Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Tarleton State
NCAA Division I · WAC · TX
No published standards, no estimates — this is what Tarleton State actually signed: 19 athletes in the 2025-26 class — including 1 international signee. What it takes, straight from the results.
Tarleton State is a 13,688-student public campus in Stephenville, TX and competes in the WAC. Bobby Carter leads a staff of 5 covering 1 event group.
Median = the middle signee’s PR. Range = fastest to slowest mark they signed. 1500m/Mile and 3000m marks are shown as 1600m/3200m equivalents. Aggregated from verified meet results.
Inside the Tarleton State program
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- WAC
- Campus
- Stephenville, TX
- Enrollment
- 13,688 students
- T&F operating budget
- $924K men · $1.1M women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.
Women's standards
American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.
Who recruits for Tarleton State
Pulled directly from the program’s athletics staff directory. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country.
- Bobby CarterHead Track and Field, Cross Country CoachDistance
- Christopher ZentAssistant Track and Field Coach
- David ClaybrooksAssistant Track and Field Coach
- James DearthAssistant Track and Field Coach
- Timothy ThompsonAssistant Track and Field Coach
Verified contact details for every Tarleton State coach are in the member database.
Every verified mark in Tarleton State's 2025-26 class
18 of the 19 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other one has no verified mark on record, so that athlete is 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: TX · KS St. Thomas · TX The · OK · TX Glen · WA Federal · +1 more
Signed out of: TX · TX Medina
+ 1 international signee in this class — their marks are in the International view of the tables above, kept separate so the American numbers above stay readable as US high-school marks.
Members see who each of these 18 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.
Texas permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Texas NIL rules →
More WAC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Tarleton State recruits against.
D1 standards for the events Tarleton State signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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