Division III awards no athletic scholarships at all. Money at a D3 program comes through academic and need-based aid, which is why coaches there talk about admissions support rather than offers, and why a strong transcript changes what your mark is worth.
The reach mark is the top of the published range, the kind of mark a competitive program recruits. The bottom of the range is where a roster conversation still realistically starts.
| Event | Reach | Bottom of range |
|---|---|---|
| Boys 100m | 10.90 | 11.40 |
| Girls 100m | 12.10 | 13.30 |
| Boys 200m | 21.80 | 23.50 |
| Girls 200m | 25.10 | 27.30 |
| Boys 400m | 47.90 | 52.00 |
| Girls 400m | 55.60 | 1:01.30 |
| Boys 800m | 1:54.00 | 2:02.00 |
| Girls 800m | 2:11.00 | 2:35.00 |
| Boys 1500/1600m | 4:15.00 | 4:37.00 |
| Girls 1500/1600m | 4:53.00 | 5:38.00 |
| Boys 110m Hurdles | 14.70 | 16.30 |
| Girls 100m Hurdles | 14.40 | 18.60 |
| Boys 400m Hurdles | 51.90 | 59.60 |
| Girls 400m Hurdles | 1:01.00 | 1:12.00 |
| Boys Long Jump | 23' 7.25" (7.20m) | 21' 11.75" (6.70m) |
| Girls Long Jump | 18' 4.25" (5.60m) | 16' 4.75" (5.00m) |
| Boys Triple Jump | 48' 6.5" (14.80m) | 42' 3.75" (12.90m) |
| Girls Triple Jump | 38' 4.5" (11.70m) | 33' 5.5" (10.20m) |
| Boys High Jump | 6' 8.5" (2.05m) | 6' 0.25" (1.84m) |
| Girls High Jump | 5' 6.75" (1.70m) | 4' 7" (1.40m) |
| Boys Pole Vault | 15' 8.75" (4.80m) | 13' 5.25" (4.10m) |
| Girls Pole Vault | 11' 9.5" (3.60m) | 9' 2" (2.80m) |
| Boys Shot Put | 53' 1.75" (16.20m) | 39' 4.25" (12.00m) |
| Girls Shot Put | 45' 11" (14.00m) | 36' 1" (11.00m) |
| Boys Discus | 165' 8" (50.50m) | 121' 4.5" (37.00m) |
| Girls Discus | 147' 7.5" (45.00m) | 111' 6.5" (34.00m) |
| Boys Javelin | 203' 4.75" (62.00m) | 114' 9.75" (35.00m) |
| Girls Javelin | 134' 6" (41.00m) | 101' 8.25" (31.00m) |
A mark that misses the D1 and D2 bands often still sits inside the D3 range, and coaches there weigh the transcript alongside it. Being at the bottom of this band is a conversation, not a rejection.
In the published ranges on this page, NCAA Division III has the widest band of the four divisions in 9 of the 28 events. Which division is most forgiving genuinely varies by event, so check yours before ruling anything out.
A range is not a cut-off. Programs inside one division vary enormously, and a mark at the bottom of this band at one school is a scholarship conversation at another. Use it to work out which division to spend your time on, then look up your own event to see all four side by side.
Put your mark against all four divisions at once on the event pages, convert it first if it needs converting with the hand time to FAT converter or the other mark converters, and see what marks actually get you recruited.
Put your marks on a free profile and they sit on a page you can send a coach, with the race behind them. 28 published ranges on this page, sourced from Source: Streamline Athletes published recruitment standards, checked 2026-08-12, cross-checked against Fast Track Recruiting (D1 tables). These are published by a recruiting service, not by the NCAA.