Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle
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 18 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 6 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
- T&F operating budget
- $446K men · $1.3M women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.
+4 more events with real signee standards — 3200m, 800m, Discus, Shot Put
Members see every event UC Davis signed, the full recruiting class with names and marks, program budgets, and coach contacts.
Unlock the full standards →Women's standards
US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.
+7 more events with real signee standards — 200m, 400m, 3200m, High Jump, Long Jump, 100m Hurdles, Pole Vault
Members see every event UC Davis signed, the full recruiting class with names and marks, program budgets, and coach contacts.
Unlock the full standards →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 MakushaAssociate Head Track & Field Coach
- Anderson, MariaAssistant Coach (Mid-Distance)Distance
- Brandon HierholzerAssistant Coach (Multi Events)Multis
- Chas DavisAssistant Coach (Mid-To-Long Distance)Distance
- KP PaddaAssistant Coach (Throws)Throws
Every UC Davis coach’s verified email and phone are in the member database.
Every verified mark in UC Davis's 2025-26 class
12 of the 18 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 6 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: CA · CO · Calif. · WA
Members see who each of these 12 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
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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More Big West recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs UC Davis recruits against.
- Cal Poly recruiting standards
- Cal State Fullerton recruiting standards
- Cal State Northridge recruiting standards
- Hawaii recruiting standards
- Long Beach State recruiting standards
- UC Irvine recruiting standards
- UC Riverside recruiting standards
- UC San Diego recruiting standards
- UC Santa Barbara recruiting standards
- Utah Valley recruiting standards
D1 standards for the events UC Davis signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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