point, not a bar: the same division holds programs twenty seconds apart. These marks shift every cycle, and progression, event needs, academics and roster spots all move a real recruiting decision.
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