Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Boys
What colleges recruit a 4:40 1600m?
A boys 4:40 1600m is at or ahead of the median signee at 63 of the 265 college programs where we hold a verified 1600m median: 3 in D1, 10 in D2, 40 in D3 and 10 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 4:40 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 4:40 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 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 752 |
| NAIA | 4:32.88 | 4:42.63 | 4:54.17 | Ahead of the median signee | 276 |
- 4:40 trails the D1 back-quarter line (4:26.13) by 14 seconds and the median signee (4:18.34) by 22 seconds.
- D2: 4:40 is 8.6 seconds behind the median signee (4:31.40) and 3.1 seconds ahead of the back-quarter line (4:43.12). Athletes at this mark did sign.
- At D3, 4:40 sits in the slower half of the class but ahead of the back quarter (4:50.41). The median signee ran 4:36.87, 3.1 seconds faster.
- At NAIA, 4:40 is in the faster half of the class. The median signee ran 4:42.63; the top quarter starts at 4:32.88, 7.1 seconds away.
Programs whose typical 1600m signee ran about 4:40
64 programs have a median boys 1600m signee within 5 seconds of 4:40. The closest at each level:
- EvansvilleD1MVC · IN6 signees4:39.04median
- PacificD1WCC · CA6 signees4:41.33median
- NichollsD1Southland · LA6 signees4:43.06median
- WestmontD2PacWest · CA11 signees4:39.87median
- Slippery RockD2PSAC · PA7 signees4:40.39median
- West Liberty StD2MEC · WV4 signees4:40.86median
- Central CollegeD3ARC · IA4 signees4:39.78median
- St NorbertD3MWC · WI5 signees4:39.36median
- Brockport StD3SUNYAC · NY6 signees4:40.73median
- Park UNAIAHeart · MO5 signees4:39.03median
- StMary-KSNAIAKCAC · KS7 signees4:38.98median
- Southeastern CollegeNAIASun · FL5 signees4:38.91median
One step up
Programs whose typical 1600m signee was a little faster than 4:40: the next rung.
- Nebraska WesleyanD3ARC · NE8 signees4:34.94median
- Bismarck State CollegeNAIAFrontier · ND6 signees4:34.91median
- Montana TechNAIAFrontier · MT4 signees4:34.67median
- Seattle PacificD2GNAC · WA4 signees4:34.67median
- Wis OshkoshD3WIAC · WI5 signees4:34.55median
- Trinity TXD3SAA · TX9 signees4:34.08median
How to use this
Read a program median as "the typical signee", never as a bar you must clear. Half the class sat behind it. Grade, progression, a second event and roster needs all move a real decision, so this is a list of coaches to write, not a promise.
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