Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Rochester
NCAA Division III · UAA · NY
These aren’t published walk-on standards or estimates. They’re the real marks of the 31 athletes Rochester actually signed in its 2025-26 recruiting class. The honest answer to “would they recruit me?”
Rochester is a 6,331-student private campus in Rochester, NY and competes in the UAA. Albert, Sam leads a staff of 7 covering 3 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.
Rochester, by the numbers
- Division
- NCAA Division III
- Conference
- UAA
- Campus
- Rochester, NY
- Enrollment
- 6,331 students
- T&F operating budget
- $199K men · $200K 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 Rochester
The staff listed on the program’s own athletics site. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country, throws, combined events.
- Albert, SamDirector of Track & Field/Cross Country GoergenDistance
- Petsch, JayAssistant Director of Track & Field (Jumps & Multi Events) GoergenMultis
- Herbert, MatthewMen's Cross Country/Track & Field Coach (Distance) Fauver 203BDistance
- McCarthy, GabbyAssistant Cross Country/Track & Field Coach Fauver 203BDistance
- O'Connell, MadelineVolunteer Track & Field Assistant Coach
- Ponko, EllieVolunteer Cross Country/Track & Field Assistant CoachDistance
- Rose, PaulTrack & Field Coach (Throws) FauverThrows
Every Rochester coach’s verified email and phone are in the member database.
Every verified mark in Rochester's 2025-26 class
25 of the 31 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 6 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.
Members see who each of these 25 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 — Rochester 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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More UAA recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Rochester recruits against.
D3 standards for the events Rochester signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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Start with the honest read — where your athlete’s marks actually fit against Rochester and the rest of NCAA Division III.
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