Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls
What colleges recruit a 5:25 1600m?
A girls 5:25 1600m is at or ahead of the median signee at 97 of the 206 college programs where we hold a verified 1600m median: 9 in D1, 28 in D2, 46 in D3 and 14 in NAIA.
n = 2,024 girls 1600m 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 5:25 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 5:25 is… | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 4:57.84 | 5:06.45 | 5:19.54 | Behind the back quarter | 773 |
| D2 | 5:16.93 | 5:28.81 | 5:42.98 | Ahead of the median signee | 449 |
| D3 | 5:22.43 | 5:36.11 | 5:50.77 | Ahead of the median signee | 591 |
| NAIA | 5:24.19 | 5:40.07 | 5:55.66 | Ahead of the median signee | 211 |
- D1: 5:25 is 5.5 seconds behind the back-quarter line (5:19.54). Three of every four of the 773 signees ran faster; the median was 5:06.45.
- 5:25 beats the median D2 signee (5:28.81) by 3.8 seconds. The next line up is the top quarter at 5:16.93.
- At D3, 5:25 is in the faster half of the class. The median signee ran 5:36.11; the top quarter starts at 5:22.43, 2.6 seconds away.
- At NAIA, 5:25 is in the faster half of the class. The median signee ran 5:40.07; the top quarter starts at 5:24.19, 0.81 seconds away.
Programs whose typical 1600m signee ran about 5:25
49 programs have a median girls 1600m signee within 5 seconds of 5:25. The closest at each level:
- Sacred HeartD1MAAC · CT5 signees5:24.44median
- StonehillD1NEC · MA4 signees5:24.31median
- MarshallD1Sun Belt · WV4 signees5:24.21median
- Winona StateD2NSIC · MN5 signees5:24.85median
- Cal State San BernardinoD2CCAA · CA4 signees5:24.40median
- Minnesota DuluthD2NSIC · MN4 signees5:26.00median
- BatesD3NESCAC · ME5 signees5:24.38median
- WartburgD3ARC · IA7 signees5:24.31median
- WesleyanD3NESCAC · CT10 signees5:24.24median
- MilliganNAIAAAC · TN6 signees5:26.23median
- Embry-Riddle ArizonaNAIAGSAC · AZ4 signees5:23.64median
- DordtNAIAGPAC · IA7 signees5:22.48median
One step up
Programs whose typical 1600m signee was a little faster than 5:25: the next rung.
- Northern IllinoisD1MAC · IL4 signees5:19.93median
- Washington LeeD3ODAC · VA8 signees5:19.90median
- Concordia University IrvineD2PacWest · CA6 signees5:19.74median
- BucknellD1Patriot · PA6 signees5:18.86median
- CarletonD3MIAC · MN8 signees5:18.35median
- Loyola ChicagoD1A10 · IL5 signees5:18.20median
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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