Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · NCAA Division III

NESCAC Track & Field Recruiting Standards (2026-27)

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

The median NESCAC boys 1600m signee ran 4:25.85, against 4:36.87 for all of D3.

n = 402 marks from 11 programs, 2025-26 signing class, trackbeast.com. Each is the high-school mark of an athlete a program actually signed. An event is printed only with 30 or more marks from 5 or more programs.

Boys

Event	Top quarter	Median signee	Back quarter	All D3 median	Marks	Programs
100m	10.97	11.27	11.66	11.41	33	11
200m	22.38	22.91	23.50	23.32	36	11
400m	50.20	51.59	53.35	52.72	36	10
800m	1:56.58	1:59.74	2:02.65	2:03.98	44	9
1600m	4:20.29	4:25.85	4:32.00	4:36.87	59	9
3200m	9:26.68	9:42.74	9:48.88	10:00.77	45	9

Girls

Event	Top quarter	Median signee	Back quarter	All D3 median	Marks	Programs
200m	26.47	27.16	28.19	27.80	31	9
800m	2:20.31	2:24.95	2:30.08	2:31.41	41	9
1600m	5:09.07	5:18.14	5:32.16	5:36.11	45	9
3200m	11:19.66	11:35.55	11:54.52	12:05.47	32	9

Boys 1600m: the median NESCAC signee (4:25.85) was 11 seconds faster than the D3 median (4:36.87), across 59 marks.
NESCAC boys 3200m signees: 9:42.74 at the median, 18 seconds faster than the all-D3 figure of 10:00.77.
In the girls 1600m, NESCAC signed 18 seconds faster than D3 as a whole: 5:18.14 against 5:36.11.
Boys 800m: the median NESCAC signee (1:59.74) was 4.2 seconds faster than the D3 median (2:03.98), across 44 marks.

NESCAC programs

AmherstMA · most signed: boys 1600m (5)
BatesME · most signed: boys 1600m (8)
BowdoinME · most signed: boys 1600m (8)
ColbyME · most signed: boys 100m (3)
Conn CollegeCT · most signed: girls 800m (6)
HamiltonNY · most signed: boys 400m (1)
MiddleburyVT · most signed: boys 1600m (9)
Trinity CTCT · most signed: boys 1600m (5)
TuftsMA · most signed: boys 800m (8)
WesleyanCT · most signed: girls 1600m (10)
WilliamsMA · most signed: boys 400m (6)

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