Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Boys
What colleges recruit a 49 400m?
A boys 49 400m is at or ahead of the median signee at 166 of the 183 college programs where we hold a verified 400m median: 30 in D1, 46 in D2, 61 in D3 and 29 in NAIA.
n = 1,834 boys 400m 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 49 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 49 is… | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 48.31 | 49.42 | 50.84 | Ahead of the median signee | 509 |
| D2 | 49.71 | 51.32 | 53.40 | In the top quarter of the class | 455 |
| D3 | 51.09 | 52.72 | 54.91 | In the top quarter of the class | 579 |
| NAIA | 50.85 | 52.59 | 55.35 | In the top quarter of the class | 291 |
- 49 beats the median D1 signee (49.42) by 0.42 seconds. The next line up is the top quarter at 48.31.
- D2: 49 is inside the top quarter of the class. The top-quarter line was 49.71 and the median D2 signee ran 51.32, 2.3 seconds slower.
- At D3, 49 is a top-quarter mark: three of every four of the 579 signees ran slower than 51.09. The median was 52.72.
- NAIA: 49 is inside the top quarter of the class. The top-quarter line was 50.85 and the median NAIA signee ran 52.59, 3.6 seconds slower.
Programs whose typical 400m signee ran about 49
40 programs have a median boys 400m signee within 1 second of 49. The closest at each level:
- Northern IowaD1MVC · IA6 signees48.98median
- Saint Peter'sD1MAAC · NJ6 signees49.05median
- HamptonD1CAA · VA7 signees49.07median
- Texas TylerD2LSC · TX6 signees48.91median
- Edward WatersD2SIAC · FL5 signees49.28median
- Grand Valley StD2GLIAC · MI4 signees49.56median
- EmoryD3UAA · GA4 signees49.44median
- WabashD3NCAC · IN4 signees49.50median
- WilliamsD3NESCAC · MA6 signees49.64median
- St ThomasNAIASun · FL4 signees49.91median
One step up
Programs whose typical 400m signee was a little faster than 49: the next rung.
- UC Santa BarbaraD1Big West · CA4 signees47.92median
- Kansas StateD1Big 12 · KS4 signees47.84median
- IndianaD1Big Ten · IN4 signees47.70median
- Arizona StateD1Big 12 · AZ4 signees47.58median
- WisconsinD1Big Ten · WI4 signees47.38median
- IowaD1Big Ten · IA4 signees47.27median
How to use this
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Other boys 400m 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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