Real Recruiting Standards · 2025-26

Kentucky

What it actually takes to run at Kentucky

NCAA Division I · SEC · KY

Every mark below belongs to someone Kentucky actually signed for 2025-26 — including 7 international signees — 32 athletes in the class. Not an estimate. The real bar.

Kentucky is a 23,930-student public campus in Lexington, KY and competes in the SEC. Lonnie Greene leads a staff of 6 covering 5 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 Kentucky program at a glance

Division
NCAA Division I
Conference
SEC
Campus
Lexington, KY
Enrollment
23,930 students

Public institution

T&F operating budget
$3.3M men · $4.0M 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
10.545 signees
200mSprints
21.084 signees
1600mDistance
4:10.244 signees

+8 more events with real signee standards — 3200m, 400m, 800m, Long Jump, Pole Vault, Triple Jump, Discus, Shot Put

Everything above is the free slice. Members get the rest of Kentucky’s class — names, marks, budgets, and coach contacts.

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Women's standards

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

400mSprints
55.584 signees
200mSprints
23.883 signees
Shot PutThrows
14.48m3 signees

+5 more events with real signee standards — 100m, 100m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles, Long Jump, Discus

Full access unlocks every event in Kentucky’s class — names, marks, program budgets, and how to reach the coaching staff.

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Who recruits for Kentucky

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

  • Lonnie GreeneDirector of XC/Track & Field - Head CoachDistance
  • Darryl AndersonAssistant Coach - Men's SprintsSprints & Hurdles
  • Keith McBrideAssistant Coach - ThrowsThrows
  • Kris GrimesAssistant Coach - Vertical Jumps and Combined EventsMultis
  • Leevan SandsAssistant Coach - JumpsJumps
  • Tito MedranoAssistant Coach - Distance/XCDistance

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

Where do YOUR marks fit?

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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.

Kentucky permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Kentucky NIL rules →

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