Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle
What it actually takes to run at Albany
NCAA Division I · America East · NY
These aren’t published walk-on standards or estimates. They’re the real marks of the 43 athletes Albany actually signed in its 2025-26 recruiting class — including 8 international signees. The honest answer to “would they recruit me?”
Albany is a 12,190-student public campus in Albany, NY and competes in the America East. Roberto J. Vives leads a staff of 11 covering 5 event groups.
“Median” is the middle signee’s PR; “range” runs from the fastest to the slowest mark in the class. 1500m/Mile and 3000m are converted to 1600m/3200m for comparison. Pulled from verified meet results.
Albany program snapshot
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- America East
- Campus
- Albany, NY
- Enrollment
- 12,190 students
- T&F operating budget
- $996K men · $1.0M women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.
Women's standards
US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.
Who recruits for Albany
The staff listed on the program’s own athletics site. Event groups coached here: sprints and hurdles, distance and cross country, jumps and vault, throws, combined events.
- Roberto J. VivesDirector of Track & Field / Cross Country - Long Sprints / HurdlesSprints & Hurdles
- Abel GiletAssistant Coach - ThrowsThrows
- Burnett, JuniorAssistant Coach - SprintsSprints & Hurdles
- Guialdo, RaidenAssistant Coach
- Jenkins, ErikaAssistant Coach
- Lucy FordAssistant Coach - Vertical Jumps / MultisMultis
- Matthew CampbellCoaching Assistant - High JumpJumps
- Michael ThompsonCoaching Assistant - Short SprintsSprints & Hurdles
- Nadir SimohamedAssistant Coach - Horizontal Jumps (LJ/TJ)Jumps
- Rebeca Valerie Barrientos AlphaAssistant Coach - Horizontal JumpsJumps
- Zachary CookAssistant Coach - Middle-Distance/DistanceDistance
The full Albany coaching staff’s contact info is in the member database.
Every verified mark in Albany's 2025-26 class
36 of the 43 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 7 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: N.J. · N.Y. · Conn.
+ 1 international signee in this class — their marks are in the International view of the tables above, kept separate so the American numbers above stay readable as US high-school marks.
Signed out of: N.Y.
+ 4 international signees in this class — their marks are in the International view of the tables above, kept separate so the American numbers above stay readable as US high-school marks.
Members see who each of these 36 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 — Albany 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.
New York permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the New York NIL rules →
More America East recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Albany recruits against.
D1 standards for the events Albany signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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