Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Montana
NCAA Division I · Big Sky · MT
No published standards, no estimates — this is what Montana actually signed: 26 athletes in the 2025-26 class. What it takes, straight from the results.
Montana is a 7,570-student public campus in Missoula, MT and competes in the Big Sky. Doug Fraley 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 Montana program at a glance
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- Big Sky
- Campus
- Missoula, MT
- Enrollment
- 7,570 students
- T&F operating budget
- $745K men · $760K women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.
+9 more events with real signee standards — 1600m, Discus, 400m, 3200m, Pole Vault, Javelin, Shot Put, Long Jump, Triple Jump
Everything above is the free slice. Members get the rest of Montana’s class — names, marks, budgets, and coach contacts.
Unlock the full standards →Women's standards
Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.
+6 more events with real signee standards — 400m, 100m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles, High Jump, Discus, Shot Put
Everything above is the free slice. Members get the rest of Montana’s class — names, marks, budgets, and coach contacts.
Unlock the full standards →Who recruits for Montana
Pulled directly from the program’s athletics staff directory. Event groups coached here: sprints and hurdles, distance and cross country, jumps and vault, throws, combined events.
- Doug FraleyHead Coach (Sprints)Sprints & Hurdles
- AJ EckmannAssistant Coach (Distance)Distance
- Erica FraleyAssistant Coach (Vertical Jumps)Jumps
- Erin ClarkVolunteer Coach (Distance)Distance
- John KolbAssistant Coach (Throws)Throws
- Lindsey HallAssistant Coach (Multis/Hurdles/Horizontal Jumps)Multis
Direct, verified contact info for the full Montana staff lives in the member database.
Every verified mark in Montana's 2025-26 class
23 of the 26 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 3 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: Wash. · Mont. · Ore. · N.C. · Calif. · Colo.
Signed out of: Wash. · Mont. · Nev. · Calif. · Ore.
Members see who each of these 23 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
Where do YOUR marks fit?
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Treat this as a snapshot of one signing class, not a fixed cutoff — it changes every cycle. Coaches also weigh progression, event needs, academics and roster spots, so landing in range opens a conversation rather than settling one.
Montana restricts high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Montana NIL rules →
More Big Sky recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Montana recruits against.
- Eastern Washington recruiting standards
- Idaho recruiting standards
- Idaho State recruiting standards
- Montana State recruiting standards
- Northern Arizona recruiting standards
- Northern Colorado recruiting standards
- Portland State recruiting standards
- Sacramento State recruiting standards
- Southern Utah recruiting standards
- Weber State recruiting standards
D1 standards for the events Montana signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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