What 1600m mark do you need to get recruited by Arkansas State (men's)?

The median high-school 1600m mark of Arkansas State's 2025-26 American men's signees was 4:21.48, with the class ranging 4:10.39 – 4:23.38 across 4 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Arkansas State competes in the Sun Belt.

What 3200m mark do you need to get recruited by Arkansas State (men's)?

The median high-school 3200m mark of Arkansas State's 2025-26 American men's signees was 9:23.06, with the class ranging 9:10.08 – 9:59.96 across 4 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Arkansas State competes in the Sun Belt.

What 800m mark do you need to get recruited by Arkansas State (men's)?

The median high-school 800m mark of Arkansas State's 2025-26 American men's signees was 1:57.87, with the class ranging 1:54.94 – 2:05.35 across 4 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Arkansas State competes in the Sun Belt.

What 400m mark do you need to get recruited by Arkansas State (women's)?

The median high-school 400m mark of Arkansas State's 2025-26 American women's signees was 58.34, with the class ranging 57.15 – 59.96 across 4 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Arkansas State competes in the Sun Belt.

What 200m mark do you need to get recruited by Arkansas State (women's)?

The median high-school 200m mark of Arkansas State's 2025-26 American women's signees was 25.69, with the class ranging 25.27 – 25.72 across 3 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Arkansas State competes in the Sun Belt.

What 100m Hurdles mark do you need to get recruited by Arkansas State (women's)?

The median high-school 100m Hurdles mark of Arkansas State's 2025-26 American women's signees was 14.25, with the class ranging 14.12 – 14.72 across 3 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Arkansas State competes in the Sun Belt.

Who is the head track and field coach at Arkansas State?

Dr. Jim Patchell (Director of Track & Field and Cross Country) leads the Arkansas State track & field program. Dr. Jim Patchell leads a staff of 7 covering 1 event group.

Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Arkansas State

NCAA Division I · Sun Belt · AR

Arkansas State signed 20 athletes for 2025-26 — including 1 international signee. What follows are their real high-school marks, not a program’s published walk-on line — the honest answer to “would they recruit me?”

Arkansas State is a 8,760-student public campus in Jonesboro, AR and competes in the Sun Belt. Dr. Jim Patchell leads a staff of 7 covering 1 event group.

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.

Arkansas State program snapshot

Division: NCAA Division I
Conference: Sun Belt
Campus: Jonesboro, AR
Enrollment: 8,760 students
T&F operating budget: $1.1M men · $1.4M women

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Men's standards

US-based signees, marks verified against American high-school meet results.

EventWhat their median signee ranFull class rangeDepth

1600mDistance

4:21.48median signee

4:10.39 – 4:23.38class range

4:21.484 signees

3200mDistance

9:23.06median signee

9:10.08 – 9:59.96class range

9:23.064 signees

800mDistance

1:57.87median signee

1:54.94 – 2:05.35class range

1:57.874 signees

+12 more events with real signee standards — 200m, 400m, Long Jump, Discus, Shot Put, 100m, 110m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles, High Jump, Pole Vault, Triple Jump, Javelin

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Women's standards

US-based signees, marks verified against American high-school meet results.

EventWhat their median signee ranFull class rangeDepth

400mSprints

58.34median signee

57.15 – 59.96class range

58.344 signees

200mSprints

25.69median signee

25.27 – 25.72class range

25.693 signees

100m HurdlesHurdles

14.25median signee

14.12 – 14.72class range

14.253 signees

+6 more events with real signee standards — 300m Hurdles, 800m, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Put

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Who recruits for Arkansas State

As listed on the program’s official coaching staff page. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country.

Dr. Jim PatchellDirector of Track & Field and Cross CountryDistance
Jesse DuvallHead Cross Country CoachDistance
Matt KraftAssociate Head Coach
Alex RachmaciejAssistant Coach
Matt ViningAssistant Coach @ 1
Nick UpchurchAssistant Coach
Tyra NaborsAssistant Coach

Every Arkansas State coach’s verified email and phone are in the member database.

Every verified mark in Arkansas State's 2025-26 class

16 of the 20 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 4 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.

Men's class · 10 signed

Signed out of: AR · TX · TN · Mo. · MO

400m2 signed

48.9553.69

800m1 signed

1:54.94

1600m2 signed

4:10.394:21.49

3200m1 signed

9:17.64

Pole Vault1 signed

5.00m

Shot Put1 signed

18.86m

Discus1 signed

59.56m

Javelin1 signed

58.08m

Women's class · 6 signed

Signed out of: TN · FL · MD · AR · TX

800m1 signed

2:13.16

100m Hurdles1 signed

14.25

300m Hurdles3 signed

42.7143.0444.50

Shot Put1 signed

12.01m

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This class’s marks, not a permanent standard: the range shifts every cycle as rosters and needs change. Progression, event fit, academics and open spots all factor into a real recruiting decision — fitting the range is a conversation-starter, not an offer.

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More Sun Belt recruiting standards

Real signee marks for the programs Arkansas State recruits against.

D1 standards for the events Arkansas State signs

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