Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Northeastern
NCAA Division I · CAA · MA
Northeastern signed 23 athletes for 2025-26 — including 5 international signees. What follows are their real high-school marks, not a program’s published walk-on line — the honest answer to “would they recruit me?”
Northeastern is a 15,891-student private campus in Boston, MA and competes in the CAA. Lonergan, Matt leads a staff of 7 covering 2 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.
Northeastern program snapshot
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- CAA
- Campus
- Boston, MA
- Enrollment
- 15,891 students
- T&F operating budget
- $1.4M men · $1.6M 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 Northeastern
As listed on the program’s official coaching staff page. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country, throws.
- Lonergan, MattAssociate Head Coach, XC; Assistant Coach, T&FDistance
- Powell, HowardAssociate Head Coach, T&F
- Tramaine ShawIrwin Cohen Endowed Track and Field Head Coach
- Elias, Wilfredo De JesusAssistant Coach (M/W Throws)Throws
- Hamza AbdulAssistant Coach T&F
- Jacilyn BriggsAssistant Coach
- Murray, JohnAssistant Coach (Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Distance & Middle Distance)Distance
The full Northeastern coaching staff’s contact info is in the member database.
Every verified mark in Northeastern's 2025-26 class
21 of the 23 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: NY · MA · Maine. · CA · NC · R.I.
+ 2 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.
Signed out of: Texas. · Mass. · Illinois · N.Y.
+ 3 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 21 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 CAA recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Northeastern recruits against.
- Campbell recruiting standards
- Charleston recruiting standards
- Elon recruiting standards
- Hampton recruiting standards
- Hofstra recruiting standards
- Monmouth recruiting standards
- North Carolina A&T recruiting standards
- Stony Brook recruiting standards
- UNC Wilmington recruiting standards
- William & Mary recruiting standards
D1 standards for the events Northeastern signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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