Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Boys
What colleges recruit a 4:35 1600m?
A boys 4:35 1600m is at or ahead of the median signee at 99 of the 265 college programs where we hold a verified 1600m median: 6 in D1, 21 in D2, 54 in D3 and 18 in NAIA.
n = 2,304 boys 1600m marks, 2025-26 signing class, trackbeast.com. Built from what signed athletes ran in high school, read for the 2026-27 cycle. No program median is printed off fewer than four signees.
Where a 4:35 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 4:35 is… | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 4:12.93 | 4:18.34 | 4:26.13 | Behind the back quarter | 706 |
| D2 | 4:24.19 | 4:31.40 | 4:43.12 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 570 |
| D3 | 4:27.74 | 4:36.87 | 4:50.41 | Ahead of the median signee | 752 |
| NAIA | 4:32.88 | 4:42.63 | 4:54.17 | Ahead of the median signee | 276 |
- 4:35 trails the D1 back-quarter line (4:26.13) by 8.9 seconds and the median signee (4:18.34) by 17 seconds.
- D2: 4:35 is 3.6 seconds behind the median signee (4:31.40) and 8.1 seconds ahead of the back-quarter line (4:43.12). Athletes at this mark did sign.
- At D3, 4:35 is in the faster half of the class. The median signee ran 4:36.87; the top quarter starts at 4:27.74, 7.3 seconds away.
- NAIA: 4:35 is 7.6 seconds ahead of the median signee (4:42.63) and 2.1 seconds short of the top quarter (4:32.88).
Programs whose typical 1600m signee ran about 4:35
70 programs have a median boys 1600m signee within 5 seconds of 4:35. The closest at each level:
- LongwoodD1Big South · VA4 signees4:35.11median
- RadfordD1Big South · VA6 signees4:35.34median
- Fairleigh DickinsonD1NEC · NJ4 signees4:33.61median
- Seattle PacificD2GNAC · WA4 signees4:34.67median
- AssumptionD2NE10 · MA5 signees4:35.63median
- Fort LewisD2RMAC · CO5 signees4:33.90median
- Dickinson CollegeD3Centennial · PA5 signees4:35.01median
- CapitalD3OAC · OH5 signees4:35.02median
- Nebraska WesleyanD3ARC · NE8 signees4:34.94median
- Bismarck State CollegeNAIAFrontier · ND6 signees4:34.91median
- Montana TechNAIAFrontier · MT4 signees4:34.67median
- Indiana WesleyanNAIACrossroads · IN7 signees4:33.98median
One step up
Programs whose typical 1600m signee was a little faster than 4:35: the next rung.
- Western OregonD2GNAC · OR4 signees4:29.72median
- Wis WhitewaterD3WIAC · WI5 signees4:29.42median
- BowdoinD3NESCAC · ME8 signees4:29.28median
- Saginaw ValleyD2GLIAC · MI8 signees4:29.14median
- Washington LeeD3ODAC · VA4 signees4:29.05median
- UC-MercedD2PacWest · CA4 signees4:28.76median
How to use this
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