Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls
What colleges recruit a 1:00 400m?
A girls 1:00 400m is at or ahead of the median signee at 76 of the 132 college programs where we hold a verified 400m median: 12 in D1, 24 in D2, 27 in D3 and 13 in NAIA.
n = 1,641 girls 400m 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 1:00 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 1:00 is… | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 56.31 | 58.11 | 59.96 | Behind the back quarter | 650 |
| D2 | 59.27 | 1:01.08 | 1:03.91 | Ahead of the median signee | 388 |
| D3 | 1:00.81 | 1:03.54 | 1:06.37 | In the top quarter of the class | 429 |
| NAIA | 1:01.19 | 1:03.57 | 1:06.70 | In the top quarter of the class | 174 |
- 1:00 trails the D1 back-quarter line (59.96) by 0.04 seconds and the median signee (58.11) by 1.9 seconds.
- At D2, 1:00 is in the faster half of the class. The median signee ran 1:01.08; the top quarter starts at 59.27, 0.73 seconds away.
- D3: 1:00 is inside the top quarter of the class. The top-quarter line was 1:00.81 and the median D3 signee ran 1:03.54, 3.5 seconds slower.
- NAIA: 1:00 is inside the top quarter of the class. The top-quarter line was 1:01.19 and the median NAIA signee ran 1:03.57, 3.6 seconds slower.
Programs whose typical 400m signee ran about 1:00
28 programs have a median girls 400m signee within 1 second of 1:00. The closest at each level:
- UT ArlingtonD1WAC · TX4 signees59.88median
- PortlandD1WCC · OR5 signees59.80median
- DavidsonD1A10 · NC5 signees59.73median
- Nova SoutheasternD2SSC · FL5 signees1:00.03median
- MillersvilleD2PSAC · PA4 signees1:00.05median
- Central WashingtonD2GNAC · WA4 signees1:00.41median
- Coast GuardD3NEWMAC · CT4 signees1:00.49median
- Wis La CrosseD3WIAC · WI8 signees59.48median
- Johns HopkinsD3Centennial · MD4 signees1:00.58median
- Marian INNAIACrossroads · IN5 signees1:00.44median
One step up
Programs whose typical 400m signee was a little faster than 1:00: the next rung.
- NavyD1Patriot · MD5 signees58.96median
- Bethune-CookmanD1SWAC · FL4 signees58.95median
- Morgan StateD1MEAC · MD5 signees58.59median
- RadfordD1Big South · VA5 signees58.37median
- CharlestonD1CAA · SC4 signees58.36median
- Arkansas StateD1Sun Belt · AR4 signees58.34median
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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