Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Boys
What colleges recruit a 9:20 3200m?
A boys 9:20 3200m is at or ahead of the median signee at 140 of the 168 college programs where we hold a verified 3200m median: 24 in D1, 45 in D2, 58 in D3 and 13 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 9:20 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 9:20 is… | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 9:06.66 | 9:21.28 | 9:38.44 | Ahead of the median signee | 543 |
| D2 | 9:33.57 | 9:48.95 | 10:13.22 | In the top quarter of the class | 430 |
| D3 | 9:43.05 | 10:00.77 | 10:31.88 | In the top quarter of the class | 554 |
| NAIA | 9:53.00 | 10:18.00 | 10:50.07 | In the top quarter of the class | 169 |
- 9:20 beats the median D1 signee (9:21.28) by 1.3 seconds. The next line up is the top quarter at 9:06.66.
- At D2, 9:20 is a top-quarter mark: three of every four of the 430 signees ran slower than 9:33.57. The median was 9:48.95.
- D3: 9:20 is inside the top quarter of the class. The top-quarter line was 9:43.05 and the median D3 signee ran 10:00.77, 41 seconds slower.
- At NAIA, 9:20 is a top-quarter mark: three of every four of the 169 signees ran slower than 9:53.00. The median was 10:18.00.
Programs whose typical 3200m signee ran about 9:20
31 programs have a median boys 3200m signee within 10 seconds of 9:20. The closest at each level:
- IonaD1MAAC · NY4 signees9:20.69median
- Santa ClaraD1WCC · CA4 signees9:19.12median
- UC RiversideD1Big West · CA4 signees9:18.54median
- Chico StateD2CCAA · CA11 signees9:18.56median
- Colorado School MinesD2RMAC · CO10 signees9:25.35median
- TuftsD3NESCAC · MA5 signees9:20.81median
- MITD3NEWMAC · MA5 signees9:18.50median
- Johns HopkinsD3Centennial · MD7 signees9:16.12median
One step up
Programs whose typical 3200m signee was a little faster than 9:20: the next rung.
How to use this
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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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