Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

Shawnee State

What it actually takes to run at Shawnee State

NAIA · RSC · OH

No published standards, no estimates — this is what Shawnee State actually signed: 22 athletes in the 2025-26 class. What it takes, straight from the results.

Shawnee State is a 3,297-student public campus in Portsmouth, OH and competes in the RSC. Austin Ridenour leads a staff of 7 covering 4 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 Shawnee State program at a glance

Division
NAIA
Conference
RSC
Campus
Portsmouth, OH
Enrollment
3,297 students

Public institution

T&F operating budget
$255K men · $185K women

Program expense, not scholarship aid

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Men's standards

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

400mSprints
53.215 signees
100mSprints
11.174 signees
200mSprints
22.774 signees
DiscusThrows
45.92m2 signees
110m HurdlesHurdles
13.681 signee
300m HurdlesHurdles
36.681 signee
Shot PutThrows
16.21m1 signee

Women's standards

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

3200mDistance
13:53.034 signees
800mDistance
2:52.164 signees
1600mDistance
6:00.493 signees
100mSprints
13.592 signees
200mSprints
29.282 signees
Shot PutThrows
11.93m1 signee

Who recruits for Shawnee State

Pulled directly from the program’s athletics staff directory. Event groups coached here: sprints and hurdles, distance and cross country, jumps and vault, throws.

  • Austin RidenourAssistant Director of Cross Country/Track and FieldDistance
  • Conner FlynnDirector of Cross Country & Track and FieldDistance
  • Mason BlizzardAssistant Director of Cross Country/Track and FieldDistance
  • Chad HammondAssistant Coach - SprintsSprints & Hurdles
  • Jaina BaileyStudent Assistant - ThrowsThrows
  • Paige BrammerAssistant Coach - JumpsJumps
  • Todd EasthamAssistant Coach - ThrowsThrows

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

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

15 of the 22 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 7 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 · 7 signed

Signed out of: Ohio · Ky.

100m1 signed
10.96
200m2 signed
22.9225.32
400m1 signed
52.32
300m Hurdles1 signed
36.68
Shot Put1 signed
16.21m
Discus1 signed
46.28m
Women's class · 8 signed

Signed out of: Ohio

100m2 signed
13.2513.94
800m1 signed
2:47.40
1600m3 signed
5:48.866:00.496:05.12
3200m1 signed
13:57.22
Shot Put1 signed
11.93m

Members see who each of these 15 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class

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