Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Central Connecticut
NCAA Division I · NEC · CT
Every mark below belongs to someone Central Connecticut actually signed for 2025-26 — 20 athletes in the class. Not an estimate. The real bar.
Central Connecticut is a 7,917-student public campus in New Britain, CT and competes in the NEC. Eric Blake leads a staff of 6 covering 1 event group.
Median: the middle signee’s personal best. Range: the full spread of the class, fastest to slowest. 1500m/Mile and 3000m marks read as their 1600m/3200m equivalents. Sourced from verified meets, not self-reported times.
The Central Connecticut program at a glance
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- NEC
- Campus
- New Britain, CT
- Enrollment
- 7,917 students
- T&F operating budget
- $451K men · $410K women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.
Women's standards
Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.
Who recruits for Central Connecticut
Sourced from the program’s own athletics department directory. Event groups coached here: throws.
- Eric BlakeHead Coach
- Nicole Dumpson-JacksonAssociate Head Coach
- Alex NorstromAssistant Coach
- Amanda PowlenThrows CoachThrows
- Bryan PowlenAssistant Coach
- Tyler RaymondAssistant Coach
Direct, verified contact info for the full Central Connecticut staff lives in the member database.
Every mark Central Connecticut signed — the whole 2025-26 class
20 athletes, and the high-school mark each one was signed on. Not a published standard, not an estimate, not a sample — every signing, every event. Names, hometowns and the coach who recruited each athlete are the member view.
Members see who each of these 20 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
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These numbers move every recruiting cycle — they’re last class’s signing marks, not a fixed bar. Programs also weigh progression, event needs, academics and open roster spots, so a mark in range starts a conversation; it doesn’t guarantee one.
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More NEC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Central Connecticut recruits against.
D1 standards for the events Central Connecticut signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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