Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls
What colleges recruit a 5:35 1600m?
A girls 5:35 1600m is at or ahead of the median signee at 48 of the 206 college programs where we hold a verified 1600m median: 3 in D1, 10 in D2, 30 in D3 and 5 in NAIA.
n = 2,024 girls 1600m marks, 2025-26 signing class, trackbeast.com. Every mark belongs to an athlete who signed with a college program. We print a program median only off four or more signees.
Where a 5:35 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 5:35 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 |
- 5:35 trails the D1 back-quarter line (5:19.54) by 15 seconds and the median signee (5:06.45) by 29 seconds.
- At D2, 5:35 sits in the slower half of the class but ahead of the back quarter (5:42.98). The median signee ran 5:28.81, 6.2 seconds faster.
- D3: 5:35 is 1.1 seconds ahead of the median signee (5:36.11) and 13 seconds short of the top quarter (5:22.43).
- At NAIA, 5:35 is in the faster half of the class. The median signee ran 5:40.07; the top quarter starts at 5:24.19, 11 seconds away.
Programs whose typical 1600m signee ran about 5:35
40 programs have a median girls 1600m signee within 5 seconds of 5:35. The closest at each level:
- East Tennessee StateD1SoCon · TN4 signees5:32.98median
- North AlabamaD1ASUN · AL4 signees5:32.48median
- CampbellD1CAA · NC7 signees5:37.72median
- Roberts WesleyanD2ECC · NY5 signees5:34.55median
- Colo ChristianD2RMAC · CO6 signees5:35.71median
- Jamestown CollegeD2NSIC · ND6 signees5:34.25median
- Case WesternD3UAA · OH4 signees5:35.74median
- RPID3Liberty League · NY6 signees5:33.69median
- Trinity CTD3NESCAC · CT4 signees5:36.47median
- Southern OregonNAIACCC · OR5 signees5:34.56median
- Marian INNAIACrossroads · IN4 signees5:35.90median
- Savannah Coll of Art DesignNAIASun · GA4 signees5:33.14median
One step up
Programs whose typical 1600m signee was a little faster than 5:35: the next rung.
- WellesleyD3NEWMAC · MA8 signees5:29.99median
- West ChesterD2PSAC · PA5 signees5:29.79median
- Ouachita BaptistD2GAC · AR10 signees5:29.64median
- Park UNAIAHeart · MO4 signees5:29.54median
- Augustana SDD2NSIC · SD9 signees5:29.09median
- Minn St MankatoD2NSIC · MN4 signees5:28.92median
How to use this
A median is the middle of a signing class, not a cutoff: half of every class ran slower and still signed. Coaches also weigh your grade, your trajectory, your range and what the roster needs that year. Use this list to decide who to write first, not as an offer.
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A record of what 2025-26 signees ran in high school, drawn from public meet results and official rosters. Not a published standard, not a guarantee, and it changes each cycle.
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