Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Simpson
NCAA Division III · ARC · IA
These aren’t published walk-on standards or estimates. They’re the real marks of the 26 athletes Simpson actually signed in its 2025-26 recruiting class. The honest answer to “would they recruit me?”
Simpson is a 1,227-student private campus in Indianola, IA and competes in the ARC. Ashlan Burton leads a staff of 6 covering 1 event group.
The median below is the middle signee’s PR and the range spans the whole class, fastest to slowest. 1500m/Mile and 3000m are shown converted to 1600m/3200m. All of it comes from verified meet results.
Simpson program snapshot
- Division
- NCAA Division III
- Conference
- ARC
- Campus
- Indianola, IA
- Enrollment
- 1,227 students
- T&F operating budget
- $154K men · $154K women
Private institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.
Who recruits for Simpson
The staff listed on the program’s own athletics site. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country.
- Ashlan BurtonTitle: Associate Head Track and Field Coach
- Heath MoenckTitle: Director of Track and Field and Cross Country/Head Cross Country CoachDistance
- James HoffmanTitle: Head Track and Field Coach
- Carter BerkeyTitle: Asst. Track and Field Coach
- David ZwankTitle: Asst. Cross Country CoachDistance
- Natasha BrownTitle: Asst. Track and Field Coach
Every Simpson coach’s verified email and phone are in the member database.
Every verified mark in Simpson's 2025-26 class
22 of the 26 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.
Signed out of: Iowa · Colo.
Members see who each of these 22 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
Where do YOUR marks fit?
BeastMatch scores your PRs against the actual signing history of every college program — Simpson and 980+ more — in seconds. Free, no account needed.
Standards reflect the program’s most recent signing class and shift every cycle. Recruiting decisions also weigh progression, event needs, academics and roster spots — a mark inside the range is a conversation, not a guarantee.
Iowa permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Iowa NIL rules →
More ARC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Simpson recruits against.
D3 standards for the events Simpson signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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Start with the honest read — where your athlete’s marks actually fit against Simpson and the rest of NCAA Division III.
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