Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Boys
What colleges recruit a 1:56 800m?
A boys 1:56 800m is at or ahead of the median signee at 181 of the 204 college programs where we hold a verified 800m median: 31 in D1, 47 in D2, 72 in D3 and 31 in NAIA.
n = 1,961 boys 800m 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 1:56 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 1:56 is… | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 1:53.67 | 1:56.14 | 1:59.55 | Ahead of the median signee | 553 |
| D2 | 1:58.03 | 2:00.95 | 2:06.37 | In the top quarter of the class | 468 |
| D3 | 1:59.38 | 2:03.98 | 2:10.95 | In the top quarter of the class | 640 |
| NAIA | 2:00.44 | 2:05.28 | 2:11.54 | In the top quarter of the class | 300 |
- At D1, 1:56 is in the faster half of the class. The median signee ran 1:56.14; the top quarter starts at 1:53.67, 2.3 seconds away.
- 1:56 clears the D2 top-quarter line (1:58.03) and sits 5.0 seconds ahead of the median signee (2:00.95).
- D3: 1:56 is inside the top quarter of the class. The top-quarter line was 1:59.38 and the median D3 signee ran 2:03.98, 8.0 seconds slower.
- 1:56 clears the NAIA top-quarter line (2:00.44) and sits 9.3 seconds ahead of the median signee (2:05.28).
Programs whose typical 800m signee ran about 1:56
48 programs have a median boys 800m signee within 2 seconds of 1:56. The closest at each level:
- Stony BrookD1CAA · NY6 signees1:56.08median
- Eastern WashingtonD1Big Sky · WA4 signees1:56.20median
- MontanaD1Big Sky · MT4 signees1:56.25median
- Nebraska KearneyD2MIAA · NE9 signees1:56.21median
- FindlayD2G-MAC · OH4 signees1:55.66median
- Minn St MankatoD2NSIC · MN4 signees1:56.52median
- UC Santa CruzD3CA4 signees1:55.82median
- AmherstD3NESCAC · MA4 signees1:56.22median
- WilliamsD3NESCAC · MA4 signees1:56.43median
One step up
Programs whose typical 800m signee was a little faster than 1:56: the next rung.
- UC San DiegoD1Big West · CA4 signees1:53.85median
- NavyD1Patriot · MD5 signees1:53.70median
- Kansas StateD1Big 12 · KS5 signees1:53.53median
- Boise StateD1Pac-12 · ID4 signees1:52.90median
- UNC CharlotteD1AAC · NC6 signees1:52.78median
- VirginiaD1ACC · VA4 signees1:52.12median
How to use this
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