Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls
What colleges recruit a 5:00 1600m?
A girls 5:00 1600m is at or ahead of the median signee at 186 of the 206 college programs where we hold a verified 1600m median: 58 in D1, 44 in D2, 66 in D3 and 18 in NAIA.
n = 2,024 girls 1600m 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 5:00 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 5:00 is… | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 4:57.84 | 5:06.45 | 5:19.54 | Ahead of the median signee | 773 |
| D2 | 5:16.93 | 5:28.81 | 5:42.98 | In the top quarter of the class | 449 |
| D3 | 5:22.43 | 5:36.11 | 5:50.77 | In the top quarter of the class | 591 |
| NAIA | 5:24.19 | 5:40.07 | 5:55.66 | In the top quarter of the class | 211 |
- At D1, 5:00 is in the faster half of the class. The median signee ran 5:06.45; the top quarter starts at 4:57.84, 2.2 seconds away.
- D2: 5:00 is inside the top quarter of the class. The top-quarter line was 5:16.93 and the median D2 signee ran 5:28.81, 29 seconds slower.
- 5:00 clears the D3 top-quarter line (5:22.43) and sits 36 seconds ahead of the median signee (5:36.11).
- 5:00 clears the NAIA top-quarter line (5:24.19) and sits 40 seconds ahead of the median signee (5:40.07).
Programs whose typical 1600m signee ran about 5:00
27 programs have a median girls 1600m signee within 5 seconds of 5:00. The closest at each level:
- Utah StateD1Pac-12 · UT6 signees5:00.13median
- CincinnatiD1Big 12 · OH4 signees5:00.13median
- DartmouthD1Ivy · NH7 signees4:59.29median
- Adams StateD2RMAC · CO4 signees4:58.98median
- TuftsD3NESCAC · MA5 signees5:01.85median
- AmherstD3NESCAC · MA4 signees5:02.94median
- U of ChicagoD3UAA · IL6 signees5:03.42median
One step up
Programs whose typical 1600m signee was a little faster than 5:00: the next rung.
- UC DavisD1Big West · CA4 signees4:54.98median
- Colorado StateD1Pac-12 · CO6 signees4:54.19median
- ColumbiaD1Ivy · NY6 signees4:53.47median
- FurmanD1SoCon · SC4 signees4:52.81median
- BYUD1Big 12 · UT4 signees4:51.37median
- Penn StateD1Big Ten · PA8 signees4:50.81median
How to use this
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Other girls 1600m marks
1600m standards by level
Not official cutoffs and not a promise of a roster spot or a scholarship. This is what each program's 2025-26 signing class ran in high school, from public meet results and official rosters. It moves every cycle and updates when the data does.
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