Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Boys

What colleges recruit a 4:25 1600m?

A boys 4:25 1600m is at or ahead of the median signee at 176 of the 265 college programs where we hold a verified 1600m median: 18 in D1, 53 in D2, 83 in D3 and 22 in NAIA.

n = 2,304 boys 1600m marks, 2025-26 signing class, trackbeast.com. Each is the high-school mark of an athlete a college program actually signed. A program's median is shown only when it signed four or more athletes in the event.

Where a 4:25 sits at each level

LevelMedian signeeA 4:25 is…
D14:18.34Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter
D24:31.40Ahead of the median signee
D34:36.87In the top quarter of the class
NAIA4:42.63In the top quarter of the class
  • At D1, 4:25 sits in the slower half of the class but ahead of the back quarter (4:26.13). The median signee ran 4:18.34, 6.7 seconds faster.
  • 4:25 beats the median D2 signee (4:31.40) by 6.4 seconds. The next line up is the top quarter at 4:24.19.
  • D3: 4:25 is inside the top quarter of the class. The top-quarter line was 4:27.74 and the median D3 signee ran 4:36.87, 12 seconds slower.
  • NAIA: 4:25 is inside the top quarter of the class. The top-quarter line was 4:32.88 and the median NAIA signee ran 4:42.63, 18 seconds slower.

Programs whose typical 1600m signee ran about 4:25

75 programs have a median boys 1600m signee within 5 seconds of 4:25. The closest at each level:

One step up

Programs whose typical 1600m signee was a little faster than 4:25: the next rung.

How to use this

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Other boys 1600m marks

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1600m standards by level

NCAA Division I 1600m standards →NCAA Division II 1600m standards →NCAA Division III 1600m standards →NAIA 1600m standards →By conference →By state →

Not official cutoffs and not a promise of a roster spot or a scholarship. This is what each program's 2025-26 signing class ran in high school, from public meet results and official rosters. It moves every cycle and updates when the data does.

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