Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls
What colleges recruit a 12:30 3200m?
A girls 12:30 3200m is at or ahead of the median signee at 16 of the 127 college programs where we hold a verified 3200m median: 1 in D2, 11 in D3 and 4 in NAIA.
n = 1,439 girls 3200m 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 12:30 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 12:30 is… | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 10:45.65 | 11:03.53 | 11:29.68 | Behind the back quarter | 574 |
| D2 | 11:23.00 | 11:50.07 | 12:19.81 | Behind the back quarter | 300 |
| D3 | 11:37.61 | 12:05.47 | 12:47.36 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 434 |
| NAIA | 11:44.28 | 12:24.23 | 12:58.39 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 131 |
- At D1, 12:30 is slower than the back quarter of the class (11:29.68) by 60 seconds. Some signees were slower still, but most were not.
- D2: 12:30 is 10 seconds behind the back-quarter line (12:19.81). Three of every four of the 300 signees ran faster; the median was 11:50.07.
- 12:30 is inside what D3 signed: behind the median (12:05.47) by 25 seconds, ahead of the back-quarter line (12:47.36) by 17 seconds.
- NAIA: 12:30 is 5.8 seconds behind the median signee (12:24.23) and 28 seconds ahead of the back-quarter line (12:58.39). Athletes at this mark did sign.
Programs whose typical 3200m signee ran about 12:30
13 programs have a median girls 3200m signee within 10 seconds of 12:30. The closest at each level:
- AugustaD2PBC · GA5 signees12:24.77median
- VanguardD2PacWest · CA5 signees12:23.22median
- Slippery RockD2PSAC · PA5 signees12:22.30median
- CarthageD3CCIW · WI4 signees12:29.36median
- OberlinD3NCAC · OH4 signees12:29.17median
- TCNJD3NJAC · NJ4 signees12:28.57median
- DordtNAIAGPAC · IA6 signees12:33.22median
- Carroll MTNAIAFrontier · MT6 signees12:26.14median
One step up
Programs whose typical 3200m signee was a little faster than 12:30: the next rung.
- West ChesterD2PSAC · PA4 signees12:19.36median
- Florida SouthernD2SSC · FL4 signees12:18.83median
- Western IllinoisD1OVC · IL5 signees12:16.26median
- WhitworthD3NWC · WA4 signees12:16.01median
- Jamestown CollegeD2NSIC · ND6 signees12:12.36median
- Glenville StD2MEC · WV4 signees12:11.36median
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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These numbers describe the 2025-26 signing class; they do not guarantee a spot or aid. Sourced from public meet results and official rosters, and refreshed as new data lands.
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