Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle
What it actually takes to run at North Dakota
NCAA Division I · Summit · ND
These aren’t published walk-on standards or estimates. They’re the real marks of the 26 athletes North Dakota actually signed in its 2025-26 recruiting class — including 7 international signees. The honest answer to “would they recruit me?”
North Dakota is a 10,216-student public campus in Grand Forks, ND and competes in the Summit. Jim Vahrenkamp leads a staff of 4 covering 3 event groups.
The median below is the middle signee’s PR and the range spans the whole class, fastest to slowest. 1500m/Mile and 3000m are shown converted to 1600m/3200m. All of it comes from verified meet results.
North Dakota program snapshot
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- Summit
- Campus
- Grand Forks, ND
- Enrollment
- 10,216 students
- T&F operating budget
- $752K men · $1.4M women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.
+7 more events with real signee standards — 110m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles, 3200m, 800m, 1600m, High Jump, Shot Put
Members see every event North Dakota signed, the full recruiting class with names and marks, program budgets, and coach contacts.
Unlock the full standards →Women's standards
US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.
+7 more events with real signee standards — 800m, High Jump, Long Jump, Pole Vault, Discus, Javelin, Shot Put
Members see every event North Dakota signed, the full recruiting class with names and marks, program budgets, and coach contacts.
Unlock the full standards →Who recruits for North Dakota
The staff listed on the program’s own athletics site. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country, jumps and vault, throws.
- Jim VahrenkampDirector of Track & Field and Cross CountryDistance
- Tom ScottAssistant Track Coach - Distance/Head Cross Country CoachDistance
- Elijah TalkAssistant Coach - ThrowsThrows
- Molly Jones VahrenkampAssistant Coach - Sprints/JumpsJumps
The full North Dakota coaching staff’s contact info is in the member database.
Every verified mark in North Dakota's 2025-26 class
24 of the 26 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.
Signed out of: MN · ND · IN
+ 1 international signee in this class — their marks are in the International view of the tables above, kept separate so the American numbers above stay readable as US high-school marks.
Signed out of: Minn. · Ill. · N.D.
+ 5 international signees in this class — their marks are in the International view of the tables above, kept separate so the American numbers above stay readable as US high-school marks.
Members see who each of these 24 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 — North Dakota 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.
North Dakota permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the North Dakota NIL rules →
More Summit recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs North Dakota recruits against.
D1 standards for the events North Dakota signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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