Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls
What colleges recruit a 5:15 1600m?
A girls 5:15 1600m is at or ahead of the median signee at 137 of the 206 college programs where we hold a verified 1600m median: 22 in D1, 39 in D2, 59 in D3 and 17 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 5:15 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 5:15 is… | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 4:57.84 | 5:06.45 | 5:19.54 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 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 |
- 5:15 is inside what D1 signed: behind the median (5:06.45) by 8.6 seconds, ahead of the back-quarter line (5:19.54) by 4.5 seconds.
- D2: 5:15 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, 14 seconds slower.
- At D3, 5:15 is a top-quarter mark: three of every four of the 591 signees ran slower than 5:22.43. The median was 5:36.11.
- At NAIA, 5:15 is a top-quarter mark: three of every four of the 211 signees ran slower than 5:24.19. The median was 5:40.07.
Programs whose typical 1600m signee ran about 5:15
30 programs have a median girls 1600m signee within 5 seconds of 5:15. The closest at each level:
- Northern IowaD1MVC · IA4 signees5:14.90median
- OmahaD1Summit · NE5 signees5:14.64median
- Grand CanyonD1Mountain West · AZ4 signees5:16.00median
- Colorado School MinesD2RMAC · CO8 signees5:15.14median
- Cal St StanislausD2CCAA · CA6 signees5:14.59median
- Alabama HuntsvilleD2GSC · AL4 signees5:16.09median
- MiddleburyD3NESCAC · VT7 signees5:15.21median
- BrandeisD3UAA · MA4 signees5:14.66median
- Wis La CrosseD3WIAC · WI6 signees5:14.43median
- TaylorNAIACrossroads · IN4 signees5:15.88median
- College of IdahoNAIACCC · ID5 signees5:11.90median
One step up
Programs whose typical 1600m signee was a little faster than 5:15: the next rung.
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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