Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Northern Illinois
NCAA Division I · MAC · IL
Northern Illinois signed 10 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?”
Northern Illinois is a 11,358-student public campus in Dekalb, IL and competes in the MAC. Connie Teaberry leads a staff of 3 covering 1 event group.
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.
Northern Illinois, by the numbers
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- MAC
- Campus
- Dekalb, IL
- Enrollment
- 11,358 students
- T&F operating budget
- $1.2M (women)
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Distance only. Northern Illinois sponsors men's cross country without a full outdoor track program. Sprint, jump, throw and multi-event athletes are not recruited here.
Women's standards
US-based signees, marks verified against American high-school meet results.
+7 more events with real signee standards — 100m, 3200m, Long Jump, Triple Jump, 400m, 100m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles
The complete picture is members-only: every event Northern Illinois signed, the full class roster with marks, budgets, and coach contact info.
Unlock the full standards →Who recruits for Northern Illinois
As listed on the program’s official coaching staff page. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country.
- Connie TeaberryDirector of Track and Field and Cross CountryDistance
- Juan CarrilloHead Coach (Cross Country)/Assistant Coach (Track and Field)Distance
- Graduate AssistantStefani Vasileva
Every Northern Illinois coach’s verified email and phone are in the member database.
Every mark Northern Illinois signed — the whole 2025-26 class
10 athletes, and the high-school mark each one was signed on. Not a published standard, not an estimate, not a sample — every signing, every event. Names, hometowns and the coach who recruited each athlete are the member view.
Signed out of: IL · WI · MO
Members see who each of these 10 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.
Illinois permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Illinois NIL rules →
More MAC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Northern Illinois recruits against.
- Akron recruiting standards
- Ball State recruiting standards
- Bowling Green recruiting standards
- Buffalo recruiting standards
- Central Michigan recruiting standards
- Eastern Michigan recruiting standards
- Kent State recruiting standards
- Miami Ohio recruiting standards
- Ohio recruiting standards
- Toledo recruiting standards
- Western Michigan recruiting standards
D1 standards for the events Northern Illinois signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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