Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at VCU
NCAA Division I · A10 · VA
Every mark below belongs to someone VCU actually signed for 2025-26 — including 3 international signees — 19 athletes in the class. Not an estimate. The real bar.
VCU is a 21,205-student public campus in Richmond, VA and competes in the A10. Ethan Tussing leads a staff of 6 covering 2 event groups.
Median: the middle signee’s personal best. Range: the full spread of the class, fastest to slowest. 1500m/Mile and 3000m marks read as their 1600m/3200m equivalents. Sourced from verified meets, not self-reported times.
The VCU program at a glance
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- A10
- Campus
- Richmond, VA
- Enrollment
- 21,205 students
- T&F operating budget
- $1.0M men · $1.5M women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.
+3 more events with real signee standards — 800m, Discus, Shot Put
Everything above is the free slice. Members get the rest of VCU’s class — names, marks, budgets, and coach contacts.
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 — 100m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles, 1600m, High Jump, 400m, 3200m, Long Jump, Triple Jump
Full access unlocks every event in VCU’s class — names, marks, program budgets, and how to reach the coaching staff.
Unlock the full standards →Who recruits for VCU
Sourced from the program’s own athletics department directory. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country, throws.
- Ethan TussingAssociate Head Coach (Throws)Throws
- Jon RileyHead Coach
- Nicole CookDirector of Cross CountryDistance
- Austin SavageAssistant Track & Field Coach (Distance)Distance
- Cassidy GuytonGraduate Assistant
- Elaine DerricottAssistant Coach
Direct, verified contact info for the full VCU staff lives in the member database.
Every verified mark in VCU's 2025-26 class
18 of the 19 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.
Signed out of: Pa. Lewisburg Area · FL · VA
+ 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.
Signed out of: VA · Va. Oscar · Texas Shadow · Va. West Springfield · Va. Fairfax · Va. C.G. Woodson · +6 more
+ 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 18 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
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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 A10 recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs VCU recruits against.
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- La Salle recruiting standards
- Loyola Chicago recruiting standards
- Massachusetts recruiting standards
- Rhode Island recruiting standards
- Richmond recruiting standards
- Saint Joseph's recruiting standards
D1 standards for the events VCU signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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