Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls
What colleges recruit a 1:02 400m?
A girls 1:02 400m is at or ahead of the median signee at 44 of the 132 college programs where we hold a verified 400m median: 6 in D1, 9 in D2, 19 in D3 and 10 in NAIA.
n = 1,641 girls 400m marks, 2025-26 signing class, trackbeast.com. Built from what signed athletes ran in high school, read for the 2026-27 cycle. No program median is printed off fewer than four signees.
Where a 1:02 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 1:02 is… | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 56.31 | 58.11 | 59.96 | Behind the back quarter | 650 |
| D2 | 59.27 | 1:01.08 | 1:03.91 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 388 |
| D3 | 1:00.81 | 1:03.54 | 1:06.37 | Ahead of the median signee | 429 |
| NAIA | 1:01.19 | 1:03.57 | 1:06.70 | Ahead of the median signee | 174 |
- At D1, 1:02 is slower than the back quarter of the class (59.96) by 2.0 seconds. Some signees were slower still, but most were not.
- D2: 1:02 is 0.92 seconds behind the median signee (1:01.08) and 1.9 seconds ahead of the back-quarter line (1:03.91). Athletes at this mark did sign.
- 1:02 beats the median D3 signee (1:03.54) by 1.5 seconds. The next line up is the top quarter at 1:00.81.
- NAIA: 1:02 is 1.6 seconds ahead of the median signee (1:03.57) and 0.81 seconds short of the top quarter (1:01.19).
Programs whose typical 400m signee ran about 1:02
31 programs have a median girls 400m signee within 1 second of 1:02. The closest at each level:
- Fairleigh DickinsonD1NEC · NJ5 signees1:01.85median
- ArmyD1Patriot · NY4 signees1:02.20median
- West GeorgiaD1ASUN · GA4 signees1:01.78median
- Bowie StateD2CIAA · MD6 signees1:02.02median
- BartonD2Conference Carolinas · NC6 signees1:02.04median
- Ouachita BaptistD2GAC · AR5 signees1:01.85median
- ScrantonD3Landmark · PA4 signees1:01.98median
- OneontaD3SUNYAC · NY4 signees1:02.06median
- St OlafD3MIAC · MN6 signees1:02.15median
- Bismarck State CollegeNAIAFrontier · ND4 signees1:02.58median
- Northwestern IANAIAGPAC · IA4 signees1:01.34median
- Indiana WesleyanNAIACrossroads · IN5 signees1:01.09median
One step up
Programs whose typical 400m signee was a little faster than 1:02: the next rung.
- SyracuseD1ACC · NY5 signees1:00.90median
- Cal St San MarcosD2CCAA · CA9 signees1:00.84median
- CalvinD3MIAA · MI5 signees1:00.83median
- LorasD3ARC · IA6 signees1:00.72median
- Johns HopkinsD3Centennial · MD4 signees1:00.58median
- Lincoln PAD2CIAA · PA6 signees1:00.54median
How to use this
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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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