Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

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
- T&F operating budget
- $118K men · $231K women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.
Women's standards
Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.
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.
Signed out of: NJ
Signed out of: NJ
Members see who each of these 7 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
Where do YOUR marks fit?
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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.
New Jersey permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the New Jersey NIL rules →
More NJAC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Rutgers Newark recruits against.
D3 standards for the events Rutgers Newark signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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