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NCAA Division III Men's 5000m Recruiting Standards

Target marks range from 14:29.36 to 21:23.32 across 36 conferences, from the 2026 outdoor performance lists.

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ConferenceTargetRecruitWalk-On
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference14:29.3614:39.8214:51.468
American Rivers Conference14:31.5514:45.6814:54.398
University Athletic Association14:32.1614:48.0114:57.497
New England Small College Athletic Conference14:34.3314:42.7414:53.7211
Centennial Conference14:39.6814:53.6415:25.0210
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference14:44.6314:56.3815:21.0110
Liberty League14:48.4314:59.2015:29.718
Empire 814:50.0115:17.0515:36.318
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference14:52.6615:11.9415:23.3713
Old Dominion Athletic Conference14:52.8715:28.0615:42.7613
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference14:55.3715:15.5216:00.0510
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association14:58.2315:13.4515:34.268
Northwest Conference14:58.6515:18.1515:36.559
Midwest Conference14:59.6015:46.0916:05.0410
Middle Atlantic Conferences14:59.7715:28.7515:45.9218
New Jersey Athletic Conference15:03.0315:36.7616:07.798
Ohio Athletic Conference15:03.6715:19.4515:29.759
Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference15:07.9615:35.2816:05.568
College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin15:07.9715:19.1115:34.579
North Coast Athletic Conference15:09.4715:15.4615:42.649
Southern Athletic Association15:12.7215:27.8115:52.729
Presidents' Athletic Conference15:22.4415:53.9716:18.0413
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference15:22.7515:47.4816:44.3813
Landmark Conference15:26.1715:55.1016:19.348
Little East Conference15:34.6015:53.2016:41.399
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference15:37.2616:00.6116:40.188
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference15:37.3015:47.9816:27.8610
State University of New York Athletic Conference15:40.9115:58.5016:27.2412
USA South Athletic Conference16:27.9816:57.0918:03.648
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference16:45.8319:50.0821:00.018
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference16:50.9017:33.2722:23.666
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference16:55.70——7
Atlantic East Conference17:16.5619:26.9820:16.654
North Atlantic Conference17:39.69——6
Great Northeast Athletic Conference18:43.37——7
City University of New York Athletic Conference21:23.32——5

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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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