Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

SMU

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

Public institution

T&F operating budget
$3.4M (women)

Program expense, not scholarship aid

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Women's standards

US-based signees, marks verified against American high-school meet results.

1600mDistance
4:56.363 signees
3200mDistance
10:31.983 signees
800mDistance
2:18.502 signees
100mSprints
12.121 signee
200mSprints
24.411 signee
400mSprints
54.421 signee
High JumpJumps
1.73m1 signee
Long JumpJumps
5.87m1 signee

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.

Women's class · 9 signed · 6 American shown

Signed out of: NY · WA · TX · CA

400m1 signed
54.42
3200m3 signed
10:29.4610:31.9810:36.85
High Jump1 signed
1.73m
Long Jump1 signed
5.87m

+ 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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D1 standards for the events SMU signs

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

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