Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Boys
What colleges recruit a 24.2 200m?
A boys 24.2 200m is at or ahead of the median signee at 15 of the 236 college programs where we hold a verified 200m median: 1 in D2, 9 in D3 and 5 in NAIA.
n = 2,086 boys 200m 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 24.2 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 24.2 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 back quarter | 334 |
- 24.2 trails the D1 back-quarter line (22.70) by 1.5 seconds and the median signee (21.99) by 2.2 seconds.
- D2: 24.2 is 0.82 seconds behind the back-quarter line (23.38). Three of every four of the 496 signees ran faster; the median was 22.70.
- At D3, 24.2 sits in the slower half of the class but ahead of the back quarter (24.20). The median signee ran 23.32, 0.88 seconds faster.
- At NAIA, 24.2 is slower than the back quarter of the class (24.10) by 0.10 seconds. Some signees were slower still, but most were not.
Programs whose typical 200m signee ran about 24.2
14 programs have a median boys 200m signee within 0.2 seconds of 24.2. The closest at each level:
- Saint Francis PAD1NEC · PA5 signees24.09median
- Missouri STD2GLVC · MO5 signees24.07median
- FelicianD2ECC · NJ4 signees24.38median
- Purdue NorthwestD2GLIAC · IN6 signees24.01median
- WidenerD3MAC · PA4 signees24.25median
- AugsburgD3MIAC · MN4 signees24.27median
- Wentworth Institute of TechD3CCC · MA5 signees24.10median
- DordtNAIAGPAC · IA4 signees24.21median
- St Francis INNAIACrossroads · IN7 signees24.39median
One step up
Programs whose typical 200m signee was a little faster than 24.2: the next rung.
- DefianceNAIAWHAC · OH7 signees23.98median
- St LawrenceD3Liberty League · NY4 signees23.98median
- MorningsideNAIAGPAC · IA9 signees23.96median
- MilliganNAIAAAC · TN4 signees23.95median
- WaldorfNAIAGPAC · IA5 signees23.93median
- MiddleburyD3NESCAC · VT4 signees23.86median
How to use this
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Other boys 200m marks
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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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