Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Central State
NCAA Division II · SIAC · OH
No published standards, no estimates — this is what Central State actually signed: 23 athletes in the 2025-26 class — including 1 international signee. What it takes, straight from the results.
Central State is a 2,620-student public campus in Wilberforce, OH and competes in the SIAC. Lightfoot, Elliott leads a staff of 2 covering 1 event group.
Median = the middle signee’s PR. Range = fastest to slowest mark they signed. 1500m/Mile and 3000m marks are shown as 1600m/3200m equivalents. Aggregated from verified meet results.
Inside the Central State program
- Division
- NCAA Division II
- Conference
- SIAC
- Campus
- Wilberforce, OH
- Enrollment
- 2,620 students
- T&F operating budget
- $235K men · $235K 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 State
Pulled directly from the program’s athletics staff directory. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country.
- Lightfoot, ElliottHead Coach
- Laki, LemiAssistant Coach Track and Field/Cross CountryDistance
Verified contact details for every Central State coach are in the member database.
Every verified mark in Central State's 2025-26 class
20 of the 23 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 3 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: Ohio · FL · OH · MO
+ 1 international signee in this class — their marks are in the International view of the tables above, kept separate so the American numbers above stay readable as US high-school marks.
Signed out of: OH · Maryland · NJ · VA · GA · MI
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 SIAC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Central State recruits against.
D2 standards for the events Central State signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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