Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

Army

What it actually takes to run at Army

NCAA Division I · Patriot · NY

These aren’t published walk-on standards or estimates. They’re the real marks of the 50 athletes Army actually signed in its 2025-26 recruiting class. The honest answer to “would they recruit me?”

Army is a 4,508-student public campus in West Point, NY and competes in the Patriot. Mike Smith leads a staff of 7 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.

Army, by the numbers

Division
NCAA Division I
Conference
Patriot
Campus
West Point, NY
Enrollment
4,508 students

Public institution

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Men's standards

US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.

400mSprints
49.575 signees
3200mDistance
9:17.955 signees
Long JumpJumps
6.81m5 signees
100mSprints
11.034 signees
200mSprints
22.574 signees
1600mDistance
4:16.594 signees
800mDistance
1:55.054 signees
Shot PutThrows
17.11m4 signees
Pole VaultJumps
4.57m3 signees
Triple JumpJumps
13.96m3 signees
DiscusThrows
43.51m3 signees
JavelinThrows
52.15m3 signees
High JumpJumps
1.83m2 signees
300m HurdlesHurdles
38.211 signee

Women's standards

US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.

100mSprints
12.517 signees
200mSprints
26.087 signees
Pole VaultJumps
3.66m5 signees
400mSprints
1:02.204 signees
800mDistance
2:16.144 signees
Long JumpJumps
5.41m4 signees
1600mDistance
5:09.142 signees
3200mDistance
11:05.862 signees
High JumpJumps
1.56m2 signees
Shot PutThrows
11.69m2 signees
Triple JumpJumps
11.00m1 signee
DiscusThrows
40.92m1 signee

Who recruits for Army

The staff listed on the program’s own athletics site. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country, jumps and vault, throws, combined events.

  • Mike SmithDirector of Track and Field/Cross CountryDistance
  • Akil GipsonAssistant Track and Field Coach (Sprints/Hurdles, Jumps, Combined Events, Pole Vault)Multis
  • Brian WoodburyAssistant Track Coach (Throws)Throws
  • Elise MooreAssistant Track and Field Coach
  • Jonathan GraupmannAssistant Track and Field Coach (Sprints/Hurdles, Jumps, Combines Events, Pole Vault)Jumps
  • Jordan SmithAssistant Track and Field Coach (Jumps, Combined Events)Multis
  • Touhey, JustinDirector of Track & Field Operations

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

Every verified mark in Army's 2025-26 class

45 of the 50 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.

Men's class · 24 signed

Signed out of: TN · NY · MT · PA · OK · CA · +6 more

100m2 signed
10.9310.96
400m4 signed
47.9948.7749.5751.01
800m2 signed
1:54.751:55.01
1600m1 signed
4:13.95
3200m4 signed
9:06.009:07.939:17.959:25.15
High Jump1 signed
1.83m
Pole Vault2 signed
4.95m4.57m
Long Jump3 signed
6.88m6.83m6.81m
Shot Put3 signed
18.49m17.74m16.48m
Javelin2 signed
59.56m52.15m
Women's class · 21 signed

Signed out of: NC · MO · UT · ID · CA · NJ · +8 more

100m4 signed
12.2112.3612.5112.70
200m2 signed
24.9426.08
400m2 signed
57.221:00.72
800m3 signed
2:10.172:13.742:19.72
1600m1 signed
5:06.01
3200m1 signed
10:42.31
High Jump1 signed
1.70m
Pole Vault4 signed
3.89m3.68m3.66m3.35m
Long Jump2 signed
5.44m5.38m
Shot Put1 signed
12.57m

Members see who each of these 45 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class

Where do YOUR marks fit?

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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.

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D1 standards for the events Army signs

What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.

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