NCAA Division III Men's 1500m Recruiting Standards

Target marks range from 3:51.56 to 4:45.30 across 37 conferences, from the 2026 outdoor performance lists.

Conference	Target	Recruit	Walk-On
New England Small College Athletic Conference	3:51.56	3:53.17	3:55.92	11
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	3:52.19	3:57.20	4:00.58	8
American Rivers Conference	3:52.99	3:55.63	4:01.74	8
University Athletic Association	3:53.92	3:55.25	3:59.33	7
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	3:54.35	3:57.46	4:03.06	10
Centennial Conference	3:55.19	3:58.84	4:05.77	10
Liberty League	3:55.34	3:58.51	4:03.55	8
Northwest Conference	3:56.14	4:01.50	4:06.43	9
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	3:56.59	3:59.63	4:04.77	13
Empire 8	3:56.79	4:00.27	4:04.91	8
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference	3:56.82	4:01.35	4:09.81	10
North Coast Athletic Conference	3:57.43	4:02.26	4:05.03	9
Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference	3:58.15	4:05.13	4:12.53	8
Old Dominion Athletic Conference	3:58.19	4:01.20	4:05.72	13
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	3:58.39	4:04.37	4:09.40	8
Ohio Athletic Conference	3:58.59	4:03.56	4:06.88	9
Midwest Conference	3:59.08	4:09.82	4:14.23	10
College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin	3:59.46	4:03.15	4:08.53	9
New Jersey Athletic Conference	4:00.12	4:06.60	4:12.22	8
Middle Atlantic Conferences	4:01.57	4:07.18	4:10.80	18
Southern Athletic Association	4:02.20	4:03.98	4:08.32	9
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference	4:03.03	4:07.76	4:13.27	8
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference	4:03.09	4:11.98	4:17.76	13
State University of New York Athletic Conference	4:04.62	4:08.48	4:15.89	12
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference	4:05.05	4:11.39	4:17.53	10
Presidents' Athletic Conference	4:05.35	4:10.44	4:18.44	13
Landmark Conference	4:06.67	4:10.24	4:15.70	8
Little East Conference	4:08.95	4:12.72	4:15.12	9
USA South Athletic Conference	4:12.36	4:19.15	4:31.20	8
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	4:19.36	4:34.39	4:54.73	8
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference	4:22.38	4:30.65	4:42.58	6
North Atlantic Conference	4:24.99	4:58.91	—	6
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference	4:25.69	4:35.29	4:53.59	7
Atlantic East Conference	4:27.44	4:43.07	5:22.67	4
Great Northeast Athletic Conference	4:34.32	5:01.60	5:22.07	7
American Southwest Conference	4:39.76	—	—	4
City University of New York Athletic Conference	4:45.30	5:29.46	6:39.19	5

Same event elsewhere

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What these levels mean

TargetWould score at the conference meet (top 8).
RecruitIn the conference's top 15.
Walk-OnOn the conference list (top 25).

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