Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

Virginia

What it actually takes to run at Virginia

NCAA Division I · ACC · VA

These aren’t published walk-on standards or estimates. They’re the real marks of the 19 athletes Virginia actually signed in its 2025-26 recruiting class. The honest answer to “would they recruit me?”

Virginia is a 17,612-student public campus in Charlottesville, VA and competes in the ACC. Trevor Dunbar leads a staff of 11 covering 5 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.

Virginia program snapshot

Division
NCAA Division I
Conference
ACC
Campus
Charlottesville, VA
Enrollment
17,612 students

Public institution

T&F operating budget
$2.4M men · $3.0M women

Program expense, not scholarship aid

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Men's standards

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

1600mDistance
4:10.025 signees
400mSprints
48.524 signees
3200mDistance
9:00.174 signees
800mDistance
1:52.124 signees
300m HurdlesHurdles
38.162 signees
High JumpJumps
1.99m2 signees
Long JumpJumps
7.40m2 signees
Triple JumpJumps
14.15m2 signees
100mSprints
10.901 signee
200mSprints
21.621 signee
110m HurdlesHurdles
14.481 signee
Pole VaultJumps
4.95m1 signee

Women's standards

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

1600mDistance
4:45.892 signees
3200mDistance
10:15.312 signees
Pole VaultJumps
4.02m2 signees
200mSprints
25.461 signee
400mSprints
57.901 signee
100m HurdlesHurdles
14.011 signee
High JumpJumps
1.62m1 signee
Long JumpJumps
5.69m1 signee
DiscusThrows
35.26m1 signee
JavelinThrows
30.86m1 signee
Shot PutThrows
9.87m1 signee

Who recruits for Virginia

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

  • Trevor DunbarInterim Head Coach
  • Brandon AmoAssistant Coach - ThrowsThrows
  • Chris Van NiekerkAssistant Coach/Data Analyst
  • David HoodVolunteer Coach - Pole VaultJumps
  • Derek RousseauAssistant Coach - Jumps & MultisMultis
  • Ethan RobinsonAssistant Coach
  • Jerod WimsAssistant Coach - Sprints & HurdlesSprints & Hurdles
  • Joelle Amaral DunbarAssistant Coach - DistanceDistance
  • LaRon BennettAssistant Coach - Sprints & HurdlesSprints & Hurdles
  • Sam BradleyAssistant Coach - DistanceDistance
  • Shane CohenVolunteer Distance CoachDistance

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

Every verified mark in Virginia's 2025-26 class

17 of the 19 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.

Men's class · 11 signed

Signed out of: Texas · Va. · Mo. · Pa. · N.Y. · Ky. · +2 more

400m2 signed
47.0848.01
800m2 signed
1:49.351:50.55
1600m2 signed
4:01.824:12.77
3200m2 signed
8:58.429:05.83
300m Hurdles1 signed
37.86
Pole Vault1 signed
4.95m
Long Jump1 signed
7.67m
Women's class · 6 signed

Signed out of: Del. · Tenn. · N.J. · Ga. · R.I.

1600m1 signed
4:49.55
3200m1 signed
9:58.37
100m Hurdles1 signed
14.01
Pole Vault2 signed
4.02m4.02m
Discus1 signed
35.26m

Members see who each of these 17 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class

Where do YOUR marks fit?

BeastMatch scores your PRs against the actual signing history of every college program — Virginia and 980+ more — in seconds. Free, no account needed.

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.

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

D1 standards for the events Virginia signs

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

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