Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at UC San Diego
NCAA Division I · Big West · CA
Every mark below belongs to someone UC San Diego actually signed for 2025-26 — 27 athletes in the class. Not an estimate. The real bar.
UC San Diego is a 33,792-student public campus in La Jolla, CA and competes in the Big West. Kim Graham-Miller leads a staff of 6 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 UC San Diego program
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- Big West
- Campus
- La Jolla, CA
- Enrollment
- 33,792 students
- T&F operating budget
- $728K men · $825K women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.
+9 more events with real signee standards — 200m, 400m, 3200m, High Jump, Long Jump, Pole Vault, Triple Jump, Discus, Shot Put
Full access unlocks every event in UC San Diego’s class — names, marks, program budgets, and how to reach the coaching staff.
Unlock the full standards →Women's standards
Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.
+8 more events with real signee standards — 1600m, 3200m, 800m, High Jump, 100m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles, Long Jump, Pole Vault
Everything above is the free slice. Members get the rest of UC San Diego’s class — names, marks, budgets, and coach contacts.
Unlock the full standards →Who recruits for UC San Diego
Pulled directly from the program’s athletics staff directory. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country, jumps and vault, combined events.
- Kim Graham-MillerHead Coach
- Nate GarciaHead Coach
- Anna GillisAssistant Coach
- Dylan AustinAssistant Coach - Pole VaultJumps
- Meriah EarleAssistant Coach - DistanceDistance
- Randy BungardAssistant Coach - Multis/JumpsMultis
Verified contact details for every UC San Diego coach are in the member database.
Every verified mark in UC San Diego's 2025-26 class
25 of the 27 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 2 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: California · Nevada · Montana · Texas · Colorado
Signed out of: California · CA
Members see who each of these 25 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.
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More Big West recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs UC San Diego 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 Davis recruiting standards
- UC Irvine recruiting standards
- UC Riverside recruiting standards
- UC Santa Barbara recruiting standards
- Utah Valley recruiting standards
D1 standards for the events UC San Diego signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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