Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

Central State

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

Public institution

T&F operating budget
$235K men · $235K women

Program expense, not scholarship aid

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Men's standards

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

100mSprints
11.243 signees
200mSprints
22.943 signees
1600mDistance
4:52.702 signees
800mDistance
2:16.002 signees
Shot PutThrows
13.08m2 signees
400mSprints
49.741 signee
110m HurdlesHurdles
16.041 signee
300m HurdlesHurdles
42.061 signee
3200mDistance
10:44.331 signee
DiscusThrows
43.48m1 signee

Women's standards

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

200mSprints
27.018 signees
400mSprints
1:03.257 signees
100mSprints
12.986 signees
300m HurdlesHurdles
46.582 signees
Long JumpJumps
5.23m2 signees
100m HurdlesHurdles
16.151 signee
Triple JumpJumps
10.62m1 signee

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.

Men's class · 11 signed · 10 American shown

Signed out of: Ohio · FL · OH · MO

100m3 signed
10.9511.2411.27
400m1 signed
49.74
800m1 signed
2:09.04
1600m1 signed
4:50.72
3200m1 signed
10:44.33
300m Hurdles1 signed
42.06
Shot Put2 signed
14.47m11.70m

+ 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.

Women's class · 9 signed

Signed out of: OH · Maryland · NJ · VA · GA · MI

100m4 signed
11.7812.3913.0013.06
200m2 signed
26.7227.03
400m1 signed
1:00.44
300m Hurdles1 signed
46.75
Long Jump1 signed
5.38m

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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D2 standards for the events Central State signs

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

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