Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Mars Hill
NCAA Division II · SAC · NC
Every mark below belongs to someone Mars Hill actually signed for 2025-26 — 13 athletes in the class. Not an estimate. The real bar.
Mars Hill is a 1,044-student private campus in Mars Hill, NC and competes in the SAC. Benge, Carter leads a staff of 6 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 Mars Hill program at a glance
- Division
- NCAA Division II
- Conference
- SAC
- Campus
- Mars Hill, NC
- Enrollment
- 1,044 students
- T&F operating budget
- $282K men · $232K women
Private institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.
Women's standards
American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.
Who recruits for Mars Hill
Pulled directly from the program’s athletics staff directory. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country.
- Benge, CarterHead Cross Country Coach/Asst. Track & Field CoachDistance
- Rochelle BlackHead Coach
- Clarke, RichardVolunteer Assistant Coach
- Jackie SheltonVolunteer Assistant Coach
- Michael SummersVolunteer Assistant Coach
- Mike DunlapVolunteer Assistant Coach
Direct, verified contact info for the full Mars Hill staff lives in the member database.
Every verified mark in Mars Hill's 2025-26 class
4 of the 13 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 9 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: Ohio · N.C.
Signed out of: N.C.
Members see who each of these 4 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
Where do YOUR marks fit?
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Treat this as a snapshot of one signing class, not a fixed cutoff — it changes every cycle. Coaches also weigh progression, event needs, academics and roster spots, so landing in range opens a conversation rather than settling one.
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More SAC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Mars Hill recruits against.
D2 standards for the events Mars Hill signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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