Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Boys
What colleges recruit a 54 400m?
A boys 54 400m is at or ahead of the median signee at 24 of the 183 college programs where we hold a verified 400m median: 4 in D2, 12 in D3 and 8 in NAIA.
n = 1,834 boys 400m marks, 2025-26 signing class, trackbeast.com. Every mark belongs to an athlete who signed with a college program. We print a program median only off four or more signees.
Where a 54 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 54 is… | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 48.31 | 49.42 | 50.84 | Behind the back quarter | 509 |
| D2 | 49.71 | 51.32 | 53.40 | Behind the back quarter | 455 |
| D3 | 51.09 | 52.72 | 54.91 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 579 |
| NAIA | 50.85 | 52.59 | 55.35 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 291 |
- 54 trails the D1 back-quarter line (50.84) by 3.2 seconds and the median signee (49.42) by 4.6 seconds.
- D2: 54 is 0.60 seconds behind the back-quarter line (53.40). Three of every four of the 455 signees ran faster; the median was 51.32.
- At D3, 54 sits in the slower half of the class but ahead of the back quarter (54.91). The median signee ran 52.72, 1.3 seconds faster.
- 54 is inside what NAIA signed: behind the median (52.59) by 1.4 seconds, ahead of the back-quarter line (55.35) by 1.4 seconds.
Programs whose typical 400m signee ran about 54
28 programs have a median boys 400m signee within 1 second of 54. The closest at each level:
- West Liberty StD2MEC · WV4 signees54.00median
- Missouri STD2GLVC · MO5 signees53.50median
- Purdue NorthwestD2GLIAC · IN8 signees53.39median
- St Johns MND3MIAC · MN6 signees54.03median
- SuffolkD3CCC · MA5 signees53.86median
- RamapoD3NJAC · NJ5 signees53.78median
- DordtNAIAGPAC · IA6 signees54.02median
- DoaneNAIAGPAC · NE6 signees53.70median
- Oregon TechNAIACCC · OR5 signees54.52median
One step up
Programs whose typical 400m signee was a little faster than 54: the next rung.
- OtterbeinD3OAC · OH5 signees52.92median
- UC Santa CruzD3CA4 signees52.88median
- Southern VirginiaD3USA South · VA4 signees52.84median
- ChapmanD3SCIAC · CA5 signees52.84median
- St OlafD3MIAC · MN5 signees52.80median
- Plattsburgh StD3SUNYAC · NY4 signees52.77median
How to use this
A median is the middle of a signing class, not a cutoff: half of every class ran slower and still signed. Coaches also weigh your grade, your trajectory, your range and what the roster needs that year. Use this list to decide who to write first, not as an offer.
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400m standards by level
A record of what 2025-26 signees ran in high school, drawn from public meet results and official rosters. Not a published standard, not a guarantee, and it changes each cycle.
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