Real Recruiting Standards · 2025-26

What it actually takes to run at Rutgers
NCAA Division I · Big Ten · NJ
No published standards, no estimates — this is what Rutgers actually signed: 9 athletes in the 2025-26 class. What it takes, straight from the results.
Rutgers is a 36,588-student public campus in New Brunswick, NJ and competes in the Big Ten. Bobby Farrell leads a staff of 9 covering 5 event groups.
Median: the middle signee’s personal best. Range: the full spread of the class, fastest to slowest. 1500m/Mile and 3000m marks read as their 1600m/3200m equivalents. Sourced from verified meets, not self-reported times.
The Rutgers program at a glance
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- Big Ten
- Campus
- New Brunswick, NJ
- Enrollment
- 36,588 students
- T&F operating budget
- $2.2M men · $2.4M women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.
+2 more events with real signee standards — 1600m, 3200m
Full access unlocks every event in Rutgers’s class — names, marks, program budgets, and how to reach the coaching staff.
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Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.
Who recruits for Rutgers
Sourced from the program’s own athletics department directory. Event groups coached here: sprints and hurdles, distance and cross country, jumps and vault, throws, combined events.
- Bobby FarrellDirector of Track & Field and Cross Country - Sprints/HurdlesSprints & Hurdles
- Nicol StarkesAssociate Head Coach
- Albert EssilfieAssistant Coach - Sprints/HurdlesSprints & Hurdles
- Bradley JelmertAssistant Coach - Pole VaultJumps
- Corey CrawfordAssistant Coach - Jumps/Combined EventsMultis
- Josie CatanzariteOlympic Sports Coordinator - Tennis, Cross Country and Track & FieldDistance
- Lexi WestleyAssistant Coach - DistanceDistance
- Nadale BuntinAssistant Coach - SprintsSprints & Hurdles
- Rod CocciAssistant Coach - ThrowsThrows
Direct, verified contact info for the full Rutgers staff lives in the member database.
Where do YOUR marks fit?
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These numbers move every recruiting cycle — they’re last class’s signing marks, not a fixed bar. Programs also weigh progression, event needs, academics and open roster spots, so a mark in range starts a conversation; it doesn’t guarantee one.
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Real signee marks for the programs Rutgers recruits against.
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