Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls
What colleges recruit a 1:03 400m?
A girls 1:03 400m is at or ahead of the median signee at 32 of the 132 college programs where we hold a verified 400m median: 4 in D1, 6 in D2, 13 in D3 and 9 in NAIA.
n = 1,641 girls 400m 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 1:03 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 1:03 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 |
- 1:03 trails the D1 back-quarter line (59.96) by 3.0 seconds and the median signee (58.11) by 4.9 seconds.
- At D2, 1:03 sits in the slower half of the class but ahead of the back quarter (1:03.91). The median signee ran 1:01.08, 1.9 seconds faster.
- D3: 1:03 is 0.54 seconds ahead of the median signee (1:03.54) and 2.2 seconds short of the top quarter (1:00.81).
- 1:03 beats the median NAIA signee (1:03.57) by 0.57 seconds. The next line up is the top quarter at 1:01.19.
Programs whose typical 400m signee ran about 1:03
26 programs have a median girls 400m signee within 1 second of 1:03. The closest at each level:
- BryantD1America East · RI4 signees1:02.88median
- CampbellD1CAA · NC6 signees1:03.78median
- ArmyD1Patriot · NY4 signees1:02.20median
- VanguardD2PacWest · CA4 signees1:02.97median
- Southern NazareneD2GAC · OK4 signees1:03.04median
- Central StateD2SIAC · OH7 signees1:03.25median
- Mount HolyokeD3NEWMAC · MA4 signees1:02.91median
- Illinois WesleyanD3CCIW · IL5 signees1:03.31median
- St BenedictD3MIAC · MN4 signees1:02.60median
- DordtNAIAGPAC · IA4 signees1:03.34median
- Bismarck State CollegeNAIAFrontier · ND4 signees1:02.58median
- MorningsideNAIAGPAC · IA4 signees1:03.42median
One step up
Programs whose typical 400m signee was a little faster than 1:03: the next rung.
- ScrantonD3Landmark · PA4 signees1:01.98median
- Fairleigh DickinsonD1NEC · NJ5 signees1:01.85median
- Ouachita BaptistD2GAC · AR5 signees1:01.85median
- West GeorgiaD1ASUN · GA4 signees1:01.78median
- Bethel MND3MIAC · MN5 signees1:01.73median
- South Carolina BeaufortD2PBC · SC4 signees1:01.69median
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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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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