Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Boys
What colleges recruit a 2:14 800m?
A boys 2:14 800m is at or ahead of the median signee at 11 of the 204 college programs where we hold a verified 800m median: 2 in D2, 6 in D3 and 3 in NAIA.
n = 1,961 boys 800m marks, 2025-26 signing class, trackbeast.com. These are signed athletes' own high-school bests, D1 through NAIA. Programs with fewer than four signees in the event get no median.
Where a 2:14 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 2:14 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 |
- 2:14 trails the D1 back-quarter line (1:59.55) by 14 seconds and the median signee (1:56.14) by 18 seconds.
- At D2, 2:14 is slower than the back quarter of the class (2:06.37) by 7.6 seconds. Some signees were slower still, but most were not.
- D3: 2:14 is 3.1 seconds behind the back-quarter line (2:10.95). Three of every four of the 640 signees ran faster; the median was 2:03.98.
- 2:14 trails the NAIA back-quarter line (2:11.54) by 2.5 seconds and the median signee (2:05.28) by 8.7 seconds.
Programs whose typical 800m signee ran about 2:14
13 programs have a median boys 800m signee within 2 seconds of 2:14. The closest at each level:
- Saint LeoD2SSC · FL6 signees2:12.43median
- Mount OliveD2Conference Carolinas · NC4 signees2:15.69median
- Westfield StateD3NEWA · MA4 signees2:14.13median
- Concordia WID3NACC · WI4 signees2:14.31median
- McDanielD3Centennial · MD4 signees2:12.85median
- West Virginia TechNAIARSC · WV6 signees2:14.52median
- Arizona ChristianNAIAGSAC · AZ6 signees2:12.70median
- St AmbroseNAIACCAC · IA4 signees2:15.41median
One step up
Programs whose typical 800m signee was a little faster than 2:14: the next rung.
- Thomas Jefferson UniversityD2D2 Independent · PA5 signees2:11.62median
- Indiana EastNAIARSC · IN5 signees2:11.23median
- OneontaD3SUNYAC · NY4 signees2:10.81median
- UMass DartmouthD3NEWA · MA5 signees2:10.40median
- Missouri WesternD2MIAA · MO5 signees2:10.25median
- York PAD3MAC · PA4 signees2:10.23median
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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