Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

Ohio Northern

What it actually takes to run at Ohio Northern

NCAA Division III · OAC · OH

These aren’t published walk-on standards or estimates. They’re the real marks of the 32 athletes Ohio Northern actually signed in its 2025-26 recruiting class. The honest answer to “would they recruit me?”

Ohio Northern is a 2,489-student private campus in Ada, OH and competes in the OAC. Jason Maus leads a staff of 6 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.

Ohio Northern program snapshot

Division
NCAA Division III
Conference
OAC
Campus
Ada, OH
Enrollment
2,489 students

Private institution

T&F operating budget
$309K men · $239K women

Program expense, not scholarship aid

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Men's standards

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

1600mDistance
4:43.529 signees
800mDistance
2:04.657 signees
Shot PutThrows
16.68m6 signees

+9 more events with real signee standards — Discus, 200m, 3200m, 400m, 110m Hurdles, 100m, 300m Hurdles, Long Jump, Pole Vault

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

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Who recruits for Ohio Northern

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

  • Jason MausDirector of Track and Field and Cross Country; Head Cross Country CoachDistance
  • Emily RichardsAssistant Cross Country and Track & Field CoachDistance
  • Jason FisherAssistant Track & Field Coach
  • Molly AmidonHead Men's and Women's Track & Field Coach; Assistant Cross Country CoachDistance
  • Tessa (Pitcovich) McVeyVolunteer Assistant Cross Country and Track & Field CoachDistance
  • Will BuelsingAssistant Track & Field Coach

The full Ohio Northern coaching staff’s contact info is in the member database.

Every verified mark in Ohio Northern's 2025-26 class

28 of the 32 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 4 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 · 28 signed
100m1 signed
11.25
200m1 signed
22.29
400m2 signed
48.4049.38
800m5 signed
1:54.671:59.792:00.122:04.652:06.12
1600m3 signed
4:21.844:38.634:56.28
3200m4 signed
9:10.139:54.2810:13.5810:28.20
110m Hurdles1 signed
14.66
300m Hurdles2 signed
38.9140.89
Pole Vault1 signed
4.52m
Long Jump1 signed
5.53m
Shot Put6 signed
18.26m17.40m16.95m16.41m16.32m12.01m
Discus1 signed
41.45m

Members see who each of these 28 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 — Ohio Northern 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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D3 standards for the events Ohio Northern signs

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

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