Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

Rhodes

What it actually takes to run at Rhodes

NCAA Division III · SAA · TN

These aren’t published walk-on standards or estimates. They’re the real marks of the 17 athletes Rhodes actually signed in its 2025-26 recruiting class. The honest answer to “would they recruit me?”

Rhodes is a 1,836-student private campus in Memphis, TN and competes in the SAA. Marcus Harris leads a staff of 3 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.

Rhodes program snapshot

Division
NCAA Division III
Conference
SAA
Campus
Memphis, TN
Enrollment
1,836 students

Private institution

T&F operating budget
$198K men · $209K women

Program expense, not scholarship aid

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Men's standards

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

100mSprints
11.103 signees
200mSprints
22.553 signees
800mDistance
1:58.793 signees
1600mDistance
4:30.992 signees
Long JumpJumps
6.11m2 signees
400mSprints
53.481 signee
3200mDistance
9:45.361 signee
High JumpJumps
1.78m1 signee
Triple JumpJumps
12.94m1 signee

Women's standards

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

1600mDistance
5:39.806 signees
800mDistance
2:30.905 signees
100mSprints
13.014 signees
200mSprints
27.164 signees
400mSprints
59.443 signees
3200mDistance
12:56.343 signees
Long JumpJumps
5.07m1 signee
Shot PutThrows
11.25m1 signee

Who recruits for Rhodes

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

  • Marcus HarrisHead Track and Field Coach
  • Robert ShankmanAssistant Athletic Director / Head Cross Country CoachDistance
  • Toler FreyaldenhovenAssistant Cross Country/Track and Field CoachDistance

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

Every mark Rhodes signed — the whole 2025-26 class

17 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.

Men's class · 7 signed

Signed out of: GA · TX · FL · TN · LA

100m1 signed
11.04
200m2 signed
21.9822.93
800m2 signed
1:55.321:58.79
1600m1 signed
4:25.91
Triple Jump1 signed
12.94m
Women's class · 10 signed

Signed out of: GA · MS · LA · OH · NC

100m2 signed
12.9213.73
400m1 signed
57.55
800m2 signed
2:22.012:30.90
1600m3 signed
5:21.695:36.565:43.30
3200m1 signed
12:56.34
Shot Put1 signed
11.25m

Members see who each of these 17 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 — Rhodes 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 Rhodes signs

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

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