Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Boys
What colleges recruit a 10:30 3200m?
A boys 10:30 3200m is at or ahead of the median signee at 12 of the 168 college programs where we hold a verified 3200m median: 2 in D2, 7 in D3 and 3 in NAIA.
n = 1,696 boys 3200m 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 10:30 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 10:30 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 back quarter | 430 |
| D3 | 9:43.05 | 10:00.77 | 10:31.88 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 554 |
| NAIA | 9:53.00 | 10:18.00 | 10:50.07 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 169 |
- 10:30 trails the D1 back-quarter line (9:38.44) by 52 seconds and the median signee (9:21.28) by 69 seconds.
- D2: 10:30 is 17 seconds behind the back-quarter line (10:13.22). Three of every four of the 430 signees ran faster; the median was 9:48.95.
- At D3, 10:30 sits in the slower half of the class but ahead of the back quarter (10:31.88). The median signee ran 10:00.77, 29 seconds faster.
- 10:30 is inside what NAIA signed: behind the median (10:18.00) by 12 seconds, ahead of the back-quarter line (10:50.07) by 20 seconds.
Programs whose typical 3200m signee ran about 10:30
12 programs have a median boys 3200m signee within 10 seconds of 10:30. The closest at each level:
- NichollsD1Southland · LA4 signees10:20.68median
- Belmont AbbeyD2Conference Carolinas · NC7 signees10:28.43median
- Jamestown CollegeD2NSIC · ND6 signees10:35.48median
- Thomas Jefferson UniversityD2D2 Independent · PA4 signees10:23.14median
- Brockport StD3SUNYAC · NY4 signees10:26.66median
- Gustavus AdolphusD3MIAC · MN4 signees10:33.53median
- CarthageD3CCIW · WI5 signees10:26.32median
- Indiana EastNAIARSC · IN4 signees10:35.07median
- Indiana KokomoNAIARSC · IN4 signees10:24.49median
One step up
Programs whose typical 3200m signee was a little faster than 10:30: the next rung.
- RoanokeD3ODAC · VA5 signees10:19.93median
- MessiahD3MAC · PA4 signees10:19.16median
- GreenvilleD3SLIAC · SC4 signees10:18.90median
- John BrownNAIASAC · AR5 signees10:18.05median
- HaverfordD3Centennial · PA8 signees10:17.81median
- PacificD1WCC · CA6 signees10:15.66median
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