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NCAA Division III Women's Hammer Recruiting Standards

Target marks range from 168'7.25" to 66'6.75" across 36 conferences, from the 2026 outdoor performance lists.

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ConferenceTargetRecruitWalk-On
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference168'7.25"51.39m157'9.75"48.10m145'7.75"44.39m8
American Rivers Conference159'10"48.72m146'4.25"44.61m132'10.5"40.50m8
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference152'9.75"46.58m137'4"41.86m128'10"39.27m13
Ohio Athletic Conference151'10.75"46.30m144'1.5"43.93m130'11.75"39.92m9
Empire 8149'2.25"45.47m138'10.25"42.32m116'8"35.56m8
New England Small College Athletic Conference147'11.5"45.10m128'7.75"39.21m110'1.75"33.57m11
Northwest Conference147'9.25"45.04m135'1.25"41.18m119'11"36.55m9
College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin144'10.25"44.15m126'2.25"38.46m105'5.75"32.15m9
Liberty League143'1"43.61m126'11.25"38.69m105'7"32.18m8
Midwest Conference142'6.25"43.44m131'7.25"40.11m113'1"34.47m10
State University of New York Athletic Conference142'2.75"43.35m126'1.5"38.44m103'4.25"31.50m12
Middle Atlantic Conferences140'5.5"42.81m126'7.75"38.60m117'1.5"35.70m18
Southern Athletic Association139'6"42.52m124'6.5"37.96m101'1.75"30.83m9
Little East Conference139'4.75"42.49m121'2.75"36.95m99'10.75"30.45m9
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference137'5.5"41.90m118'8.75"36.19m—10
Old Dominion Athletic Conference137'4.75"41.88m129'6.25"39.48m107'10"32.87m13
Centennial Conference137'2"41.81m123'10.5"37.76m90'10.5"27.70m10
University Athletic Association136'11.25"41.74m123'1.25"37.52m105'3"32.08m7
North Coast Athletic Conference136'3.75"41.55m118'6.5"36.13m—9
New Jersey Athletic Conference134'8.25"41.05m113'1"34.47m89'6.75"27.30m8
Landmark Conference134'5"40.97m129'8.75"39.54m108'11.75"33.22m8
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference134'1.5"40.88m110'4.75"33.65m91'5.25"27.87m13
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association133'8"40.74m124'3.25"37.88m98'10.5"30.14m8
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference133'1.75"40.58m119'0.75"36.29m105'4.25"32.11m10
Presidents' Athletic Conference126'8"38.61m117'10.25"35.92m94'2"28.70m13
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference126'5.25"38.54m101'6.5"30.95m—7
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference125'9.75"38.35m109'1"33.25m—10
Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference120'11.5"36.87m——8
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference117'8.5"35.88m92'2.25"28.10m71'4"21.74m8
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference115'4.25"35.16m——8
North Atlantic Conference109'1.75"33.27m——6
Great Northeast Athletic Conference100'6.75"30.65m——7
USA South Athletic Conference97'4.5"29.68m62'8"19.10m—8
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference87'9.25"26.75m——6
Atlantic East Conference87'2.5"26.58m——4
City University of New York Athletic Conference66'6.75"20.29m——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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