Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

Kenyon

What it actually takes to run at Kenyon

NCAA Division III · NCAC · OH

No published standards, no estimates — this is what Kenyon actually signed: 21 athletes in the 2025-26 class. What it takes, straight from the results.

Kenyon is a 1,732-student private campus in Gambier, OH and competes in the NCAC. Julius Higginbotham leads a staff of 6 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 Kenyon program at a glance

Division
NCAA Division III
Conference
NCAC
Campus
Gambier, OH
Enrollment
1,732 students

Private institution

T&F operating budget
$88K men · $88K women

Program expense, not scholarship aid

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Men's standards

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

1600mDistance
4:43.839 signees
3200mDistance
10:41.696 signees
800mDistance
2:04.392 signees

+6 more events with real signee standards — Shot Put, 100m, High Jump, Triple Jump, Discus, Javelin

Everything above is the free slice. Members get the rest of Kenyon’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.

Shot PutThrows
7.78m2 signees
100mSprints
12.481 signee
200mSprints
25.711 signee

+5 more events with real signee standards — 400m, 1600m, 800m, High Jump, Discus

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

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Who recruits for Kenyon

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

  • Julius HigginbothamHead Track and Field Coach
  • Kirk ShellhouseHead Cross Country Coach / Assistant Track and Field CoachDistance
  • Chris KennerlyVolunteer Assistant Track & Field Coach
  • John GogleVolunteer Assistant Cross Country CoachDistance
  • Kirsten O'MalleyPart-time Assistant Track & Field Coach
  • Taryn SharpAssistant Track and Field Coach

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

Every verified mark in Kenyon's 2025-26 class

17 of the 21 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 · 13 signed

Signed out of: GA · ID · CA · NY · IL · PA · +3 more

800m1 signed
2:00.09
1600m7 signed
4:36.884:42.584:43.764:43.834:44.964:58.745:04.16
3200m2 signed
9:45.8110:33.86
High Jump1 signed
1.88m
Discus1 signed
36.20m
Javelin1 signed
32.70m
Women's class · 4 signed

Signed out of: OH · VA · IL

200m1 signed
25.71
1600m1 signed
5:56.21
Shot Put2 signed
9.33m6.24m

Members see who each of these 17 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class

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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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D3 standards for the events Kenyon signs

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

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