Standards / NCAA D-III
NCAA Division III Men's Hammer Recruiting Standards
Target marks range from 185'8.25" to 62'4.5" across 35 conferences, from the 2026 outdoor performance lists.
Check your mark| Conference | Target | Recruit | Walk-On | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 185'8.25"56.60m | 175'4.25"53.45m | 159'6.25"48.62m | 8 |
| State University of New York Athletic Conference | 173'5"52.86m | 156'1.25"47.58m | 143'8"43.79m | 12 |
| American Rivers Conference | 170'11.5"52.11m | 159'9"48.69m | 150'4.25"45.83m | 8 |
| Midwest Conference | 166'0.25"50.60m | 150'5.5"45.86m | 126'9.25"38.64m | 10 |
| Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 164'10.75"50.26m | 149'1.75"45.46m | 131'4.75"40.05m | 13 |
| Ohio Athletic Conference | 163'5.5"49.82m | 149'3.75"45.51m | 136'4.25"41.56m | 9 |
| North Coast Athletic Conference | 162'6.75"49.55m | 145'1.25"44.23m | 134'7.75"41.04m | 9 |
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 161'10.25"49.33m | 140'1"42.70m | 123'5"37.62m | 8 |
| Empire 8 | 161'3"49.15m | 147'8.75"45.03m | 137'2.75"41.83m | 8 |
| Liberty League | 160'5.25"48.90m | 140'10.25"42.93m | 118'3"36.04m | 8 |
| Little East Conference | 159'1.5"48.50m | 148'8.25"45.32m | 121'10.5"37.15m | 9 |
| College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin | 159'0.25"48.47m | 142'2.75"43.35m | 129'7"39.50m | 9 |
| Northwest Conference | 158'3.5"48.25m | 144'3"43.97m | 134'11"41.12m | 9 |
| Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 157'10"48.11m | 131'11.5"40.22m | 100'1.25"30.51m | 10 |
| Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference | 155'9.25"47.48m | 144'7.5"44.08m | 127'8.75"38.93m | 10 |
| New England Small College Athletic Conference | 155'8"47.45m | 132'7.25"40.42m | 118'4.75"36.09m | 11 |
| Middle Atlantic Conferences | 152'8.75"46.55m | 140'7"42.85m | 129'4.75"39.44m | 18 |
| Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference | 151'5.75"46.17m | 118'5.75"36.11m | — | 13 |
| Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference | 149'1.25"45.45m | 132'4.5"40.35m | 95'3"29.03m | 8 |
| Southern Athletic Association | 148'6.75"45.28m | 130'10"39.88m | 112'7.5"34.33m | 9 |
| University Athletic Association | 148'0.75"45.13m | 135'0"41.15m | 91'2.5"27.80m | 7 |
| Centennial Conference | 143'1.75"43.63m | 115'0.75"35.07m | 94'2.25"28.71m | 10 |
| Landmark Conference | 142'11.75"43.58m | 124'1.75"37.84m | 109'1.75"33.27m | 8 |
| New Jersey Athletic Conference | 140'9.25"42.91m | 114'6.5"34.91m | 84'7"25.78m | 8 |
| New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference | 139'8.5"42.58m | 133'6"40.69m | 100'6.75"30.65m | 10 |
| Upper Midwest Athletic Conference | 137'10.25"42.02m | 101'0.25"30.79m | — | 7 |
| Old Dominion Athletic Conference | 133'10.75"40.81m | 124'9.25"38.03m | 99'9.75"30.42m | 13 |
| Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference | 131'9"40.16m | 105'3.75"32.10m | 79'9.75"24.33m | 6 |
| Presidents' Athletic Conference | 129'6.75"39.49m | 112'4.75"34.26m | — | 13 |
| Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference | 126'5.25"38.54m | 101'2.25"30.84m | 85'2.75"25.98m | 8 |
| USA South Athletic Conference | 123'9"37.72m | 78'2.5"23.84m | — | 8 |
| St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 122'2.5"37.25m | — | — | 8 |
| Great Northeast Athletic Conference | 110'5.25"33.66m | 77'6.25"23.63m | 73'10.25"22.51m | 7 |
| North Atlantic Conference | 96'7.75"29.46m | — | — | 6 |
| City University of New York Athletic Conference | 62'4.5"19.01m | — | — | 5 |
Same event elsewhere
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).