Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle
What it actually takes to run at Vanguard
NCAA Division II · PacWest · CA
Every mark below belongs to someone Vanguard actually signed for 2025-26 — 25 athletes in the class. Not an estimate. The real bar.
Vanguard is a 1,933-student private campus in Costa Mesa, CA and competes in the PacWest. Bryan Wilkins leads a staff of 8 covering 4 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 Vanguard program
- Division
- NCAA Division II
- Conference
- PacWest
- Campus
- Costa Mesa, CA
- Enrollment
- 1,933 students
- T&F operating budget
- $222K men · $429K women
Private institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.
+8 more events with real signee standards — High Jump, Long Jump, 110m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles, 1600m, 3200m, 800m, Triple Jump
Full access unlocks every event in Vanguard’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.
+7 more events with real signee standards — 400m, 200m, 100m, Long Jump, 300m Hurdles, Triple Jump, Shot Put
Full access unlocks every event in Vanguard’s class — names, marks, program budgets, and how to reach the coaching staff.
Unlock the full standards →Who recruits for Vanguard
Pulled directly from the program’s athletics staff directory. Event groups coached here: sprints and hurdles, distance and cross country, jumps and vault, throws.
- Bryan WilkinsHead Coach x6608 x6608
- Josh CagwinAssociate Head Coach, Track & Field / Cross CountryDistance
- Chris WatsonAssistant Coach (Hurdles/Sprints)Sprints & Hurdles
- Jason HitchensAssistant Coach (Hurdles)Sprints & Hurdles
- Kate BaranskiAssistant Coach (Distance)Distance
- Ryan SugiharaAssistant Coach (Long Jump / Triple Jump)Jumps
- Tayla CrenshawAssistant Coach (Throws)Throws
- Troy HainesAssistant Coach (High Jump / Pole Vault)Jumps
Verified contact details for every Vanguard coach are in the member database.
Every verified mark in Vanguard's 2025-26 class
23 of the 25 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: AZ · CA · CO · WA
Signed out of: CA · OR · WA · TX
Members see who each of these 23 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
Where do YOUR marks fit?
BeastMatch runs your marks against the real signing history of 980+ programs, Vanguard included — free, no account, results in seconds.
These numbers move every recruiting cycle — they’re last class’s signing marks, not a fixed bar. Programs also weigh progression, event needs, academics and open roster spots, so a mark in range starts a conversation; it doesn’t guarantee one.
California permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the California NIL rules →
More PacWest recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Vanguard recruits against.
D2 standards for the events Vanguard signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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