Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle
What it actually takes to run at Air Force
NCAA Division I · Mountain West · CO
These aren’t published walk-on standards or estimates. They’re the real marks of the 29 athletes Air Force actually signed in its 2025-26 recruiting class. The honest answer to “would they recruit me?”
Air Force is a 4,124-student public campus in USAF Academy, CO and competes in the Mountain West. Laura Bowerman leads a staff of 10 covering 4 event groups.
The median below is the middle signee’s PR and the range spans the whole class, fastest to slowest. 1500m/Mile and 3000m are shown converted to 1600m/3200m. All of it comes from verified meet results.
Air Force, by the numbers
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- Mountain West
- Campus
- USAF Academy, CO
- Enrollment
- 4,124 students
Public institution
Men's standards
US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.
+11 more events with real signee standards — 200m, 400m, 110m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles, 800m, Javelin, High Jump, Long Jump, Pole Vault, Discus, Shot Put
Members see every event Air Force signed, the full recruiting class with names and marks, program budgets, and coach contacts.
Unlock the full standards →Women's standards
US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.
+5 more events with real signee standards — 400m, 1600m, 800m, High Jump, Shot Put
Members see every event Air Force signed, the full recruiting class with names and marks, program budgets, and coach contacts.
Unlock the full standards →Who recruits for Air Force
The staff listed on the program’s own athletics site. Event groups coached here: sprints and hurdles, distance and cross country, throws, combined events.
- Laura BowermanHead Cross Country CoachDistance
- Ryan ColeDirector of Track & Field and Cross CountryDistance
- Scott SteffanHead Track & Field Coach | Jumps, MultisMultis
- Capt AJ KedgeAssistant Coach / Recruiting Coordinator
- Dan StollAssistant Coach | Sprints, HurdlesSprints & Hurdles
- Kyle LillieAssistant Coach | ThrowsThrows
- Roca, Capt MichelleAssistant Coach | HurdlesSprints & Hurdles
- Ryan HershbergerAssistant Coach | Rotational ThrowsThrows
- Scott IrvingAssistant Coach | JavelinThrows
- Stanforth, MarkAssistant Coach | Middle Distance, DistanceDistance
The full Air Force coaching staff’s contact info is in the member database.
Every verified mark in Air Force's 2025-26 class
23 of the 29 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 6 have no verified mark on record, so they are left out rather than guessed. Not a published standard, not an estimate. Names, hometowns and the coach who recruited each athlete are the member view.
Signed out of: FL · CA · MO · NJ · CO · NC · +5 more
Signed out of: NV · OH · FL · IA · UT · TX
Members see who each of these 23 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
Where do YOUR marks fit?
BeastMatch scores your PRs against the actual signing history of every college program — Air Force and 980+ more — in seconds. Free, no account needed.
Standards reflect the program’s most recent signing class and shift every cycle. Recruiting decisions also weigh progression, event needs, academics and roster spots — a mark inside the range is a conversation, not a guarantee.
Colorado permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Colorado NIL rules →
More Mountain West recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Air Force recruits against.
D1 standards for the events Air Force signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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