Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Youngstown State
NCAA Division I · Horizon · OH
Every mark below belongs to someone Youngstown State actually signed for 2025-26 — including 2 international signees — 27 athletes in the class. Not an estimate. The real bar.
Youngstown State is a 8,436-student public campus in Youngstown, OH and competes in the Horizon. Brian Gorby leads a staff of 8 covering 5 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 Youngstown State program
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- Horizon
- Campus
- Youngstown, OH
- Enrollment
- 8,436 students
- T&F operating budget
- $696K men · $925K 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 Youngstown State
Sourced from the program’s own athletics department directory. Event groups coached here: sprints and hurdles, distance and cross country, jumps and vault, throws, combined events.
- Brian GorbyHead Track & Field/Cross Country CoachDistance
- Eric RupeAssistant Track & Field/Associate Cross Country Head CoachDistance
- Arnaldo MoralesAssistant Track & Field Coach - Jumps/MultisMultis
- Bre RupeAssistant Track & Field/Cross Country CoachDistance
- David TownsendAssistant Track & Field Coach - SprintsSprints & Hurdles
- Keith GorbyAssistant Track & Field/Cross Country CoachDistance
- Maura HuwaltAssistant Track & Field Coach - ThrowsThrows
- Rick PennimanAssistant Track & Field Coach - Pole VaultJumps
Verified contact details for every Youngstown State coach are in the member database.
Every verified mark in Youngstown State's 2025-26 class
26 of the 27 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: Ohio · Pa · OH
+ 2 international signees 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.
Signed out of: Ohio · OH · NY · Pa · W. Va. · Pa. · +1 more
Members see who each of these 26 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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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 Horizon recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Youngstown State recruits against.
D1 standards for the events Youngstown State signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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