Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Boys
What colleges recruit a 4:50 1600m?
A boys 4:50 1600m is at or ahead of the median signee at 22 of the 265 college programs where we hold a verified 1600m median: 3 in D2, 15 in D3 and 4 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 4:50 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 4:50 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 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 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 276 |
- D1: 4:50 is 24 seconds behind the back-quarter line (4:26.13). Three of every four of the 706 signees ran faster; the median was 4:18.34.
- At D2, 4:50 is slower than the back quarter of the class (4:43.12) by 6.9 seconds. Some signees were slower still, but most were not.
- 4:50 is inside what D3 signed: behind the median (4:36.87) by 13 seconds, ahead of the back-quarter line (4:50.41) by 0.41 seconds.
- 4:50 is inside what NAIA signed: behind the median (4:42.63) by 7.4 seconds, ahead of the back-quarter line (4:54.17) by 4.2 seconds.
Programs whose typical 1600m signee ran about 4:50
29 programs have a median boys 1600m signee within 5 seconds of 4:50. The closest at each level:
- PresbyterianD1Big South · SC5 signees4:48.82median
- Saint LeoD2SSC · FL6 signees4:49.98median
- Northwest NazareneD2GNAC · ID5 signees4:50.02median
- South Carolina BeaufortD2PBC · SC5 signees4:49.81median
- OtterbeinD3OAC · OH4 signees4:50.21median
- LeTourneauD3ASC · TX4 signees4:50.47median
- HaverfordD3Centennial · PA11 signees4:49.43median
- GoshenNAIACrossroads · IN5 signees4:53.25median
- Rio GrandeNAIARSC · OH5 signees4:45.66median
One step up
Programs whose typical 1600m signee was a little faster than 4:50: the next rung.
- Gustavus AdolphusD3MIAC · MN6 signees4:44.93median
- LorasD3ARC · IA5 signees4:44.69median
- DeSalesD3MAC · PA5 signees4:44.58median
- DenisonD3NCAC · OH4 signees4:43.96median
- Benedictine KSNAIAHeart · KS5 signees4:43.95median
- KenyonD3NCAC · OH9 signees4:43.83median
How to use this
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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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