Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls
What colleges recruit a 5:45 1600m?
A girls 5:45 1600m is at or ahead of the median signee at 22 of the 206 college programs where we hold a verified 1600m median: 4 in D2, 14 in D3 and 4 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 5:45 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 5:45 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 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 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 211 |
- At D1, 5:45 is slower than the back quarter of the class (5:19.54) by 25 seconds. Some signees were slower still, but most were not.
- D2: 5:45 is 2.0 seconds behind the back-quarter line (5:42.98). Three of every four of the 449 signees ran faster; the median was 5:28.81.
- 5:45 is inside what D3 signed: behind the median (5:36.11) by 8.9 seconds, ahead of the back-quarter line (5:50.77) by 5.8 seconds.
- 5:45 is inside what NAIA signed: behind the median (5:40.07) by 4.9 seconds, ahead of the back-quarter line (5:55.66) by 11 seconds.
Programs whose typical 1600m signee ran about 5:45
19 programs have a median girls 1600m signee within 5 seconds of 5:45. The closest at each level:
- EvansvilleD1MVC · IN6 signees5:41.76median
- Florida SouthernD2SSC · FL5 signees5:44.82median
- AdelphiD2NE10 · NY5 signees5:45.37median
- Cal St East BayD2CCAA · CA4 signees5:40.45median
- SalisburyD3MD4 signees5:45.05median
- Trinity TXD3SAA · TX8 signees5:44.88median
- CatholicD3Landmark · DC6 signees5:44.33median
- Indiana EastNAIARSC · IN7 signees5:45.53median
- Benedictine KSNAIAHeart · KS5 signees5:46.63median
One step up
Programs whose typical 1600m signee was a little faster than 5:45: the next rung.
- RhodesD3SAA · TN6 signees5:39.80median
- Fairleigh DickinsonD1NEC · NJ4 signees5:38.65median
- Wis OshkoshD3WIAC · WI5 signees5:37.77median
- Gustavus AdolphusD3MIAC · MN10 signees5:37.76median
- CampbellD1CAA · NC7 signees5:37.72median
- Mount UnionD3OAC · OH5 signees5:37.63median
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