What 800m mark do you need to get recruited by Cumberlands (women's)?

The median high-school 800m mark of Cumberlands's 2025-26 American women's signees was 2:28.26, with the class ranging 2:25.85 – 2:33.60 across 6 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Cumberlands competes in the Mid-South.

What 1600m mark do you need to get recruited by Cumberlands (women's)?

The median high-school 1600m mark of Cumberlands's 2025-26 American women's signees was 5:31.56, with the class ranging 5:13.16 – 5:56.03 across 5 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Cumberlands competes in the Mid-South.

What 3200m mark do you need to get recruited by Cumberlands (women's)?

The median high-school 3200m mark of Cumberlands's 2025-26 American women's signees was 11:49.61, with the class ranging 11:17.03 – 12:58.39 across 3 signees. That's what they actually signed — not a published standard. Cumberlands competes in the Mid-South.

Who is the head track and field coach at Cumberlands?

Sowder, Bradley (Head Coach) leads the Cumberlands track & field program. Sowder, Bradley leads a staff of 4 covering 3 event groups.

Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Cumberlands

NAIA · Mid-South · KY

Every mark below belongs to someone Cumberlands actually signed for 2025-26 — including 3 international signees — 20 athletes in the class. Not an estimate. The real bar.

Cumberlands is a 18,053-student private campus in Williamsburg, KY and competes in the Mid-South. Sowder, Bradley leads a staff of 4 covering 3 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 Cumberlands program at a glance

Division: NAIA
Conference: Mid-South
Campus: Williamsburg, KY
Enrollment: 18,053 students
T&F operating budget: $714K men · $564K women

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Women's standards

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

EventWhat their median signee ranFull class rangeDepth

800mDistance

2:28.26median signee

2:25.85 – 2:33.60class range

2:28.266 signees

1600mDistance

5:31.56median signee

5:13.16 – 5:56.03class range

5:31.565 signees

3200mDistance

11:49.61median signee

11:17.03 – 12:58.39class range

11:49.613 signees

+4 more events with real signee standards — Discus, Shot Put, 400m, Javelin

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Who recruits for Cumberlands

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

Sowder, BradleyHead Coach
White, DerekAssociate Head Coach - SprintsSprints & Hurdles
Horton, JohnAssistant Coach - Jumps & MultisMultis
Overholser, JamesAssistant Coach - DistanceDistance

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Every verified mark in Cumberlands's 2025-26 class

10 of the 20 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 10 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.

Women's class · 10 signed · 8 American shown

Signed out of: KY · OH · MT

800m4 signed

2:27.992:28.542:32.362:33.60

1600m1 signed

5:17.20

3200m1 signed

11:17.03

Shot Put1 signed

9.14m

Javelin1 signed

38.89m

+ 2 international signees 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.

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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 Mid-South recruiting standards

Real signee marks for the programs Cumberlands recruits against.

NAIA standards for the events Cumberlands signs

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

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