Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Boys
What colleges recruit a 2:02 800m?
A boys 2:02 800m is at or ahead of the median signee at 92 of the 204 college programs where we hold a verified 800m median: 4 in D1, 18 in D2, 47 in D3 and 23 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 2:02 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 2:02 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 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 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 | Ahead of the median signee | 300 |
- At D1, 2:02 is slower than the back quarter of the class (1:59.55) by 2.5 seconds. Some signees were slower still, but most were not.
- D2: 2:02 is 1.0 second behind the median signee (2:00.95) and 4.4 seconds ahead of the back-quarter line (2:06.37). Athletes at this mark did sign.
- 2:02 beats the median D3 signee (2:03.98) by 2.0 seconds. The next line up is the top quarter at 1:59.38.
- At NAIA, 2:02 is in the faster half of the class. The median signee ran 2:05.28; the top quarter starts at 2:00.44, 1.6 seconds away.
Programs whose typical 800m signee ran about 2:02
56 programs have a median boys 800m signee within 2 seconds of 2:02. The closest at each level:
- San FranciscoD1WCC · CA4 signees2:01.69median
- CanisiusD1MAAC · NY7 signees2:01.58median
- EvansvilleD1MVC · IN5 signees2:02.62median
- AugustaD2PBC · GA7 signees2:02.00median
- South Dakota Mines TechD2RMAC · SD6 signees2:01.97median
- West Liberty StD2MEC · WV5 signees2:01.91median
- BatesD3NESCAC · ME5 signees2:01.81median
- Nebraska WesleyanD3ARC · NE6 signees2:01.73median
- HopeD3MIAA · MI4 signees2:01.73median
- Haskell IndianNAIAContinental · KS4 signees2:02.09median
- columbia collegeNAIAAMC · MO4 signees2:02.20median
- Carroll MTNAIAFrontier · MT4 signees2:01.44median
One step up
Programs whose typical 800m signee was a little faster than 2:02: the next rung.
- Montana TechNAIAFrontier · MT7 signees1:59.88median
- Portland StateD1Big Sky · OR4 signees1:59.72median
- Northwestern IANAIAGPAC · IA7 signees1:59.71median
- Augustana SDD2NSIC · SD5 signees1:59.60median
- Geneseo StD3SUNYAC · NY4 signees1:59.43median
- Wis OshkoshD3WIAC · WI5 signees1:59.42median
How to use this
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