Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Boys
What colleges recruit a 21.8 200m?
A boys 21.8 200m is at or ahead of the median signee at 219 of the 236 college programs where we hold a verified 200m median: 42 in D1, 63 in D2, 78 in D3 and 36 in NAIA.
n = 2,086 boys 200m marks, 2025-26 signing class, trackbeast.com. These are signed athletes' own high-school bests, D1 through NAIA. Programs with fewer than four signees in the event get no median.
Where a 21.8 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 21.8 is… | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 21.56 | 21.99 | 22.70 | Ahead of the median signee | 561 |
| D2 | 22.22 | 22.70 | 23.38 | In the top quarter of the class | 496 |
| D3 | 22.71 | 23.32 | 24.20 | In the top quarter of the class | 695 |
| NAIA | 22.52 | 23.21 | 24.10 | In the top quarter of the class | 334 |
- D1: 21.8 is 0.19 seconds ahead of the median signee (21.99) and 0.24 seconds short of the top quarter (21.56).
- At D2, 21.8 is a top-quarter mark: three of every four of the 496 signees ran slower than 22.22. The median was 22.70.
- 21.8 clears the D3 top-quarter line (22.71) and sits 1.5 seconds ahead of the median signee (23.32).
- NAIA: 21.8 is inside the top quarter of the class. The top-quarter line was 22.52 and the median NAIA signee ran 23.21, 1.4 seconds slower.
Programs whose typical 200m signee ran about 21.8
18 programs have a median boys 200m signee within 0.2 seconds of 21.8. The closest at each level:
- PrincetonD1Ivy · NJ4 signees21.80median
- Northern IowaD1MVC · IA6 signees21.79median
- UC Santa BarbaraD1Big West · CA4 signees21.81median
- WashburnD2MIAA · KS6 signees21.96median
- MITD3NEWMAC · MA4 signees21.76median
- Wis La CrosseD3WIAC · WI5 signees21.86median
One step up
Programs whose typical 200m signee was a little faster than 21.8: the next rung.
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