Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle
What it actually takes to run at Bethany KS
NAIA · KCAC · KS
Bethany KS signed 15 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?”
Bethany KS is a 744-student private campus in Lindsborg, KS and competes in the KCAC. Luke Samford leads a staff of 2 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.
Bethany KS, by the numbers
- Division
- NAIA
- Conference
- KCAC
- Campus
- Lindsborg, KS
- Enrollment
- 744 students
- T&F operating budget
- $424K men · $167K women
Private institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
US-based signees, marks verified against American high-school meet results.
Women's standards
US-based signees, marks verified against American high-school meet results.
Who recruits for Bethany KS
As listed on the program’s official coaching staff page. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country.
- Luke SamfordDirector of Cross Country/Track & Field / Weight Room CoordinatorDistance
- Jarrett ShivesAssistant Cross Country/Track & Field Coach Ext.Distance
Every Bethany KS coach’s verified email and phone are in the member database.
Every verified mark in Bethany KS's 2025-26 class
5 of the 15 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 10 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: Idaho · Kan.
Signed out of: Kan.
Members see who each of these 5 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
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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.
Kansas permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Kansas NIL rules →
More KCAC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Bethany KS recruits against.
NAIA standards for the events Bethany KS signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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