Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls

What colleges recruit a 28.0 200m?

A girls 28.0 200m is at or ahead of the median signee at 29 of the 203 college programs where we hold a verified 200m median: 1 in D1, 4 in D2, 22 in D3 and 2 in NAIA.

n = 1,989 girls 200m 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 28.0 sits at each level

LevelMedian signeeA 28.0 is…
D125.27Behind the back quarter
D226.54Behind the back quarter
D327.80Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter
NAIA26.96Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter
  • At D1, 28.0 is slower than the back quarter of the class (26.12) by 1.9 seconds. Some signees were slower still, but most were not.
  • D2: 28.0 is 0.36 seconds behind the back-quarter line (27.64). Three of every four of the 478 signees ran faster; the median was 26.54.
  • 28.0 is inside what D3 signed: behind the median (27.80) by 0.20 seconds, ahead of the back-quarter line (28.99) by 0.99 seconds.
  • At NAIA, 28.0 sits in the slower half of the class but ahead of the back quarter (28.29). The median signee ran 26.96, 1.0 second faster.

Programs whose typical 200m signee ran about 28.0

18 programs have a median girls 200m signee within 0.4 seconds of 28.0. The closest at each level:

One step up

Programs whose typical 200m signee was a little faster than 28.0: the next rung.

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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Other girls 200m marks

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200m standards by level

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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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