PROGRAM DNA · NAIA MEN'S · 100H/110H, 400H
Best NAIA men's programs for hurdles
Not who is famous: who invests. A typical NAIA men's roster puts 6% of its athletes in hurdles. The programs at the top of this list carry and sign far more than that, so they have more spots in the event every year. 35 programs do not recruit it at all.
Where the hurdles talent is
Ranked by share of the division’s top marks in hurdles, per season.
Programs that invest most in hurdles
- 1
WHAC · IN
16% of the roster in hurdles vs 6% NAIA average · 8 signed in the last 2 classes · event coach on staff
- 2
Sun · FL
10% of the roster in hurdles vs 6% NAIA average · 2 signed in the last 2 classes
- 3
Heart · MO
9% of the roster in hurdles vs 6% NAIA average · 1 signed in the last 2 classes
- 4
GPAC · NE
6% of the roster in hurdles vs 6% NAIA average · 5 signed in the last 2 classes
- 5
Sun · FL
25% of the roster in hurdles vs 6% NAIA average · 1 signed in the last 2 classes
- 6
Frontier · MT
16% of the roster in hurdles vs 6% NAIA average · 2 signed in the last 2 classes
- 7MidAmerica NazareneSpecialty
Heart · KS
6% of the roster in hurdles vs 6% NAIA average · 4 signed in the last 2 classes · event coach on staff
- 8Spring ArborSpecialty
Crossroads · MI
12% of the roster in hurdles vs 6% NAIA average · 0 signed in the last 2 classes
- 9ReinhardtSpecialty
AAC · GA
6% of the roster in hurdles vs 6% NAIA average · 4 signed in the last 2 classes · event coach on staff
- 10DillardSpecialty
HBCUAC · LA
19% of the roster in hurdles vs 6% NAIA average · 1 signed in the last 2 classes
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The full NAIA hurdles list, ranked: roster share, signings and talent rank for every program that recruits the event. Enter your email to open it.
NAIA men's programs that do not recruit hurdles
No athletes racing the event in the seasons we hold and no signings in it. Do not spend your first emails here.
- Ave Maria
- Bellevue University
- Bethany KS
- Bryan
- College of the Ozarks
- Embry-Riddle Arizona
- Florida Memorial
- Freed Hardeman
- Goshen
- Governors State University
- Grace
- Graceland
- Haskell Indian
- Health Sciences and Pharmacy
- John Brown
- Judson
- McPherson
- Mid-America Christian
- Nelson University
- Okla Panhandle
- Rochester University
- Rust
- SCAD Atlanta
- Savannah Coll of Art Design
- Southern Oregon
- Southwestern Christian
- St Francis IL
- St Mary-of-the-Woods
- Sterling
- TAMU-Texarkana
- Tennessee Southern
- The Masters
- Trinity Christian
- Warner Pacific
- York NE
Questions athletes and parents ask
Which NAIA men's programs recruit the most hurdles athletes?
Indiana Tech, St Thomas, Central Methodist, Doane, Warner carry and sign well above the NAIA average in hurdles (6% of a typical NAIA roster). They have more roster spots in the event to fill every year.
Which NAIA programs do not recruit hurdles?
35 NAIA men's programs show no hurdles athletes racing and no signings in the event in the classes we hold, including Ave Maria, Bellevue University, Bethany KS, Bryan, College of the Ozarks, Embry-Riddle Arizona. A thin group there is not an opening.
Does a bigger share of the roster mean more scholarship money?
Colleges do not publish scholarships by event. Where a program spends its roster spots and its signings is the best public evidence of where the money goes, and a program that carries twice the division share in your event has roughly twice the seats to fill. Ask the coach about aid directly.
How is this calculated?
From each program's official outdoor results lists (who raced each event area, averaged over the seasons we hold), its signing classes (2025-26, 2026-27), its share of the division's top marks, and whether a paid coach is titled for the event. Each is compared with the NAIA average and blended; a small class is pulled toward the average so one big year cannot fake a specialty.
Other NAIA men's event areas
As of 2026-10-22. Program counts and shares only; no college athlete is named on this page. Built from official meet results and the signing classes we hold. All event areas