Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Virginia State
NCAA Division II · CIAA · VA
No published standards, no estimates — this is what Virginia State actually signed: 12 athletes in the 2025-26 class. What it takes, straight from the results.
Virginia State is a 5,074-student public campus in Blacksburg, VA and competes in the CIAA. Allen, Elizabeth leads a staff of 6 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 Virginia State program
- Division
- NCAA Division II
- Conference
- CIAA
- Campus
- Blacksburg, VA
- Enrollment
- 5,074 students
- T&F operating budget
- $430K men · $363K women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.
Who recruits for Virginia State
Sourced from the program’s own athletics department directory. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country.
- Allen, ElizabethHead Cross Country/Track & Field CoachDistance
- Bowers, JoelAssistant Track & Field Coach
- Bowers, JordanAssistant Track & Field Coach
- Brown, DavidAssistant Track & Field Coach
- Henry, ChristopherAssistant Track & Field Coach
- Taylor, LaurynAssistant Track & Field Coach
Verified contact details for every Virginia State coach are in the member database.
Every verified mark in Virginia State's 2025-26 class
9 of the 12 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: Va. · Md.
Members see who each of these 9 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
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These numbers move every recruiting cycle — they’re last class’s signing marks, not a fixed bar. Programs also weigh progression, event needs, academics and open roster spots, so a mark in range starts a conversation; it doesn’t guarantee one.
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More CIAA recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Virginia State recruits against.
D2 standards for the events Virginia State signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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