Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

James Madison

What it actually takes to run at James Madison

NCAA Division I · Sun Belt · VA

These aren’t published walk-on standards or estimates. They’re the real marks of the 12 athletes James Madison actually signed in its 2025-26 recruiting class. The honest answer to “would they recruit me?”

James Madison is a 21,006-student public campus in Harrisonburg, VA and competes in the Sun Belt. Pete McFadden leads a staff of 2 covering 1 event group.

“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.

James Madison, by the numbers

Division
NCAA Division I
Conference
Sun Belt
Campus
Harrisonburg, VA
Enrollment
21,006 students

Public institution

T&F operating budget
$2.2M (women)

Program expense, not scholarship aid

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Men's standards

US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.

100mSprints
13.301 signee
100m HurdlesHurdles
14.861 signee
300m HurdlesHurdles
47.151 signee

Women's standards

US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.

200mSprints
24.793 signees
400mSprints
57.393 signees
High JumpJumps
1.68m3 signees

+9 more events with real signee standards — 300m Hurdles, 800m, Long Jump, 100m, 100m Hurdles, 1600m, 3200m, Triple Jump, Javelin

Members see every event James Madison signed, the full recruiting class with names and marks, program budgets, and coach contacts.

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Who recruits for James Madison

The staff listed on the program’s own athletics site. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country.

  • Pete McFaddenHead Track & Field Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
  • Rebekah RickseckerHead Cross Country CoachDistance

Every James Madison coach’s verified email and phone are in the member database.

Every verified mark in James Madison'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 · 1 signed

Signed out of: VA

300m Hurdles1 signed
47.15
Women's class · 9 signed

Signed out of: NC · MD · PA · NJ · VA

100m1 signed
11.59
400m1 signed
54.51
800m1 signed
2:10.78
3200m1 signed
11:02.51
300m Hurdles1 signed
42.69
High Jump2 signed
1.68m1.68m
Long Jump1 signed
6.15m
Javelin1 signed
38.43m

Members see who each of these 10 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class

Where do YOUR marks fit?

BeastMatch scores your PRs against the actual signing history of every college program — James Madison and 980+ more — in seconds. Free, no account needed.

Standards reflect the program’s most recent signing class and shift every cycle. Recruiting decisions also weigh progression, event needs, academics and roster spots — a mark inside the range is a conversation, not a guarantee.

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D1 standards for the events James Madison signs

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

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