Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at VMI
NCAA Division I · SoCon · VA
No published standards, no estimates — this is what VMI actually signed: 6 athletes in the 2025-26 class — including 1 international signee. What it takes, straight from the results.
VMI is a 1,527-student public campus in Lexington, VA and competes in the SoCon. LaRon Bennett leads a staff of 4 covering 2 event groups.
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 VMI program
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- SoCon
- Campus
- Lexington, VA
- Enrollment
- 1,527 students
- T&F operating budget
- $550K men · $519K women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Women's standards
American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.
+5 more events with real signee standards — 200m, High Jump, Discus, Javelin, Shot Put
Full access unlocks every event in VMI’s class — names, marks, program budgets, and how to reach the coaching staff.
Unlock the full standards →Who recruits for VMI
Pulled directly from the program’s athletics staff directory. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country, combined events.
- LaRon BennettDirector of Track & Field / Cross CountryDistance
- Gaillet, ElisabethAssistant Coach (Cross Country/Distance)Distance
- Michael BozemanAssistant Coach - Emeritus
- Sinegal, AllenAssistant Coach (Jumps/Multis)Multis
Verified contact details for every VMI coach are in the member database.
Every verified mark in VMI's 2025-26 class
5 of the 6 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: Va. · Fla.
+ 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 5 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.
Virginia permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Virginia NIL rules →
More SoCon recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs VMI recruits against.
D1 standards for the events VMI signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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