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Big Ten Track & Field Recruiting Standards (2026-27)

Name: Big Ten Track & Field Recruiting Standards (2025-26 signing class)
Creator: Trackbeast

The median Big Ten girls 1600m signee ran 4:56.79, against 5:06.45 for all of D1.

n = 272 marks from 18 programs, 2025-26 signing class, trackbeast.com. Built from what signees ran in high school. Events without 30 marks from at least 5 programs are not shown.

Boys

Event	Top quarter	Median signee	Back quarter	All D1 median	Marks	Programs
1600m	4:08.74	4:11.97	4:15.92	4:18.34	35	14
3200m	8:59.09	9:03.68	9:09.23	9:21.28	31	13

Girls

Event	Top quarter	Median signee	Back quarter	All D1 median	Marks	Programs
200m	24.22	24.56	24.97	25.27	36	13
400m	54.53	55.93	58.11	58.11	41	14
800m	2:09.55	2:12.58	2:16.38	2:18.36	39	15
1600m	4:51.29	4:56.79	5:00.44	5:06.45	51	16
3200m	10:35.01	10:44.79	10:58.28	11:03.53	39	14

Big Ten girls 1600m signees: 4:56.79 at the median, 9.7 seconds faster than the all-D1 figure of 5:06.45.
Big Ten girls 400m signees: 55.93 at the median, 2.2 seconds faster than the all-D1 figure of 58.11.
In the girls 800m, Big Ten signed 5.8 seconds faster than D1 as a whole: 2:12.58 against 2:18.36.
Girls 3200m: the median Big Ten signee (10:44.79) was 19 seconds faster than the D1 median (11:03.53), across 39 marks.

Big Ten programs

IllinoisIL · most signed: girls 1600m (3)
IndianaIN · most signed: boys 200m (4)
IowaIA · most signed: boys 800m (5)
MarylandMD · most signed: girls 200m (4)
MichiganMI · most signed: girls 200m (5)
Michigan StateMI · most signed: girls 1600m (5)
MinnesotaMN · most signed: girls 1600m (5)
NebraskaNE · most signed: girls 1600m (3)
NorthwesternIL · most signed: girls 1600m (4)
Ohio StateOH · most signed: boys 1600m (3)
OregonOR · most signed: girls Javelin (2)
Penn StatePA · most signed: girls 1600m (8)
PurdueIN · most signed: boys 100m (5)
RutgersNJ · most signed: girls 1600m (3)
UCLACA · most signed: boys 1600m (5)
USCCA · most signed: girls 200m (4)
WashingtonWA · most signed: boys 1600m (2)
WisconsinWI · most signed: boys 400m (4)

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These numbers describe the 2025-26 signing class; they do not guarantee a spot or aid. Sourced from public meet results and official rosters, and refreshed as new data lands.

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