Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

Ferris State

What it actually takes to run at Ferris State

NCAA Division II · GLIAC · MI

Every mark below belongs to someone Ferris State actually signed for 2025-26 — 31 athletes in the class. Not an estimate. The real bar.

Ferris State is a 8,106-student public campus in Big Rapids, MI and competes in the GLIAC. Kelsh, Jared leads a staff of 3 covering 2 event groups.

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 Ferris State program

Division
NCAA Division II
Conference
GLIAC
Campus
Big Rapids, MI
Enrollment
8,106 students

Public institution

T&F operating budget
$247K men · $245K women

Program expense, not scholarship aid

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Men's standards

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

100mSprints
11.096 signees
200mSprints
22.626 signees
1600mDistance
4:31.615 signees
3200mDistance
9:49.975 signees
400mSprints
51.933 signees
800mDistance
2:01.883 signees
DiscusThrows
49.43m2 signees
Shot PutThrows
14.82m2 signees
Long JumpJumps
6.78m1 signee

Women's standards

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

200mSprints
26.545 signees
400mSprints
1:01.685 signees
1600mDistance
5:32.285 signees
800mDistance
2:22.185 signees
100mSprints
12.814 signees
3200mDistance
11:48.204 signees
DiscusThrows
34.12m2 signees
Shot PutThrows
9.90m2 signees
100m HurdlesHurdles
15.431 signee
300m HurdlesHurdles
46.781 signee
Long JumpJumps
4.10m1 signee

Who recruits for Ferris State

Pulled directly from the program’s athletics staff directory. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country, throws.

  • Kelsh, JaredHead Coach
  • Larry LevineAssistant Coach (Throws)Throws
  • Melissa KesslerAssistant Coach (Distance)Distance

Verified contact details for every Ferris State coach are in the member database.

Every mark Ferris State signed — the whole 2025-26 class

31 athletes, and the high-school mark each one was signed on. Not a published standard, not an estimate, not a sample — every signing, every event. Names, hometowns and the coach who recruited each athlete are the member view.

Men's class · 15 signed

Signed out of: Mich. · Mass. · Ohio

100m5 signed
10.7110.9111.0411.1313.31
200m1 signed
22.56
400m1 signed
49.63
800m1 signed
2:01.88
1600m2 signed
4:24.454:27.56
3200m3 signed
9:49.979:50.0910:23.59
Discus2 signed
52.55m46.30m
Women's class · 16 signed

Signed out of: Mich. · Ill.

100m2 signed
12.5913.21
200m2 signed
26.0226.54
800m4 signed
2:21.292:21.972:22.182:22.19
1600m3 signed
5:18.505:47.885:51.86
3200m2 signed
11:17.4211:51.11
300m Hurdles1 signed
46.78
Shot Put1 signed
10.37m
Discus1 signed
34.19m

Members see who each of these 31 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class

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D2 standards for the events Ferris State signs

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

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