Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls
What colleges recruit a 1:04 400m?
A girls 1:04 400m is at or ahead of the median signee at 18 of the 132 college programs where we hold a verified 400m median: 2 in D1, 3 in D2, 9 in D3 and 4 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 1:04 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 1:04 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 back quarter | 388 |
| D3 | 1:00.81 | 1:03.54 | 1:06.37 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 429 |
| NAIA | 1:01.19 | 1:03.57 | 1:06.70 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 174 |
- D1: 1:04 is 4.0 seconds behind the back-quarter line (59.96). Three of every four of the 650 signees ran faster; the median was 58.11.
- 1:04 trails the D2 back-quarter line (1:03.91) by 0.09 seconds and the median signee (1:01.08) by 2.9 seconds.
- At D3, 1:04 sits in the slower half of the class but ahead of the back quarter (1:06.37). The median signee ran 1:03.54, 0.46 seconds faster.
- NAIA: 1:04 is 0.43 seconds behind the median signee (1:03.57) and 2.7 seconds ahead of the back-quarter line (1:06.70). Athletes at this mark did sign.
Programs whose typical 400m signee ran about 1:04
21 programs have a median girls 400m signee within 1 second of 1:04. The closest at each level:
- LIUD1NEC · NY4 signees1:03.96median
- CampbellD1CAA · NC6 signees1:03.78median
- Wright StateD1Horizon · OH4 signees1:04.49median
- Wis ParksideD2GLIAC · WI7 signees1:04.42median
- KutztownD2PSAC · PA4 signees1:03.58median
- Central StateD2SIAC · OH7 signees1:03.25median
- St John FisherD3Empire 8 · NY5 signees1:03.80median
- Augustana ILD3CCIW · IL6 signees1:04.25median
- St LawrenceD3Liberty League · NY5 signees1:04.36median
- CorbanNAIACCC · OR4 signees1:03.95median
- Carroll MTNAIAFrontier · MT4 signees1:03.86median
- Central MethodistNAIAHeart · MO6 signees1:04.38median
One step up
Programs whose typical 400m signee was a little faster than 1:04: the next rung.
- VanguardD2PacWest · CA4 signees1:02.97median
- Mount HolyokeD3NEWMAC · MA4 signees1:02.91median
- BryantD1America East · RI4 signees1:02.88median
- St BenedictD3MIAC · MN4 signees1:02.60median
- Bismarck State CollegeNAIAFrontier · ND4 signees1:02.58median
- GrinnellD3MWC · IA4 signees1:02.25median
How to use this
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