Real Recruiting Standards · 2025-26

UC Davis

What it actually takes to run at UC Davis

NCAA Division I · Big West · CA

These aren’t published walk-on standards or estimates. They’re the real marks of the 17 athletes UC Davis actually signed in its 2025-26 recruiting class. The honest answer to “would they recruit me?”

UC Davis is a 31,797-student public campus in Davis, CA and competes in the Big West. Gavin O'Neal leads a staff of 5 covering 3 event groups.

“Median” is the middle signee’s PR; “range” runs from the fastest to the slowest mark in the class. 1500m/Mile and 3000m are converted to 1600m/3200m for comparison. Pulled from verified meet results.

UC Davis, by the numbers

Division
NCAA Division I
Conference
Big West
Campus
Davis, CA
Enrollment
31,797 students

Public institution

T&F operating budget
$446K men · $1.3M women

Program expense, not scholarship aid

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Men's standards

US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.

100mSprints
11.091 signee
Shot PutThrows
17.93m1 signee

Women's standards

US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.

100mSprints
12.744 signees
1600mDistance
4:54.984 signees
800mDistance
2:15.164 signees

+8 more events with real signee standards — 200m, 400m, 3200m, 100m Hurdles, High Jump, Long Jump, Pole Vault, Javelin

Members see every event UC Davis signed, the full recruiting class with names and marks, program budgets, and coach contacts.

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Who recruits for UC Davis

The staff listed on the program’s own athletics site. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country, throws, combined events.

  • Gavin O'NealDirector of Track & Field and Cross CountryDistance
  • Ngoni MakushaHead Coach
  • Anderson, MariaAssistant Coach (Mid-Distance)Distance
  • Brandon HierholzerAssistant Coach (Multi Events)Multis
  • KP PaddaAssistant Coach (Throws)Throws

Every UC Davis coach’s verified email and phone are in the member database.

Where do YOUR marks fit?

BeastMatch scores your PRs against the actual signing history of every college program — UC Davis and 980+ more — in seconds. Free, no account needed.

Standards reflect the program’s most recent signing class and shift every cycle. Recruiting decisions also weigh progression, event needs, academics and roster spots — a mark inside the range is a conversation, not a guarantee.

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