Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Cortland St
NCAA Division III · SUNYAC · NY
Every mark below belongs to someone Cortland St actually signed for 2025-26 — 22 athletes in the class. Not an estimate. The real bar.
Cortland St is a 5,901-student public campus in Cortland, NY and competes in the SUNYAC. Chad Dunham leads a staff of 8 covering 4 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 Cortland St program at a glance
- Division
- NCAA Division III
- Conference
- SUNYAC
- Campus
- Cortland, NY
- Enrollment
- 5,901 students
- T&F operating budget
- $232K men · $206K women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Women's standards
American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.
Who recruits for Cortland St
Sourced from the program’s own athletics department directory. Event groups coached here: sprints and hurdles, distance and cross country, jumps and vault, throws.
- Chad DunhamHead Cross Country CoachDistance
- Patrick, SteveDirector of Cross Country/Track & Field; Head Track and Field CoachDistance
- Curtis MerrickAssistant Track and Field Coach (Sprints/Hurdles/Horizontal Jumps)Jumps
- Helen ShearerAssistant Track and Field Coach
- Maris SeaburyAssistant Track and Field Coach (Sprints/Hurdles/Relays)Sprints & Hurdles
- Marissa Formes-PatrickVolunteer Assistant Coach (Distance)Distance
- McGinnis, PeterAssistant Track and Field Coach (Pole Vault)Jumps
- Mitch MakowskiAssistant Track and Field Coach (Throws)Throws
Direct, verified contact info for the full Cortland St staff lives in the member database.
Every verified mark in Cortland St's 2025-26 class
15 of the 22 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 7 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.
Members see who each of these 15 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
Where do YOUR marks fit?
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Treat this as a snapshot of one signing class, not a fixed cutoff — it changes every cycle. Coaches also weigh progression, event needs, academics and roster spots, so landing in range opens a conversation rather than settling one.
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More SUNYAC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Cortland St recruits against.
D3 standards for the events Cortland St signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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