Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Boys
What colleges recruit a 23.0 200m?
A boys 23.0 200m is at or ahead of the median signee at 112 of the 236 college programs where we hold a verified 200m median: 8 in D1, 24 in D2, 57 in D3 and 23 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 23.0 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 23.0 is… | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 21.56 | 21.99 | 22.70 | Behind the back quarter | 561 |
| D2 | 22.22 | 22.70 | 23.38 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 496 |
| D3 | 22.71 | 23.32 | 24.20 | Ahead of the median signee | 695 |
| NAIA | 22.52 | 23.21 | 24.10 | Ahead of the median signee | 334 |
- 23.0 trails the D1 back-quarter line (22.70) by 0.30 seconds and the median signee (21.99) by 1.0 second.
- D2: 23.0 is 0.30 seconds behind the median signee (22.70) and 0.38 seconds ahead of the back-quarter line (23.38). Athletes at this mark did sign.
- At D3, 23.0 is in the faster half of the class. The median signee ran 23.32; the top quarter starts at 22.71, 0.29 seconds away.
- NAIA: 23.0 is 0.21 seconds ahead of the median signee (23.21) and 0.48 seconds short of the top quarter (22.52).
Programs whose typical 200m signee ran about 23.0
43 programs have a median boys 200m signee within 0.2 seconds of 23.0. The closest at each level:
- NJITD1America East · NJ4 signees23.02median
- BellarmineD1ASUN · KY4 signees22.96median
- Sacred HeartD1MAAC · CT5 signees23.19median
- Wis ParksideD2GLIAC · WI7 signees23.02median
- Lubbock ChristianD2LSC · TX6 signees22.96median
- Frostburg StateD2MEC · MD4 signees22.95median
- WesleyanD3NESCAC · CT5 signees23.00median
- OccidentalD3SCIAC · CA5 signees22.99median
- Ohio WesleyanD3NCAC · OH5 signees23.02median
- Bismarck State CollegeNAIAFrontier · ND7 signees23.00median
- MidAmerica NazareneNAIAHeart · KS4 signees22.94median
- St ThomasNAIASun · FL6 signees22.94median
One step up
Programs whose typical 200m signee was a little faster than 23.0: the next rung.
- IonaD1MAAC · NY8 signees22.80median
- West ChesterD2PSAC · PA4 signees22.77median
- UMass DartmouthD3NEWA · MA9 signees22.77median
- Shawnee StateNAIARSC · OH4 signees22.77median
- Central ConnecticutD1NEC · CT6 signees22.76median
- AshlandD2G-MAC · OH5 signees22.75median
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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