Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Duke
NCAA Division I · ACC · NC
Duke signed 10 athletes for 2025-26 — including 2 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?”
Duke is a 6,488-student private campus in Durham, NC and competes in the ACC. Kevin Jermyn leads a staff of 15 covering 5 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.
Duke program snapshot
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- ACC
- Campus
- Durham, NC
- Enrollment
- 6,488 students
- T&F operating budget
- $2.6M men · $3.5M women
Private institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
US-based signees, marks verified against American high-school meet results.
Women's standards
US-based signees, marks verified against American high-school meet results.
Who recruits for Duke
As listed on the program’s official coaching staff page. Event groups coached here: sprints and hurdles, distance and cross country, jumps and vault, throws, combined events.
- Kevin JermynHead Cross Country Coach / Assistant Coach (Distance)Distance
- Mueller, MarkAssociate Head Coach (Sprints)Sprints & Hurdles
- Ayden Owens-DelermeAssistant Coach
- Elena Brown-SolerAssistant Coach
- Erick DuffyAssistant Coach
- Hassman, AbbyAssistant Coach (Distance)Distance
- Jackson, ZaneAssistant Coach
- Jason SchutzAssistant Coach (Throws)Throws
- Kiana DavisAssistant Coach
- Madison DanielAssistant Coach
- Michael TerwilligerAssistant Coach
- Nesbitt, CheyenneAssistant Coach (Jumps & Combined Events) / Director of OperationsMultis
- Sean-Patrick OswaldAssistant Coach
- Shawn WilbournA. Morris Williams, Jr. Track & Field Director
- Tatijana JacobsonAssistant Coach (Jumps) and Recruiting CoordinatorJumps
Every Duke coach’s verified email and phone are in the member database.
Every verified mark in Duke's 2025-26 class
9 of the 10 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other one has no verified mark on record, so that athlete is 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: MS · CA
+ 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.
Signed out of: TX · NJ · OR · IN
+ 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 9 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.
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More ACC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Duke recruits against.
- Boston College recruiting standards
- California recruiting standards
- Clemson recruiting standards
- Florida State recruiting standards
- Georgia Tech recruiting standards
- Louisville recruiting standards
- Miami FL recruiting standards
- NC State recruiting standards
- North Carolina recruiting standards
- Notre Dame recruiting standards
- Pittsburgh recruiting standards
- SMU recruiting standards
D1 standards for the events Duke signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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