Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Boys
What colleges recruit a 55 400m?
A boys 55 400m is at or ahead of the median signee at 17 of the 183 college programs where we hold a verified 400m median: 3 in D2, 8 in D3 and 6 in NAIA.
n = 1,834 boys 400m 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 55 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 55 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 back quarter | 579 |
| NAIA | 50.85 | 52.59 | 55.35 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 291 |
- At D1, 55 is slower than the back quarter of the class (50.84) by 4.2 seconds. Some signees were slower still, but most were not.
- 55 trails the D2 back-quarter line (53.40) by 1.6 seconds and the median signee (51.32) by 3.7 seconds.
- D3: 55 is 0.09 seconds behind the back-quarter line (54.91). Three of every four of the 579 signees ran faster; the median was 52.72.
- NAIA: 55 is 2.4 seconds behind the median signee (52.59) and 0.35 seconds ahead of the back-quarter line (55.35). Athletes at this mark did sign.
Programs whose typical 400m signee ran about 55
10 programs have a median boys 400m signee within 1 second of 55. The closest at each level:
- VanguardD2PacWest · CA4 signees55.11median
- QuincyD2GLVC · IL4 signees55.42median
- West Liberty StD2MEC · WV4 signees54.00median
- Wis River FallsD3WIAC · WI4 signees54.78median
- Alfred StateD3Allegheny Mountain (AMCC) · NY5 signees55.36median
- Bridgewater StD3MASCAC · MA8 signees54.40median
- Oregon TechNAIACCC · OR5 signees54.52median
- DordtNAIAGPAC · IA6 signees54.02median
One step up
Programs whose typical 400m signee was a little faster than 55: the next rung.
- SuffolkD3CCC · MA5 signees53.86median
- RamapoD3NJAC · NJ5 signees53.78median
- DoaneNAIAGPAC · NE6 signees53.70median
- ScrantonD3Landmark · PA4 signees53.60median
- North Central ILD3CCIW · IL6 signees53.51median
- Missouri STD2GLVC · MO5 signees53.50median
How to use this
Read a program median as "the typical signee", never as a bar you must clear. Half the class sat behind it. Grade, progression, a second event and roster needs all move a real decision, so this is a list of coaches to write, not a promise.
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