Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

Washington State

What it actually takes to run at Washington State

NCAA Division I · Pac-12 · WA

These aren’t published walk-on standards or estimates. They’re the real marks of the 8 athletes Washington State actually signed in its 2025-26 recruiting class — including 2 international signees. The honest answer to “would they recruit me?”

Washington State is a 21,923-student public campus in Pullman, WA and competes in the Pac-12. Anna Bearss leads a staff of 4 covering 1 event group.

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.

Washington State program snapshot

Division
NCAA Division I
Conference
Pac-12
Campus
Pullman, WA
Enrollment
21,923 students

Public institution

T&F operating budget
$1.5M men · $1.6M women

Program expense, not scholarship aid

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Men's standards

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

1600mDistance
4:03.421 signee
3200mDistance
8:51.531 signee
800mDistance
1:51.621 signee

Women's standards

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

1600mDistance
4:56.795 signees
3200mDistance
10:27.734 signees
800mDistance
2:13.692 signees

Who recruits for Washington State

The staff listed on the program’s own athletics site. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country.

  • Anna BearssAssociate Head Coach
  • Wayne PhippsDirector of Cross Country/TrackDistance
  • Cameron DeanAssistant Coach, Cross Country/Track & FieldDistance
  • Morgan RadelAssistant Coach

The full Washington State coaching staff’s contact info is in the member database.

Every verified mark in Washington State's 2025-26 class

6 of the 8 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 · 1 signed

Signed out of: WA

1600m1 signed
4:03.42
Women's class · 5 signed

Signed out of: WA

1600m2 signed
4:48.224:57.07
3200m3 signed
10:24.5610:27.0210:28.44

Members see who each of these 6 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 — Washington State 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.

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

D1 standards for the events Washington State signs

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

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