Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Boys
What colleges recruit a 2:12 800m?
A boys 2:12 800m is at or ahead of the median signee at 17 of the 204 college programs where we hold a verified 800m median: 3 in D2, 10 in D3 and 4 in NAIA.
n = 1,961 boys 800m 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 2:12 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 2:12 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 back quarter | 468 |
| D3 | 1:59.38 | 2:03.98 | 2:10.95 | Behind the back quarter | 640 |
| NAIA | 2:00.44 | 2:05.28 | 2:11.54 | Behind the back quarter | 300 |
- D1: 2:12 is 12 seconds behind the back-quarter line (1:59.55). Three of every four of the 553 signees ran faster; the median was 1:56.14.
- 2:12 trails the D2 back-quarter line (2:06.37) by 5.6 seconds and the median signee (2:00.95) by 11 seconds.
- At D3, 2:12 is slower than the back quarter of the class (2:10.95) by 1.1 seconds. Some signees were slower still, but most were not.
- At NAIA, 2:12 is slower than the back quarter of the class (2:11.54) by 0.46 seconds. Some signees were slower still, but most were not.
Programs whose typical 800m signee ran about 2:12
13 programs have a median boys 800m signee within 2 seconds of 2:12. The closest at each level:
- Thomas Jefferson UniversityD2D2 Independent · PA5 signees2:11.62median
- Saint LeoD2SSC · FL6 signees2:12.43median
- Missouri WesternD2MIAA · MO5 signees2:10.25median
- HaverfordD3Centennial · PA8 signees2:12.23median
- StevensonD3MAC · MD4 signees2:12.52median
- CarthageD3CCIW · WI9 signees2:12.67median
- Arizona ChristianNAIAGSAC · AZ6 signees2:12.70median
- Indiana EastNAIARSC · IN5 signees2:11.23median
One step up
Programs whose typical 800m signee was a little faster than 2:12: the next rung.
- Martin LutherD3UMAC · MN4 signees2:09.81median
- William PennNAIAHeart · IA4 signees2:09.32median
- HastingsNAIAGPAC · NE4 signees2:09.09median
- South Carolina BeaufortD2PBC · SC5 signees2:09.08median
- Wisconsin LutheranD3NACC · WI5 signees2:09.08median
- Indiana TechNAIAWHAC · IN6 signees2:08.95median
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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