Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Albion
NCAA Division III · MIAA · MI
These aren’t published walk-on standards or estimates. They’re the real marks of the 23 athletes Albion actually signed in its 2025-26 recruiting class. The honest answer to “would they recruit me?”
Albion is a 1,300-student private campus in Albion, MI and competes in the MIAA. Coleman, Lance leads a staff of 7 covering 3 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.
Albion, by the numbers
- Division
- NCAA Division III
- Conference
- MIAA
- Campus
- Albion, MI
- Enrollment
- 1,300 students
- T&F operating budget
- $197K men · $191K women
Private 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 Albion
The staff listed on the program’s own athletics site. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country, jumps and vault, throws.
- Coleman, LanceDirector of Track & Field/Cross Country /629-0360 /629-0360 BritrackDistance
- Kiehl SmithHead Cross Country/Assistant Track CoachDistance
- Conklin, JaredAssistant Coach (Throws)Throws
- Ferguson, BreannaAssistant Coach (Distance)Distance
- Owen McDanielAssistant Coach
- Payne HaydenHead Women's Wrestling Coach
- Wehrly, HenryAssistant Coach (Jumps)Jumps
Every Albion coach’s verified email and phone are in the member database.
Every verified mark in Albion's 2025-26 class
18 of the 23 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 5 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: MI
Signed out of: MI
Members see who each of these 18 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 — Albion 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.
Michigan permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Michigan NIL rules →
More MIAA recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Albion recruits against.
D3 standards for the events Albion signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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