Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Boys
What colleges recruit a 23.8 200m?
A boys 23.8 200m is at or ahead of the median signee at 32 of the 236 college programs where we hold a verified 200m median: 1 in D1, 4 in D2, 18 in D3 and 9 in NAIA.
n = 2,086 boys 200m 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 23.8 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 23.8 is… | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 21.56 | 21.99 | 22.70 | Behind the back quarter | 561 |
| D2 | 22.22 | 22.70 | 23.38 | Behind the back quarter | 496 |
| D3 | 22.71 | 23.32 | 24.20 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 695 |
| NAIA | 22.52 | 23.21 | 24.10 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 334 |
- D1: 23.8 is 1.1 seconds behind the back-quarter line (22.70). Three of every four of the 561 signees ran faster; the median was 21.99.
- 23.8 trails the D2 back-quarter line (23.38) by 0.42 seconds and the median signee (22.70) by 1.1 seconds.
- At D3, 23.8 sits in the slower half of the class but ahead of the back quarter (24.20). The median signee ran 23.32, 0.48 seconds faster.
- 23.8 is inside what NAIA signed: behind the median (23.21) by 0.59 seconds, ahead of the back-quarter line (24.10) by 0.30 seconds.
Programs whose typical 200m signee ran about 23.8
25 programs have a median boys 200m signee within 0.2 seconds of 23.8. The closest at each level:
- TiffinD2GLIAC · OH9 signees23.84median
- BartonD2Conference Carolinas · NC5 signees23.72median
- West Virginia WesleyanD2MEC · WV4 signees23.70median
- UMass BostonD3NEWA · MA5 signees23.80median
- Monmouth ILD3MWC · IL6 signees23.79median
- OlivetD3MIAA · MI5 signees23.78median
- WaldorfNAIAGPAC · IA5 signees23.93median
- Northwestern IANAIAGPAC · IA7 signees23.66median
- MilliganNAIAAAC · TN4 signees23.95median
One step up
Programs whose typical 200m signee was a little faster than 23.8: the next rung.
- Oregon TechNAIACCC · OR6 signees23.59median
- Indiana WesleyanNAIACrossroads · IN4 signees23.59median
- StevensonD3MAC · MD5 signees23.57median
- Dickinson CollegeD3Centennial · PA7 signees23.55median
- Brewton-ParkerNAIASSAC · GA4 signees23.55median
- BloomsburgD2PSAC · PA5 signees23.54median
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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