What 400m mark do you need to get recruited by Wisconsin (men's)?

The median high-school 400m mark of Wisconsin's 2025-26 American men's signees was 47.38, with the class ranging 47.19 – 48.61 across 4 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Wisconsin competes in the Big Ten.

What 200m mark do you need to get recruited by Wisconsin (men's)?

The median high-school 200m mark of Wisconsin's 2025-26 American men's signees was 21.56, with the class ranging 21.04 – 22.08 across 2 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Wisconsin competes in the Big Ten.

What 800m mark do you need to get recruited by Wisconsin (men's)?

The median high-school 800m mark of Wisconsin's 2025-26 American men's signees was 1:49.73, with the class ranging 1:48.31 – 1:51.15 across 2 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Wisconsin competes in the Big Ten.

What High Jump mark do you need to get recruited by Wisconsin (men's)?

The median high-school High Jump mark of Wisconsin's 2025-26 American men's signees was 2.00m, with the class ranging 2.03m – 1.97m across 2 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Wisconsin competes in the Big Ten.

What Discus mark do you need to get recruited by Wisconsin (men's)?

The median high-school Discus mark of Wisconsin's 2025-26 American men's signees was 54.76m, with the class ranging 56.16m – 53.37m across 2 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Wisconsin competes in the Big Ten.

What Shot Put mark do you need to get recruited by Wisconsin (men's)?

The median high-school Shot Put mark of Wisconsin's 2025-26 American men's signees was 16.70m, with the class ranging 17.65m – 15.75m across 2 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Wisconsin competes in the Big Ten.

Who is the head track and field coach at Wisconsin?

Kareem Jackson (Associate Head Coach - Sprints, Hurdles, Horizontal Jumps) leads the Wisconsin track & field program. Kareem Jackson leads a staff of 10 covering 4 event groups.

Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Wisconsin

NCAA Division I · Big Ten · WI

Wisconsin signed 21 athletes for 2025-26 — including 2 international signees. What follows are their real high-school marks, not a program’s published walk-on line — the honest answer to “would they recruit me?”

Wisconsin is a 36,797-student public campus in Madison, WI and competes in the Big Ten. Kareem Jackson leads a staff of 10 covering 4 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.

Wisconsin, by the numbers

Division: NCAA Division I
Conference: Big Ten
Campus: Madison, WI
Enrollment: 36,797 students
T&F operating budget: $2.9M men · $3.4M women

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Men's standards

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

EventWhat their median signee ranFull class rangeDepth

400mSprints

47.38median signee

47.19 – 48.61class range

47.384 signees

200mSprints

21.56median signee

21.04 – 22.08class range

21.562 signees

800mDistance

1:49.73median signee

1:48.31 – 1:51.15class range

1:49.732 signees

High JumpJumps

2.00mmedian signee

2.03m – 1.97mclass range

2.00m2 signees

DiscusThrows

54.76mmedian signee

56.16m – 53.37mclass range

54.76m2 signees

Shot PutThrows

16.70mmedian signee

17.65m – 15.75mclass range

16.70m2 signees

100mSprints

10.51median signee

10.51class range

10.511 signee

110m HurdlesHurdles

13.80median signee

13.80class range

13.801 signee

Long JumpJumps

7.04mmedian signee

7.04mclass range

7.04m1 signee

Pole VaultJumps

4.70mmedian signee

4.70mclass range

4.70m1 signee

Women's standards

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

EventWhat their median signee ranFull class rangeDepth

200mSprints

24.64median signee

24.15 – 25.03class range

24.643 signees

100mSprints

11.75median signee

11.65 – 11.85class range

11.752 signees

400mSprints

56.58median signee

54.53 – 58.63class range

56.582 signees

3200mDistance

11:57.95median signee

10:35.18 – 13:20.73class range

11:57.952 signees

1600mDistance

4:57.43median signee

4:57.43class range

4:57.431 signee

High JumpJumps

1.70mmedian signee

1.70mclass range

1.70m1 signee

Long JumpJumps

6.10mmedian signee

6.10mclass range

6.10m1 signee

DiscusThrows

49.43mmedian signee

49.43mclass range

49.43m1 signee

Shot PutThrows

14.41mmedian signee

14.41mclass range

14.41m1 signee

Who recruits for Wisconsin

As listed on the program’s official coaching staff page. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country, jumps and vault, throws, combined events.

Kareem JacksonAssociate Head Coach - Sprints, Hurdles, Horizontal JumpsJumps
Solinsky, ChrisDirector of Cross Country and Track & FieldDistance
Aaron WatsonAssistant Coach - Middle Distance/DistanceDistance
Dave AstrauskasAssistant Coach - ThrowsThrows
Jason SwarensCoaching Assistant
Kiley RobbinsCoaching Assistant
Kylie FingerCoaching Assistant
Nate DavisAssistant Coach - Pole Vault, High Jump, Multi EventsMultis
Princess BrinkleySports Operation Coordinator
Taylor KesnerCoaching Assistant

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

Every verified mark in Wisconsin's 2025-26 class

17 of the 21 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 4 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 · 9 signed · 8 American shown

Signed out of: NC · MN · DC · Pa · WI · FL

200m1 signed

21.04

400m1 signed

47.20

800m2 signed

1:48.311:51.15

110m Hurdles1 signed

13.80

High Jump1 signed

2.03m

Long Jump1 signed

7.04m

Discus1 signed

56.16m

+ 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.

Women's class · 8 signed · 7 American shown

Signed out of: WI · VA

100m1 signed

11.85

400m1 signed

54.53

3200m2 signed

10:35.1813:20.73

High Jump1 signed

1.70m

Long Jump1 signed

6.10m

Discus1 signed

49.43m

+ 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.

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