Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle
What it actually takes to run at Penn
NCAA Division I · Ivy · PA
These aren’t published walk-on standards or estimates. They’re the real marks of the 33 athletes Penn actually signed in its 2025-26 recruiting class — including 3 international signees. The honest answer to “would they recruit me?”
Penn is a 11,611-student private campus in Philadelphia, PA and competes in the Ivy. Joe Klim leads a staff of 7 covering 4 event groups.
“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.
Penn program snapshot
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- Ivy
- Campus
- Philadelphia, PA
- Enrollment
- 11,611 students
- T&F operating budget
- $1.0M men · $975K women
Private institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.
Women's standards
US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.
Who recruits for Penn
The staff listed on the program’s own athletics site. Event groups coached here: sprints and hurdles, distance and cross country, throws, combined events.
- Joe KlimAssistant Director of Track & Field (Vertical Jumps/Men's Multi Events)Multis
- Steve DolanJames P. Tuppeny/Betty J. Costanza Director of Track & Field/Cross Country (Men's Middle Distance/Men's Distance)Distance
- Chené TownsendRogers Family Associate Head Women's Track & Field Coach (Hurdles/Women's Sprints)Sprints & Hurdles
- Isaiah SimmonsAssistant Track & Field Coach (Men's and Women's Throws)Throws
- Matt GosselinHead Women's Cross Country Coach/Assistant Track & Field Coach (Women's Middle Distance/Women's Distance)Distance
- Moose AkannoAssociate Head Men's Track & Field Coach (Men's Sprints/Horizontal Jumps/Women's Multis)Multis
- Sean DiminickDirector of Facility Operations
The full Penn coaching staff’s contact info is in the member database.
Every verified mark in Penn's 2025-26 class
30 of the 33 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 3 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: Md. · Pa. · Ga. · Va. · Colo. · Mass. · +5 more
+ 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: Ga. · Fla. · Mass. · Texas · N.J. · Wash. · +2 more
+ 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.
Members see who each of these 30 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 — Penn 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.
Pennsylvania permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Pennsylvania NIL rules →
More Ivy recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Penn recruits against.
D1 standards for the events Penn signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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