Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls
What colleges recruit a 12.5 100m?
A girls 12.5 100m is at or ahead of the median signee at 95 of the 145 college programs where we hold a verified 100m median: 14 in D1, 29 in D2, 38 in D3 and 14 in NAIA.
n = 1,619 girls 100m 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 12.5 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 12.5 is… | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 11.91 | 12.24 | 12.60 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 605 |
| D2 | 12.33 | 12.71 | 13.09 | Ahead of the median signee | 400 |
| D3 | 12.88 | 13.25 | 13.78 | In the top quarter of the class | 441 |
| NAIA | 12.62 | 12.99 | 13.45 | In the top quarter of the class | 173 |
- 12.5 is inside what D1 signed: behind the median (12.24) by 0.26 seconds, ahead of the back-quarter line (12.60) by 0.10 seconds.
- D2: 12.5 is 0.21 seconds ahead of the median signee (12.71) and 0.17 seconds short of the top quarter (12.33).
- At D3, 12.5 is a top-quarter mark: three of every four of the 441 signees ran slower than 12.88. The median was 13.25.
- NAIA: 12.5 is inside the top quarter of the class. The top-quarter line was 12.62 and the median NAIA signee ran 12.99, 0.49 seconds slower.
Programs whose typical 100m signee ran about 12.5
32 programs have a median girls 100m signee within 0.2 seconds of 12.5. The closest at each level:
- QuinnipiacD1MAAC · CT4 signees12.50median
- ArmyD1Patriot · NY7 signees12.51median
- North Carolina A&TD1CAA · NC5 signees12.51median
- Cal St San MarcosD2CCAA · CA9 signees12.49median
- Cal St Los AngelesD2CCAA · CA7 signees12.51median
- HillsdaleD2G-MAC · MI5 signees12.49median
- OccidentalD3SCIAC · CA4 signees12.66median
- Wis Eau ClaireD3WIAC · WI6 signees12.67median
- DillardNAIAHBCUAC · LA4 signees12.42median
- Our Lady of the LakeNAIARRAC · TX4 signees12.64median
- CorbanNAIACCC · OR4 signees12.70median
One step up
Programs whose typical 100m signee was a little faster than 12.5: the next rung.
- Youngstown StateD1Horizon · OH6 signees12.29median
- BinghamtonD1America East · NY5 signees12.29median
- Grand Valley StD2GLIAC · MI6 signees12.29median
- West Virginia StD2MEC · WV4 signees12.27median
- Wichita StateD1AAC · KS5 signees12.25median
- WoffordD1SoCon · SC4 signees12.25median
How to use this
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