What 200m mark do you need to get recruited by Gardner-Webb (men's)?

The median high-school 200m mark of Gardner-Webb's 2025-26 American men's signees was 22.95, with the class ranging 22.95 across 1 signee. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Gardner-Webb competes in the Big South.

What 400m mark do you need to get recruited by Gardner-Webb (men's)?

The median high-school 400m mark of Gardner-Webb's 2025-26 American men's signees was 49.88, with the class ranging 49.88 across 1 signee. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Gardner-Webb competes in the Big South.

What 1600m mark do you need to get recruited by Gardner-Webb (men's)?

The median high-school 1600m mark of Gardner-Webb's 2025-26 American men's signees was 4:21.60, with the class ranging 4:21.60 across 1 signee. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Gardner-Webb competes in the Big South.

What 800m mark do you need to get recruited by Gardner-Webb (women's)?

The median high-school 800m mark of Gardner-Webb's 2025-26 American women's signees was 2:20.05, with the class ranging 2:17.24 – 2:22.86 across 2 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Gardner-Webb competes in the Big South.

What Discus mark do you need to get recruited by Gardner-Webb (women's)?

The median high-school Discus mark of Gardner-Webb's 2025-26 American women's signees was 42.55m, with the class ranging 46.83m – 38.28m across 2 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Gardner-Webb competes in the Big South.

What Shot Put mark do you need to get recruited by Gardner-Webb (women's)?

The median high-school Shot Put mark of Gardner-Webb's 2025-26 American women's signees was 13.03m, with the class ranging 13.20m – 12.85m across 2 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Gardner-Webb competes in the Big South.

Who is the head track and field coach at Gardner-Webb?

Greg Thiel (Head Coach Track & Field/Cross Country) leads the Gardner-Webb track & field program. Greg Thiel leads a staff of 3 covering 1 event group.

Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Gardner-Webb

NCAA Division I · Big South · NC

Every mark below belongs to someone Gardner-Webb actually signed for 2025-26 — 12 athletes in the class. Not an estimate. The real bar.

Gardner-Webb is a 1,840-student private campus in Boiling Springs, NC and competes in the Big South. Greg Thiel leads a staff of 3 covering 1 event group.

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 Gardner-Webb program at a glance

Division: NCAA Division I
Conference: Big South
Campus: Boiling Springs, NC
Enrollment: 1,840 students
T&F operating budget: $585K men · $784K women

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Men's standards

Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.

EventWhat their median signee ranFull class rangeDepth

200mSprints

22.95median signee

22.95class range

22.951 signee

400mSprints

49.88median signee

49.88class range

49.881 signee

1600mDistance

4:21.60median signee

4:21.60class range

4:21.601 signee

+3 more events with real signee standards — 3200m, Long Jump, Triple Jump

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Women's standards

Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.

EventWhat their median signee ranFull class rangeDepth

800mDistance

2:20.05median signee

2:17.24 – 2:22.86class range

2:20.052 signees

DiscusThrows

42.55mmedian signee

46.83m – 38.28mclass range

42.55m2 signees

Shot PutThrows

13.03mmedian signee

13.20m – 12.85mclass range

13.03m2 signees

+8 more events with real signee standards — 200m, 400m, 100m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles, 1600m, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Javelin

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Who recruits for Gardner-Webb

Sourced from the program’s own athletics department directory. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country.

Greg ThielHead Coach Track & Field/Cross CountryDistance
Roman WrightAssociate Head Coach
Nigel Dos SantosAssistant Coach/Distance CoachDistance

Direct, verified contact info for the full Gardner-Webb staff lives in the member database.

Every verified mark in Gardner-Webb's 2025-26 class

10 of the 12 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.

Men's class · 3 signed

Signed out of: NC

400m1 signed

49.88

1600m1 signed

4:21.60

Triple Jump1 signed

14.54m

Women's class · 7 signed

Signed out of: NC · N.C. · SC

400m1 signed

1:02.46

800m2 signed

2:17.242:22.86

300m Hurdles1 signed

43.39

Shot Put1 signed

12.85m

Discus1 signed

46.83m

Javelin1 signed

33.99m

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Real signee marks for the programs Gardner-Webb recruits against.

D1 standards for the events Gardner-Webb signs

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

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