Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at UT Arlington
NCAA Division I · WAC · TX
UT Arlington signed 25 athletes for 2025-26 — including 6 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?”
UT Arlington is a 31,112-student public campus in Arlington, TX and competes in the WAC. Brandon Berger leads a staff of 9 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.
UT Arlington, by the numbers
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- WAC
- Campus
- Arlington, TX
- Enrollment
- 31,112 students
- T&F operating budget
- $928K men · $954K women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
US-based signees, marks verified against American high-school meet results.
+5 more events with real signee standards — High Jump, Triple Jump, 100m, 800m, Pole Vault
The complete picture is members-only: every event UT Arlington signed, the full class roster with marks, budgets, and coach contact info.
Unlock the full standards →Women's standards
US-based signees, marks verified against American high-school meet results.
+6 more events with real signee standards — 100m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles, 800m, Pole Vault, Discus, Shot Put
The complete picture is members-only: every event UT Arlington signed, the full class roster with marks, budgets, and coach contact info.
Unlock the full standards →Who recruits for UT Arlington
As listed on the program’s official coaching staff page. Event groups coached here: sprints and hurdles, distance and cross country, jumps and vault, throws.
- Brandon BergerHead Coach
- Jordan DurhamWomen's Associate Head Coach (Relays, Sprints)Sprints & Hurdles
- Sauerhage, JohnHead Cross Country Coach / Assistant Track Coach (Distance)Distance
- Ada AnekeTeam Manager
- Elizabeth SchweitzerAssistant Coach (Pole Vault, Recruiting Coordinator)Jumps
- John RidgwayAssistant Coach (Throws)Throws
- Kyle WhiteAssistant Coach (Hurdles, Sprints)Sprints & Hurdles
- Lauren Jordan-CraddockAssociate Athletic Trainer (XC, T&F)Distance
- Shawn WingetAssistant Coach (Long & Middle Distance)Distance
Every UT Arlington coach’s verified email and phone are in the member database.
Every verified mark in UT Arlington's 2025-26 class
19 of the 25 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: Texas
+ 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.
Signed out of: Texas
+ 1 international signee 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 19 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.
Texas permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Texas NIL rules →
More WAC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs UT Arlington recruits against.
D1 standards for the events UT Arlington signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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