Real Recruiting Standards · 2025-26

Central Missouri

What it actually takes to run at Central Missouri

NCAA Division II · MIAA · MO

Every mark below belongs to someone Central Missouri actually signed for 2025-26 — 2 athletes in the class. Not an estimate. The real bar.

Central Missouri is a 5,648-student public campus in Warrensburg, MO and competes in the MIAA. Nurenberg, Collin leads a staff of 6 covering 2 event groups.

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 Missouri program at a glance

Division
NCAA Division II
Conference
MIAA
Campus
Warrensburg, MO
Enrollment
5,648 students

Public institution

T&F operating budget
$541K men · $499K women

Program expense, not scholarship aid

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Men's standards

American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.

1600mDistance
4:36.431 signee
3200mDistance
10:25.091 signee

Women's standards

Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.

100mSprints
12.731 signee
200mSprints
26.511 signee

Who recruits for Central Missouri

Sourced from the program’s own athletics department directory. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country, throws.

  • Nurenberg, CollinHead Cross Country Coach/Distance CoachDistance
  • Paterson, KevinHead Track & Field Coach
  • Fairbanks, BrentAssistant Track & Field Coach/Throws CoachThrows
  • Klover, MaggieGraduate Assistant Coach
  • McCarty, DanAssistant Track & Field/Cross Country CoachDistance
  • Waldron, MichaelGraduate Assistant Coach

Direct, verified contact info for the full Central Missouri staff lives in the member database.

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