TCU track and field recruiting standards
NCAA Division I · Big 12 · Updated June 2025
| Event | High school scholarship consideration | High school walk-on standard |
|---|---|---|
| 100m | 10.45 | 10.60 |
| 200m | 21.30 | 21.50 |
| 400m | 47.20 | 47.50 |
| 110m hurdles | 13.70 | 14.20 |
| 300m hurdles | 36.80 | 38.45 |
| 400m hurdles | 52.20 | 53.00 |
| 800m | 1:50.50 | 1:51.50 |
| 1600m | 4:12.00 | 4:16.00 |
| Event | High school scholarship consideration | High school walk-on standard |
|---|---|---|
| 100m | 11.50 | 11.70 |
| 200m | 23.55 | 23.80 |
| 400m | 54.10 | 55.00 |
| 100m hurdles | 13.60 | 13.90 |
| 300m hurdles | 42.85 | 43.85 |
| 400m hurdles | 59.20 | 61.00 |
| 800m | 2:07.00 | 2:10.00 |
| 1600m | 4:53.00 | 4:55.00 |
Source: TCU Men's and Women's XC/Track & Field Recruitment Standards (PDF, updated June 2025). Retrieved October 2026.
What TCU's tiers mean
- High school scholarship consideration
- The level at which TCU will consider a high school athlete for a scholarship.
- High school walk-on standard
- TCU's walk-on standard for high school athletes.
What the sheet also says
- TCU publishes separate, faster columns for college transfers; this page shows the high school columns only.
Notes on this transcription
- TCU lists the 400m and 300m hurdles in one row (e.g. "52.20/36.80"); they're split into two rows here.
Getting recruited by TCU
- 1Fill out the questionnaire
Most programs collect prospects through a recruiting questionnaire on their official site. Look for it on TCU's track and field pages, along with the coaching staff's contact details.
- 2Email your event coach
Keep it short. Give your events, your FAT marks with wind readings and meet dates, links to your results, your graduation year, GPA and test scores, and the meets you're running next.
- 3Be honest about where you are
Compare your wind-legal FAT marks to the tier you're aiming for. If you're close but haven't hit it, say so and show how your last few races have trended.
- 4Follow up when you PR
A new mark is the best reason to write again. Coaches build their recruiting boards over months, so send a time that crosses one of their lines as soon as you run it.
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