Preferred Recruit Track and field recruiting Free evaluation

Built by athletes who lived it.

Preferred Recruit is run by former college athletes, most of them D1 track. We went through recruiting ourselves, and now we run it for your family.

Preferred Recruit team coaching an athlete on the track
  • $10M+in scholarships
  • 300+athletes helped
  • 100+college commitments
  • $83K to $100Kaverage four-year offer

Meet the team.

13 former college athletes, most of them D1 track, who went through recruiting themselves.

Ryan Searl
Ryan SearlFounderUC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly
10.71 100m21.60 200m

In the transfer portal, no coach answered for months. Then he emailed 40 coaches the right way. Alabama replied in 15 minutes.

  • Big West finalist, 200m and 4x100
  • Dropped out of college to start Preferred Recruit
Isaac Davis
Isaac DavisCEOFresno Pacific, San José State
10.29 100m7.41m long jump
  • 2024 NCAA All-American, 4x100
  • Broke SJSU’s 4x100 record, standing since 1969
  • 2024 Mountain West champion, 4x100
Malik Metivier
Malik MetivierHead of ProductDrake, Auburn, Texas Tech
48.89 400m hurdles
  • 2022 NCAA runner-up, 400m hurdles
  • 2021 NCAA First-Team All-American
  • 2x Canadian national champion
Greta Fraraccio
Greta FraraccioOperations ManagerSan José State, Hawaiʻi
12.48m triple jump
  • No. 4 all-time at SJSU, triple jump
  • 2019 Italian U18 national finalist
Noah Burton
Noah BurtonClient Success ManagerMichigan State, Minnesota, Texas Tech
50.95 400m hurdles
  • Academic advisor for athletes at Georgia Tech and Rutgers
  • 2019 Second-Team All-Big Ten
Jared Jones
Jared JonesClient Success ManagerUC Davis, San José State
10.50 100m
  • 2025 Academic All-Mountain West
  • 100m finalist, 2023 Mountain West
Austin Kresley
Austin KresleySales Development RepIowa, Auburn
10.08 100m20.07 200m
  • Mexican national record holder, 100m
  • NCAA collegiate record, 4x100
  • Five-time All-American
Jaden Smith
Jaden SmithSales Development RepSan José State, Arkansas
45.40 400m20.63 200m
  • 2025 First-Team All-American, 4x100 and 4x400
  • 2024 Mountain West champion, 200m and 400m
Jalen Prioleau
Jalen PrioleauHead of MarketingBakersfield College
  • Defender for the Bakersfield College Renegades
  • 2022 Western State Conference champions
Aaron Wadman
Aaron WadmanRevenue & Enrollment LeadWestmont, Hope International
  • First Team All-Orange Empire Conference
  • 41-point game, 2nd most in school history
Drew Bradeson
Drew BradesonSocial Media Account ManagerBoise State
1:50.81 800m
  • Former Preferred Recruit athlete
  • Signed with Boise State
Vashon Riggins
Vashon RigginsProduct Operations SpecialistNorthwest Missouri State
  • MIAA Championships hurdler, 2023 to 2026
  • NCAA D2 sprinter and hurdler
Jake Charest
Jake CharestJunior Product AssociateCal State Fullerton
14.11 110m hurdles
  • Former Preferred Recruit athlete
  • Signed with Cal State Fullerton

What we stand for.

Track and field only.

Our team competed in college track, most of it D1, and we don’t take other sports.

From your athlete’s own inbox.

Coaches hear from the athlete, the way they expect to.

Real people, every day.

Outreach, follow-ups and answers from our team, not a profile site.

A guarantee.

Genuine interest from a college coach, or a full refund.

Where our athletes signed.

100+ athletes have committed through Preferred Recruit. Here are 81 of their posters, with more added as athletes sign.

  • Isabelle Harruff US Military Academy
  • Patrick Pinjuv Cal Poly SLO
  • Diara But Missouri Valley College
  • Kaden Lees LeTourneau University
  • Kaylin Myrie Berger Hutchinson Community College
  • Kyle Jackson Monroe University
  • Jackson Poburko UC Berkeley
  • Tyler Burgess Texas Tech
  • Jacob Burgess University of Pittsburgh
  • Carson Bleser University of Wisconsin
  • Noah Johnson Cornell University
  • Jackson Welsh Washington State University

See all 81 commitment posters

See if your athlete qualifies.

We work with track and field athletes whose marks already fit college programs. The free evaluation checks that first.

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About a minute to apply. Then a recruiting advisor calls to go over your athlete’s marks, grades and goals. Both parents welcome on the call.

Guaranteed genuine interest or a full refund.

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