Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls
What colleges recruit a 27.2 200m?
A girls 27.2 200m is at or ahead of the median signee at 57 of the 203 college programs where we hold a verified 200m median: 5 in D1, 9 in D2, 39 in D3 and 4 in NAIA.
n = 1,989 girls 200m 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 27.2 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 27.2 is… | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 24.57 | 25.27 | 26.12 | Behind the back quarter | 750 |
| D2 | 25.72 | 26.54 | 27.64 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 478 |
| D3 | 26.81 | 27.80 | 28.99 | Ahead of the median signee | 562 |
| NAIA | 26.21 | 26.96 | 28.29 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 199 |
- 27.2 trails the D1 back-quarter line (26.12) by 1.1 seconds and the median signee (25.27) by 1.9 seconds.
- D2: 27.2 is 0.66 seconds behind the median signee (26.54) and 0.44 seconds ahead of the back-quarter line (27.64). Athletes at this mark did sign.
- At D3, 27.2 is in the faster half of the class. The median signee ran 27.80; the top quarter starts at 26.81, 0.39 seconds away.
- NAIA: 27.2 is 0.24 seconds behind the median signee (26.96) and 1.1 seconds ahead of the back-quarter line (28.29). Athletes at this mark did sign.
Programs whose typical 200m signee ran about 27.2
49 programs have a median girls 200m signee within 0.4 seconds of 27.2. The closest at each level:
- LongwoodD1Big South · VA4 signees27.23median
- EvansvilleD1MVC · IN4 signees27.00median
- StonehillD1NEC · MA4 signees26.98median
- BartonD2Conference Carolinas · NC6 signees27.17median
- Northwest NazareneD2GNAC · ID4 signees27.14median
- TuskegeeD2SIAC · AL5 signees27.31median
- St OlafD3MIAC · MN5 signees27.20median
- Wis WhitewaterD3WIAC · WI6 signees27.19median
- BowdoinD3NESCAC · ME4 signees27.19median
- Nelson UniversityNAIASAC · TX4 signees27.14median
- Central MethodistNAIAHeart · MO5 signees27.11median
- Spring ArborNAIACrossroads · MI5 signees27.32median
One step up
Programs whose typical 200m signee was a little faster than 27.2: the next rung.
- DrakeD1MVC · IA4 signees26.80median
- South Carolina BeaufortD2PBC · SC4 signees26.79median
- Indiana WesleyanNAIACrossroads · IN7 signees26.78median
- AshlandD2G-MAC · OH6 signees26.75median
- Southeastern OklahomaD2GAC · OK7 signees26.73median
- MSU MoorheadD2NSIC · MN5 signees26.73median
How to use this
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