What 100m mark do you need to get recruited by USC (men's)?

The median high-school 100m mark of USC's 2025-26 American men's signees was 10.32, with the class ranging 10.11 – 10.54 across 2 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. USC competes in the Big Ten.

What 800m mark do you need to get recruited by USC (men's)?

The median high-school 800m mark of USC's 2025-26 American men's signees was 1:53.98, with the class ranging 1:53.73 – 1:54.24 across 2 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. USC competes in the Big Ten.

What Long Jump mark do you need to get recruited by USC (men's)?

The median high-school Long Jump mark of USC's 2025-26 American men's signees was 7.69m, with the class ranging 7.79m – 7.59m across 2 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. USC competes in the Big Ten.

What 200m mark do you need to get recruited by USC (men's)?

The median high-school 200m mark of USC's 2025-26 American men's signees was 20.82, with the class ranging 20.82 across 1 signee. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. USC competes in the Big Ten.

What 400m mark do you need to get recruited by USC (men's)?

The median high-school 400m mark of USC's 2025-26 American men's signees was 45.69, with the class ranging 45.69 across 1 signee. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. USC competes in the Big Ten.

What 1600m mark do you need to get recruited by USC (men's)?

The median high-school 1600m mark of USC's 2025-26 American men's signees was 4:20.74, with the class ranging 4:20.74 across 1 signee. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. USC competes in the Big Ten.

Who is the head track and field coach at USC?

Quincy Watts (Ted Banks Director of Track & Field And Cross Country) leads the USC track & field program. Quincy Watts leads a staff of 10 covering 4 event groups.

Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at USC

NCAA Division I · Big Ten · CA

These aren’t published walk-on standards or estimates. They’re the real marks of the 15 athletes USC actually signed in its 2025-26 recruiting class — including 3 international signees. The honest answer to “would they recruit me?”

USC is a 20,699-student private campus in Los Angeles, CA and competes in the Big Ten. Quincy Watts leads a staff of 10 covering 4 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.

USC program snapshot

Division: NCAA Division I
Conference: Big Ten
Campus: Los Angeles, CA
Enrollment: 20,699 students
T&F operating budget: $3.0M men · $3.7M women

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Men's standards

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

EventWhat their median signee ranFull class rangeDepth

100mSprints

10.32median signee

10.11 – 10.54class range

10.322 signees

800mDistance

1:53.98median signee

1:53.73 – 1:54.24class range

1:53.982 signees

Long JumpJumps

7.69mmedian signee

7.79m – 7.59mclass range

7.69m2 signees

200mSprints

20.82median signee

20.82class range

20.821 signee

400mSprints

45.69median signee

45.69class range

45.691 signee

1600mDistance

4:20.74median signee

4:20.74class range

4:20.741 signee

JavelinThrows

53.11mmedian signee

53.11mclass range

53.11m1 signee

Women's standards

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

EventWhat their median signee ranFull class rangeDepth

200mSprints

24.15median signee

23.55 – 24.62class range

24.154 signees

400mSprints

55.73median signee

53.17 – 58.14class range

55.734 signees

100m HurdlesHurdles

13.22median signee

12.99 – 13.45class range

13.222 signees

300m HurdlesHurdles

41.30median signee

40.71 – 41.90class range

41.302 signees

100mSprints

11.91median signee

11.91class range

11.911 signee

800mDistance

2:03.65median signee

2:03.65class range

2:03.651 signee

Who recruits for USC

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

Quincy WattsTed Banks Director of Track & Field And Cross CountryDistance
Brenda MartinezAssistant Coach for Distance and Cross CountryDistance
Brenton EmanuelAssistant Coach, Sprints and HurdlesSprints & Hurdles
Dino DodigAssistant Coach, Jumps and MultisMultis
Jeff PetersmeyerAssistant Coach, Jumps & Multi-EventsMultis
Karl GoodmanAssistant Coach, SprintsSprints & Hurdles
Lashinda DemusAssistant Coach, Sprints and HurdlesSprints & Hurdles
Maric, MartinAssistant Coach, ThrowsThrows
Sean BrosnanAssistant Coach for Distance and Cross CountryDistance
Stephanie WilliamsAssistant Coach, Sprints & Recruiting CoordinatorSprints & Hurdles

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

Every verified mark in USC's 2025-26 class

14 of the 15 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.

Men's class · 8 signed · 6 American shown

Signed out of: Calif. · Texas · Mass.

400m1 signed

45.69

800m2 signed

1:53.731:54.24

Long Jump2 signed

7.79m7.59m

Javelin1 signed

53.11m

+ 2 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.

Women's class · 6 signed

Signed out of: Texas · Calif. · Ala. · N.C.

200m1 signed

24.44

400m2 signed

53.1753.46

800m1 signed

2:03.65

100m Hurdles2 signed

12.9913.45

Members see who each of these 14 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class

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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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D1 standards for the events USC signs

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

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