Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Boys
What colleges recruit a 10:00 3200m?
A boys 10:00 3200m is at or ahead of the median signee at 52 of the 168 college programs where we hold a verified 3200m median: 3 in D1, 13 in D2, 28 in D3 and 8 in NAIA.
n = 1,696 boys 3200m 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 10:00 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 10:00 is… | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 9:06.66 | 9:21.28 | 9:38.44 | Behind the back quarter | 543 |
| D2 | 9:33.57 | 9:48.95 | 10:13.22 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 430 |
| D3 | 9:43.05 | 10:00.77 | 10:31.88 | Ahead of the median signee | 554 |
| NAIA | 9:53.00 | 10:18.00 | 10:50.07 | Ahead of the median signee | 169 |
- 10:00 trails the D1 back-quarter line (9:38.44) by 22 seconds and the median signee (9:21.28) by 39 seconds.
- D2: 10:00 is 11 seconds behind the median signee (9:48.95) and 13 seconds ahead of the back-quarter line (10:13.22). Athletes at this mark did sign.
- At D3, 10:00 is in the faster half of the class. The median signee ran 10:00.77; the top quarter starts at 9:43.05, 17 seconds away.
- 10:00 beats the median NAIA signee (10:18.00) by 18 seconds. The next line up is the top quarter at 9:53.00.
Programs whose typical 3200m signee ran about 10:00
42 programs have a median boys 3200m signee within 10 seconds of 10:00. The closest at each level:
- Sacred HeartD1MAAC · CT6 signees10:00.15median
- RadfordD1Big South · VA5 signees9:57.70median
- BellarmineD1ASUN · KY5 signees9:54.25median
- Slippery RockD2PSAC · PA6 signees9:59.82median
- Illinois SpringfieldD2GLVC · IL6 signees9:58.07median
- Dallas BaptistD2LSC · TX10 signees9:57.05median
- Rose HulmanD3HCAC · IN6 signees9:59.22median
- St LawrenceD3Liberty League · NY4 signees9:58.49median
- CatholicD3Landmark · DC4 signees9:57.80median
- CornerstoneNAIAWHAC · MI6 signees9:57.90median
- Mid-America ChristianNAIASAC · OK6 signees9:56.03median
- Rio GrandeNAIARSC · OH5 signees10:06.79median
One step up
Programs whose typical 3200m signee was a little faster than 10:00: the next rung.
- Ferris StateD2GLIAC · MI5 signees9:49.97median
- CaltechD3D3 Independent · CA4 signees9:49.88median
- Cal St San MarcosD2CCAA · CA5 signees9:49.46median
- Concordia University IrvineD2PacWest · CA7 signees9:48.80median
- Davis ElkinsD2MEC · WV5 signees9:48.53median
- RPID3Liberty League · NY4 signees9:48.49median
How to use this
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