Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls

What colleges recruit a 27.6 200m?

A girls 27.6 200m is at or ahead of the median signee at 39 of the 203 college programs where we hold a verified 200m median: 3 in D1, 5 in D2, 28 in D3 and 3 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 27.6 sits at each level

LevelMedian signeeA 27.6 is…
D125.27Behind the back quarter
D226.54Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter
D327.80Ahead of the median signee
NAIA26.96Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter
  • At D1, 27.6 is slower than the back quarter of the class (26.12) by 1.5 seconds. Some signees were slower still, but most were not.
  • 27.6 is inside what D2 signed: behind the median (26.54) by 1.1 seconds, ahead of the back-quarter line (27.64) by 0.04 seconds.
  • D3: 27.6 is 0.20 seconds ahead of the median signee (27.80) and 0.79 seconds short of the top quarter (26.81).
  • At NAIA, 27.6 sits in the slower half of the class but ahead of the back quarter (28.29). The median signee ran 26.96, 0.64 seconds faster.

Programs whose typical 200m signee ran about 27.6

28 programs have a median girls 200m signee within 0.4 seconds of 27.6. The closest at each level:

One step up

Programs whose typical 200m signee was a little faster than 27.6: the next rung.

How to use this

Read a program median as "the typical signee", never as a bar you must clear. Half the class sat behind it. Grade, progression, a second event and roster needs all move a real decision, so this is a list of coaches to write, not a promise.

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