Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

Sterling

What it actually takes to run at Sterling

NAIA · KCAC · KS

Every mark below belongs to someone Sterling actually signed for 2025-26 — 14 athletes in the class. Not an estimate. The real bar.

Sterling is a 706-student private campus in Sterling, KS and competes in the KCAC. Mason Blevins leads a staff of 4.

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 Sterling program at a glance

Division
NAIA
Conference
KCAC
Campus
Sterling, KS
Enrollment
706 students

Private institution

T&F operating budget
$100K men · $52K women

Program expense, not scholarship aid

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Men's standards

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

1600mDistance
4:52.783 signees
DiscusThrows
41.22m3 signees
Shot PutThrows
14.02m3 signees

+7 more events with real signee standards — 3200m, 800m, 100m, 200m, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Javelin

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

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Women's standards

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

100mSprints
12.631 signee
200mSprints
27.031 signee
300m HurdlesHurdles
45.911 signee

+3 more events with real signee standards — High Jump, Discus, Shot Put

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

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Who recruits for Sterling

Pulled directly from the program’s athletics staff directory.

  • Mason BlevinsHead Track and Field Coach
  • Brett OdenAssistant Track Coach
  • Emily BlevinsAssistant Track and Field Coach
  • Trajen SmithAssistant Track and Field Coach

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

Every verified mark in Sterling's 2025-26 class

12 of the 14 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 2 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 · 9 signed

Signed out of: Kan. · Okla. · Texas

100m1 signed
11.32
800m2 signed
2:01.482:06.59
3200m1 signed
10:59.00
Triple Jump1 signed
13.44m
Shot Put2 signed
15.07m14.02m
Discus1 signed
47.04m
Javelin1 signed
46.96m
Women's class · 3 signed

Signed out of: Okla · Kan.

300m Hurdles1 signed
45.91
High Jump1 signed
1.68m
Shot Put1 signed
10.04m

Members see who each of these 12 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class

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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.

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

NAIA standards for the events Sterling signs

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

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