Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Boys
What colleges recruit a 9:30 3200m?
A boys 9:30 3200m is at or ahead of the median signee at 127 of the 168 college programs where we hold a verified 3200m median: 14 in D1, 44 in D2, 56 in D3 and 13 in NAIA.
n = 1,696 boys 3200m 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 9:30 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 9:30 is… | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 9:06.66 | 9:21.28 | 9:38.44 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 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 |
- At D1, 9:30 sits in the slower half of the class but ahead of the back quarter (9:38.44). The median signee ran 9:21.28, 8.7 seconds faster.
- D2: 9:30 is inside the top quarter of the class. The top-quarter line was 9:33.57 and the median D2 signee ran 9:48.95, 19 seconds slower.
- 9:30 clears the D3 top-quarter line (9:43.05) and sits 31 seconds ahead of the median signee (10:00.77).
- At NAIA, 9:30 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 9:30
38 programs have a median boys 3200m signee within 10 seconds of 9:30. The closest at each level:
- Wright StateD1Horizon · OH7 signees9:29.52median
- MarquetteD1Big East · WI4 signees9:30.70median
- Western CarolinaD1SoCon · NC5 signees9:28.67median
- LeeD2GSC · TN4 signees9:30.12median
- TampaD2SSC · FL9 signees9:30.61median
- Texas TylerD2LSC · TX7 signees9:32.64median
- EmoryD3UAA · GA5 signees9:31.18median
- CarletonD3MIAC · MN5 signees9:32.20median
- U of ChicagoD3UAA · IL6 signees9:26.86median
One step up
Programs whose typical 3200m signee was a little faster than 9:30: the next rung.
- Santa ClaraD1WCC · CA4 signees9:19.12median
- Chico StateD2CCAA · CA11 signees9:18.56median
- UC RiversideD1Big West · CA4 signees9:18.54median
- MITD3NEWMAC · MA5 signees9:18.50median
- ArmyD1Patriot · NY5 signees9:17.95median
- IUPUID1Horizon · IN5 signees9:17.27median
How to use this
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