The Pipeline · Texas

Texas Men's Track and Field Athletes at D-III Programs

228 Texas athletes are on D-III men's track and field rosters right now. The high schools feeding them, the programs recruiting them, and the seven-step playbook to put your kid on next year's list.

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228

Texas Athletes On D-III Rosters

35

D-III Programs Recruiting Texas

180

Texas High Schools Feeding D-III

How many Texas high school men's track and field athletes actually land on D-III college rosters? Real numbers, not guesses. Right now, 228 Texas athletes carry D-III men's track and field performances across 35 programs, sourced from 180 Texas high schools, sprinters through throws. I built RawRecruit for the kids the recruiting services do not build for. I played in the NFL with the Eagles and Vikings, then coached for the Giants. The playbook here is the one I gave my own family. These counts come from current 2026 D-III men's track and field rosters. Below: the Texas high schools sending the most athletes, the D-III men's track and field programs recruiting hardest across event groups, the methodology, and the questions parents ask us most.

“The overlooked majority of HS athletes. The kids and parents nobody is calling first, who still want their kid on a roster like the ones above.

Kevin Monangai, Founder, RawRecruit

Former NFL running back (Eagles, Vikings)

Former NFL coach (Giants)

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The Feeders

Top Texas High Schools Feeding D-III Men's Track and Field

  1. 01Johnson
    5Athletes
  2. 02McAllen
    5Athletes
  3. 03Abilene
    4Athletes
  4. 04Seguin
    4Athletes
  5. 05Clear Lake
    3Athletes

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The Destinations

Top D-III Programs Recruiting Texas Men's Track and Field

01

Trinity (TX)

88

Texas Athletes

ED

Emily Daum

Head Cross Country Coach

Verified

02

Texas Lutheran

38

Texas Athletes

BR

Bri Ratliff

M/W Head Cross Country/Distance Coach

Verified

03

Hardin-Simmons

36

Texas Athletes

IH

Isaac Hamilton

Head Coach

Verified

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The Methodology

How We Count

Numbers come from publicly available 2026 D-III men's track and field rosters. We count any current athlete whose listed home state is Texas, school by school, season by season. The decision a family makes here is too big to plan around guesses, so we put the rosters in front of you.

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The Conversation

Parents Ask Us

Q.01
How many Texas high school men's track and field athletes are currently on D-III rosters?
Right now, 228 Texas athletes are on D-III men's track and field rosters, spread across 35 programs and sourced from 180 Texas high schools. Counts come from current 2026 rosters.
Q.02
Which D-III men's track and field programs recruit the most from Texas?
Trinity (TX) leads with 88 Texas athletes on the current roster, followed by Texas Lutheran (38) and Hardin-Simmons (36). The top three are listed above with the head coach for each program when verified. A free account opens the rest of the top ten.
Q.03
Which Texas high schools send the most athletes to D-III men's track and field?
Johnson and McAllen lead with 5 current D-III men's track and field athletes each, followed by Abilene (4), Seguin (4), Clear Lake (3). The full top 25 is on the page above.
Q.04
Is D-III men's track and field a realistic path for a Texas high school athlete?
Yes. With 228 Texas athletes currently on D-III men's track and field rosters across 35 programs, the path is busy and well worn. Scholarships at D-III men's track and field are equivalency-based, so families plan around how a coach splits a partial across an event group.
Q.05
How does RawRecruit count Texas to D-III men's track and field pipeline numbers?
We pull current 2026 D-III men's track and field rosters from public school athletics sites and count any athlete whose listed home state is Texas. Coach names show up only when verified inside our 35-day freshness window.
Q.06
What does my kid actually do with this list of high schools and programs?
The list is the input. The seven-step playbook is the action. Profile your kid's real marks and event group, build a target list off the programs above, send the email coaches actually read, and run the visit on full information. The full playbook lives at /guides/football/diy-recruiting and the same structure applies for track and field; we publish a sport-specific version next.
Q.07
We are not in Texas. Does the same playbook still apply for our state?
Yes. The seven-step playbook is sport-specific, not state-specific. The cohort and program list above are the Texas cut; the work a kid and parent do to reach D-III men's track and field coaches is the same in every state. State pipeline pages for the rest of the country roll out next.
Q.08
What happens when a coach leaves a D-III men's track and field program mid-cycle?
Coach names on this page only show up when our pipeline has verified them inside the last 35 days. When a head coach leaves, the slot reads as a transition note instead of a stale name; the program count and athlete numbers stay intact because those come from the roster, not the staff page. The list refreshes monthly.
Q.09
Why is RawRecruit giving away the rosters and coach contacts for free?
Because the data is the easy part. The hard part is keeping a school list current, filtering programs by your kid's real fit, and tracking coach records as staffs turn over every cycle. The free profile saves the work; the paid tiers exist for families who want deeper fit analytics. The free profile is enough for most.

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