Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Boys
What colleges recruit a 2:00 800m?
A boys 2:00 800m is at or ahead of the median signee at 126 of the 204 college programs where we hold a verified 800m median: 12 in D1, 30 in D2, 57 in D3 and 27 in NAIA.
n = 1,961 boys 800m 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 2:00 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 2:00 is… | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 1:53.67 | 1:56.14 | 1:59.55 | Behind the back quarter | 553 |
| D2 | 1:58.03 | 2:00.95 | 2:06.37 | Ahead of the median signee | 468 |
| D3 | 1:59.38 | 2:03.98 | 2:10.95 | Ahead of the median signee | 640 |
| NAIA | 2:00.44 | 2:05.28 | 2:11.54 | In the top quarter of the class | 300 |
- At D1, 2:00 is slower than the back quarter of the class (1:59.55) by 0.45 seconds. Some signees were slower still, but most were not.
- 2:00 beats the median D2 signee (2:00.95) by 0.95 seconds. The next line up is the top quarter at 1:58.03.
- D3: 2:00 is 4.0 seconds ahead of the median signee (2:03.98) and 0.62 seconds short of the top quarter (1:59.38).
- NAIA: 2:00 is inside the top quarter of the class. The top-quarter line was 2:00.44 and the median NAIA signee ran 2:05.28, 5.3 seconds slower.
Programs whose typical 800m signee ran about 2:00
59 programs have a median boys 800m signee within 2 seconds of 2:00. The closest at each level:
- Sam HoustonD1C-USA · TX4 signees2:00.03median
- Portland StateD1Big Sky · OR4 signees1:59.72median
- North FloridaD1ASUN · FL4 signees2:00.86median
- NW MissouriD2MIAA · MO4 signees2:00.21median
- AssumptionD2NE10 · MA4 signees2:00.31median
- Augustana SDD2NSIC · SD5 signees1:59.60median
- George FoxD3NWC · OR14 signees2:00.16median
- TuftsD3NESCAC · MA8 signees2:00.45median
- Geneseo StD3SUNYAC · NY4 signees1:59.43median
- Montana TechNAIAFrontier · MT7 signees1:59.88median
- Northwestern IANAIAGPAC · IA7 signees1:59.71median
- Southeastern CollegeNAIASun · FL4 signees2:00.54median
One step up
Programs whose typical 800m signee was a little faster than 2:00: the next rung.
- TampaD2SSC · FL4 signees1:57.99median
- Pomona PitzerD3SCIAC · CA4 signees1:57.87median
- Saint Mary'sD1WCC · CA6 signees1:57.84median
- LeeD2GSC · TN4 signees1:57.69median
- Morgan StateD1MEAC · MD4 signees1:57.53median
- DartmouthD1Ivy · NH4 signees1:57.51median
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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