Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls
What colleges recruit a 5:40 1600m?
A girls 5:40 1600m is at or ahead of the median signee at 34 of the 206 college programs where we hold a verified 1600m median: 1 in D1, 6 in D2, 23 in D3 and 4 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 5:40 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 5:40 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 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 591 |
| NAIA | 5:24.19 | 5:40.07 | 5:55.66 | Ahead of the median signee | 211 |
- At D1, 5:40 is slower than the back quarter of the class (5:19.54) by 20 seconds. Some signees were slower still, but most were not.
- 5:40 is inside what D2 signed: behind the median (5:28.81) by 11 seconds, ahead of the back-quarter line (5:42.98) by 3.0 seconds.
- D3: 5:40 is 3.9 seconds behind the median signee (5:36.11) and 11 seconds ahead of the back-quarter line (5:50.77). Athletes at this mark did sign.
- 5:40 beats the median NAIA signee (5:40.07) by 0.07 seconds. The next line up is the top quarter at 5:24.19.
Programs whose typical 1600m signee ran about 5:40
26 programs have a median girls 1600m signee within 5 seconds of 5:40. The closest at each level:
- Fairleigh DickinsonD1NEC · NJ4 signees5:38.65median
- EvansvilleD1MVC · IN6 signees5:41.76median
- CampbellD1CAA · NC7 signees5:37.72median
- Cal St East BayD2CCAA · CA4 signees5:40.45median
- Black Hills StD2RMAC · SD4 signees5:36.05median
- West Liberty StD2MEC · WV4 signees5:36.03median
- Wheaton ILD3CCIW · IL4 signees5:40.16median
- RhodesD3SAA · TN6 signees5:39.80median
- Nebraska WesleyanD3ARC · NE6 signees5:40.71median
- Marian INNAIACrossroads · IN4 signees5:35.90median
One step up
Programs whose typical 1600m signee was a little faster than 5:40: the next rung.
- Southern OregonNAIACCC · OR5 signees5:34.56median
- Roberts WesleyanD2ECC · NY5 signees5:34.55median
- Jamestown CollegeD2NSIC · ND6 signees5:34.25median
- AssumptionD2NE10 · MA5 signees5:33.80median
- RPID3Liberty League · NY6 signees5:33.69median
- Wis Stevens PointD3WIAC · WI9 signees5:33.39median
How to use this
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Other girls 1600m marks
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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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