Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

Rutgers Newark

What it actually takes to run at Rutgers Newark

NCAA Division III · NJAC · NJ

Every mark below belongs to someone Rutgers Newark actually signed for 2025-26 — 18 athletes in the class. Not an estimate. The real bar.

Rutgers Newark is a 7,709-student public campus in Newark, NJ and competes in the NJAC. Joel Williams leads a staff of 5 covering 3 event groups.

Median = the middle signee’s PR. Range = fastest to slowest mark they signed. 1500m/Mile and 3000m marks are shown as 1600m/3200m equivalents. Aggregated from verified meet results.

Inside the Rutgers Newark program

Division
NCAA Division III
Conference
NJAC
Campus
Newark, NJ
Enrollment
7,709 students

Public institution

T&F operating budget
$118K men · $231K women

Program expense, not scholarship aid

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Men's standards

American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.

400mSprints
52.052 signees
800mDistance
2:24.242 signees
100mSprints
12.041 signee
200mSprints
23.821 signee
1600mDistance
4:53.031 signee
3200mDistance
11:40.751 signee
Long JumpJumps
6.08m1 signee
Triple JumpJumps
14.10m1 signee

Women's standards

Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.

800mDistance
2:43.981 signee
DiscusThrows
27.23m1 signee
Shot PutThrows
10.21m1 signee

Who recruits for Rutgers Newark

Pulled directly from the program’s athletics staff directory. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country, jumps and vault, throws.

  • Joel WilliamsHead Coach
  • Morgan MarckresAssistant Coach - DistanceDistance
  • Nick IacovoAssistant Coach - JumpsJumps
  • Tyneil JacksonAssistant Coach/ Recruiting Coordinator
  • Zach SemerjianAssistant Coach - ThrowsThrows

Verified contact details for every Rutgers Newark coach are in the member database.

Every verified mark in Rutgers Newark's 2025-26 class

7 of the 18 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 11 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 · 5 signed

Signed out of: NJ

400m2 signed
50.5853.53
800m2 signed
2:11.452:37.03
Triple Jump1 signed
14.10m
Women's class · 2 signed

Signed out of: NJ

800m1 signed
2:43.98
Shot Put1 signed
10.21m

Members see who each of these 7 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class

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Treat this as a snapshot of one signing class, not a fixed cutoff — it changes every cycle. Coaches also weigh progression, event needs, academics and roster spots, so landing in range opens a conversation rather than settling one.

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D3 standards for the events Rutgers Newark signs

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

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