Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Boys
What colleges recruit a 52 400m?
A boys 52 400m is at or ahead of the median signee at 75 of the 183 college programs where we hold a verified 400m median: 18 in D2, 40 in D3 and 17 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 52 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 52 is… | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 48.31 | 49.42 | 50.84 | Behind the back quarter | 509 |
| D2 | 49.71 | 51.32 | 53.40 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 455 |
| D3 | 51.09 | 52.72 | 54.91 | Ahead of the median signee | 579 |
| NAIA | 50.85 | 52.59 | 55.35 | Ahead of the median signee | 291 |
- At D1, 52 is slower than the back quarter of the class (50.84) by 1.2 seconds. Some signees were slower still, but most were not.
- 52 is inside what D2 signed: behind the median (51.32) by 0.68 seconds, ahead of the back-quarter line (53.40) by 1.4 seconds.
- D3: 52 is 0.72 seconds ahead of the median signee (52.72) and 0.91 seconds short of the top quarter (51.09).
- At NAIA, 52 is in the faster half of the class. The median signee ran 52.59; the top quarter starts at 50.85, 1.1 seconds away.
Programs whose typical 400m signee ran about 52
67 programs have a median boys 400m signee within 1 second of 52. The closest at each level:
- MaristD1MAAC · NY4 signees51.95median
- Detroit MercyD1Horizon · MI6 signees51.51median
- Incarnate WordD1Southland · TX5 signees51.37median
- BloomsburgD2PSAC · PA4 signees52.00median
- Kentucky StateD2G-MAC · KY5 signees51.99median
- Chico StateD2CCAA · CA5 signees51.94median
- MillikinD3CCIW · IL4 signees51.97median
- U of ChicagoD3UAA · IL5 signees51.87median
- RochesterD3UAA · NY7 signees52.18median
- Indiana TechNAIAWHAC · IN16 signees51.96median
- Indiana WesleyanNAIACrossroads · IN4 signees51.94median
- Wayland BaptistNAIASAC · TX4 signees51.87median
One step up
Programs whose typical 400m signee was a little faster than 52: the next rung.
- U of MaryD2NSIC · ND4 signees50.97median
- Grand ViewNAIAHeart · IA6 signees50.92median
- Wayne St NED2NSIC · NE5 signees50.91median
- TiffinD2GLIAC · OH6 signees50.80median
- MerrimackD1MAAC · MA6 signees50.67median
- AssumptionD2NE10 · MA5 signees50.59median
How to use this
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Other boys 400m marks
400m standards by level
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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