Real Recruiting Standards · 2025-26

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 — 13 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
Private institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.
+2 more events with real signee standards — 1600m, 3200m
Everything above is the free slice. Members get the rest of Gardner-Webb’s class — names, marks, budgets, and coach contacts.
Unlock the full standards →Women's standards
Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.
+7 more events with real signee standards — Discus, Shot Put, 400m, 100m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles, 1600m, Javelin
Everything above is the free slice. Members get the rest of Gardner-Webb’s class — names, marks, budgets, and coach contacts.
Unlock the full standards →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
- Roman WrightAssociate Head Coach
- Bre ClaytonAssistant/Cross Country CoachDistance
Direct, verified contact info for the full Gardner-Webb staff lives in the member database.
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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.
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