Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at SMU
NCAA Division I · ACC · TX
SMU signed 10 athletes for 2025-26 — including 4 international signees. What follows are their real high-school marks, not a program’s published walk-on line — the honest answer to “would they recruit me?”
SMU is a 7,115-student public campus in Dallas, TX and competes in the ACC. A'Havahla Haynes leads a staff of 8 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.
SMU program snapshot
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- ACC
- Campus
- Dallas, TX
- Enrollment
- 7,115 students
- T&F operating budget
- $3.4M (women)
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Women's standards
US-based signees, marks verified against American high-school meet results.
Who recruits for SMU
As listed on the program’s official coaching staff page. Event groups coached here: sprints and hurdles, distance and cross country, combined events.
- A'Havahla HaynesHead Coach Cross - Country and Track & Field
- Ashley MortAssistant Coach -- MultisMultis
- Austin BrobstAssistant Coach/Director of Recruiting
- Kylie VlkAthletic Trainer
- Leo SettleAssistant Coach -- Sprints/Hurdles/RelaysSprints & Hurdles
- Leoni MierswaGraduate Assistant
- Noah BeveridgeAssistant Coach -- DistanceDistance
- Owens, BridgetteDirector of Operations/Assistant Coach - Sprints/HurdlesSprints & Hurdles
Every SMU coach’s verified email and phone are in the member database.
Every verified mark in SMU's 2025-26 class
9 of the 10 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other one has no verified mark on record, so that athlete is 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: NY · WA · TX · CA
+ 3 international signees in this class — their marks are in the International view of the tables above, kept separate so the American numbers above stay readable as US high-school marks.
Members see who each of these 9 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
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This class’s marks, not a permanent standard: the range shifts every cycle as rosters and needs change. Progression, event fit, academics and open spots all factor into a real recruiting decision — fitting the range is a conversation-starter, not an offer.
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More ACC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs SMU recruits against.
- Boston College recruiting standards
- California recruiting standards
- Clemson recruiting standards
- Duke recruiting standards
- Florida State recruiting standards
- Georgia Tech recruiting standards
- Louisville recruiting standards
- Miami FL recruiting standards
- NC State recruiting standards
- North Carolina recruiting standards
- Notre Dame recruiting standards
- Pittsburgh recruiting standards
D1 standards for the events SMU signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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