Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Franklin
NCAA Division III · HCAC · IN
Franklin signed 25 athletes for 2025-26 — including 2 international signees. What follows are their real high-school marks, not a program’s published walk-on line — the honest answer to “would they recruit me?”
Franklin is a 900-student private campus in Franklin, IN and competes in the HCAC. Dworak, Brandon leads a staff of 5 covering 1 event group.
The median below is the middle signee’s PR and the range spans the whole class, fastest to slowest. 1500m/Mile and 3000m are shown converted to 1600m/3200m. All of it comes from verified meet results.
Franklin, by the numbers
- Division
- NCAA Division III
- Conference
- HCAC
- Campus
- Franklin, IN
- Enrollment
- 900 students
- T&F operating budget
- $114K men · $54K women
Private institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
US-based signees, marks verified against American high-school meet results.
Women's standards
US-based signees, marks verified against American high-school meet results.
Who recruits for Franklin
As listed on the program’s official coaching staff page. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country.
- Dworak, BrandonHead Cross Country/Track & Field CoachDistance
- Doug BakerVolunteer Assistant Cross Country/Track & Field CoachDistance
- Emma ClorVolunteer Assistant Cross Country/Track & Field CoachDistance
- Randy StevensonAssistant Cross Country/Track & Field CoachDistance
- Smith, CameronAssistant Track & Field Coach
Every Franklin coach’s verified email and phone are in the member database.
Every verified mark in Franklin's 2025-26 class
20 of the 25 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 5 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: Ind. · Ky.
Signed out of: Ind. · Ohio
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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This class’s marks, not a permanent standard: the range shifts every cycle as rosters and needs change. Progression, event fit, academics and open spots all factor into a real recruiting decision — fitting the range is a conversation-starter, not an offer.
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More HCAC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Franklin recruits against.
D3 standards for the events Franklin signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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