Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Howard
NCAA Division I · MEAC · DC
Howard signed 15 athletes for 2025-26. What follows are their real high-school marks, not a program’s published walk-on line — the honest answer to “would they recruit me?”
Howard is a 10,190-student private campus in Washington, DC and competes in the MEAC. Cousins, Jessica leads a staff of 5 covering 2 event groups.
“Median” is the middle signee’s PR; “range” runs from the fastest to the slowest mark in the class. 1500m/Mile and 3000m are converted to 1600m/3200m for comparison. Pulled from verified meet results.
Howard program snapshot
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- MEAC
- Campus
- Washington, DC
- Enrollment
- 10,190 students
- T&F operating budget
- $900K men · $1.3M 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 Howard
As listed on the program’s official coaching staff page. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country, jumps and vault.
- Cousins, JessicaAssociate Head Coach
- Dameon MorganCross Country Head Coach/Track & Field Assistant CoachDistance
- David OliverDirector For Track & Field Program
- Richard PerryVertical Jumps CoachJumps
- Rivers, FranklinAssistant Coach
Every Howard coach’s verified email and phone are in the member database.
Every verified mark in Howard's 2025-26 class
12 of the 15 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 3 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: IL · SC · MA · MD · DC
Signed out of: MI · TN · N.C. · CA · NY · MD · +1 more
Members see who each of these 12 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 MEAC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Howard recruits against.
D1 standards for the events Howard signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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