Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

Vermont

What it actually takes to run at Vermont

NCAA Division I · America East · VT

Vermont signed 31 athletes for 2025-26. What follows are their real high-school marks, not a program’s published walk-on line — the honest answer to “would they recruit me?”

Vermont is a 12,168-student public campus in Burlington, VT and competes in the America East. Joe Gingras leads a staff of 13 covering 2 event groups.

“Median” is the middle signee’s PR; “range” runs from the fastest to the slowest mark in the class. 1500m/Mile and 3000m are converted to 1600m/3200m for comparison. Pulled from verified meet results.

Vermont program snapshot

Division
NCAA Division I
Conference
America East
Campus
Burlington, VT
Enrollment
12,168 students

Public institution

T&F operating budget
$318K men · $458K women

Program expense, not scholarship aid

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Men's standards

US-based signees, marks verified against American high-school meet results.

1600mDistance
4:24.804 signees
3200mDistance
9:32.654 signees
800mDistance
2:11.572 signees

Women's standards

US-based signees, marks verified against American high-school meet results.

1600mDistance
5:09.677 signees
800mDistance
2:21.077 signees
3200mDistance
11:28.106 signees

Who recruits for Vermont

As listed on the program’s official coaching staff page. Event groups coached here: throws, combined events.

  • Joe GingrasAssociate Head Coach (MXC, Mid. Dist., Dist.)
  • Matt BelfieldHead Coach (WXC, Mid. Dist., Dist., Throws)Throws
  • Alex ParaskyAssistant Coach (Sprints/Jumps/Hurdles/Combined Events)Multis
  • Brianna WelchVolunteer Assistant Coach
  • Dan KirkAssistant Athletic Performance Coach
  • Ed SimonVolunteer Assistant Coach
  • Emmaline BergAssistant Coach
  • Justin SmithAssociate Director of Athletic Performance
  • Kasey HillAssistant Coach
  • Kenneth MorrisseyVolunteer Assistant
  • Knute LinehanVolunteer Assistant
  • Mallory HonanVolunteer Assistant Coach
  • Thomas O'LearyVolunteer Assistant Coach

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

Every verified mark in Vermont's 2025-26 class

12 of the 31 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 19 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.

Men's class · 4 signed

Signed out of: RI · GA · Vt.

1600m1 signed
4:14.96
3200m3 signed
9:13.009:38.0810:13.49
Women's class · 8 signed

Signed out of: MA · Va. · MN · Vt. · Oregon · NJ · +1 more

800m3 signed
2:16.862:19.002:21.07
1600m3 signed
5:02.325:07.445:09.67
3200m2 signed
10:50.4611:44.15

Members see who each of these 12 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.

Vermont permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Vermont NIL rules →

D1 standards for the events Vermont signs

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

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