Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls
What colleges recruit a 5:30 1600m?
A girls 5:30 1600m is at or ahead of the median signee at 74 of the 206 college programs where we hold a verified 1600m median: 7 in D1, 17 in D2, 41 in D3 and 9 in NAIA.
n = 2,024 girls 1600m 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 5:30 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 5:30 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 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 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: 5:30 is 10 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.
- At D2, 5:30 sits in the slower half of the class but ahead of the back quarter (5:42.98). The median signee ran 5:28.81, 1.2 seconds faster.
- 5:30 beats the median D3 signee (5:36.11) by 6.1 seconds. The next line up is the top quarter at 5:22.43.
- 5:30 beats the median NAIA signee (5:40.07) by 10 seconds. The next line up is the top quarter at 5:24.19.
Programs whose typical 1600m signee ran about 5:30
49 programs have a median girls 1600m signee within 5 seconds of 5:30. The closest at each level:
- Western IllinoisD1OVC · IL7 signees5:31.55median
- UTSAD1AAC · TX4 signees5:28.23median
- UT MartinD1OVC · TN4 signees5:31.91median
- West ChesterD2PSAC · PA5 signees5:29.79median
- Ouachita BaptistD2GAC · AR10 signees5:29.64median
- Slippery RockD2PSAC · PA6 signees5:30.69median
- WellesleyD3NEWMAC · MA8 signees5:29.99median
- HopeD3MIAA · MI6 signees5:30.15median
- OneontaD3SUNYAC · NY6 signees5:30.34median
- GraceNAIACrossroads · IN4 signees5:30.02median
- Park UNAIAHeart · MO4 signees5:29.54median
- Montana TechNAIAFrontier · MT6 signees5:28.83median
One step up
Programs whose typical 1600m signee was a little faster than 5:30: the next rung.
- Winona StateD2NSIC · MN5 signees5:24.85median
- Sacred HeartD1MAAC · CT5 signees5:24.44median
- Cal State San BernardinoD2CCAA · CA4 signees5:24.40median
- BatesD3NESCAC · ME5 signees5:24.38median
- WartburgD3ARC · IA7 signees5:24.31median
- StonehillD1NEC · MA4 signees5:24.31median
How to use this
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