Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

Jackson State

What it actually takes to run at Jackson State

NCAA Division I · SWAC · MS

No published standards, no estimates — this is what Jackson State actually signed: 15 athletes in the 2025-26 class — including 3 international signees. What it takes, straight from the results.

Jackson State is a 4,769-student public campus in Jackson, MS and competes in the SWAC. Jonathan Harris leads a staff of 4 covering 1 event group.

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 Jackson State program at a glance

Division
NCAA Division I
Conference
SWAC
Campus
Jackson, MS
Enrollment
4,769 students

Public institution

T&F operating budget
$468K men · $405K women

Program expense, not scholarship aid

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Men's standards

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

Long JumpJumps
6.50m2 signees
100mSprints
11.911 signee
400mSprints
1:01.551 signee
110m HurdlesHurdles
14.661 signee
300m HurdlesHurdles
39.971 signee
High JumpJumps
1.83m1 signee
Pole VaultJumps
4.29m1 signee
DiscusThrows
31.12m1 signee
Shot PutThrows
13.77m1 signee

Women's standards

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

200mSprints
24.783 signees
400mSprints
58.413 signees
100mSprints
11.812 signees
100m HurdlesHurdles
16.251 signee
800mDistance
2:15.451 signee
High JumpJumps
1.63m1 signee

Who recruits for Jackson State

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

  • Jonathan HarrisAssociate Head Coach
  • Johnson, JasmineDirector of Operations / Assistant Coach – Track & Field and Cross CountryDistance
  • Mark SpoonerAssistant Coach
  • Mark ThorneDirector of XC/TFDistance

Direct, verified contact info for the full Jackson State staff lives in the member database.

Every verified mark in Jackson State's 2025-26 class

11 of the 15 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 4 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 · 6 signed · 5 American shown

Signed out of: Calif. · MS · FL

100m1 signed
11.91
110m Hurdles1 signed
14.66
Pole Vault1 signed
4.29m
Long Jump1 signed
6.59m
Shot Put1 signed
13.77m

+ 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 · 5 signed

Signed out of: Ga. · Fla. · Mo. · NJ

100m2 signed
11.7811.85
400m1 signed
1:01.04
800m1 signed
2:15.45
High Jump1 signed
1.63m

Members see who each of these 11 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class

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