Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls
What colleges recruit a 1:05 400m?
A girls 1:05 400m is at or ahead of the median signee at 11 of the 132 college programs where we hold a verified 400m median: 1 in D1, 2 in D2, 5 in D3 and 3 in NAIA.
n = 1,641 girls 400m marks, 2025-26 signing class, trackbeast.com. Each is the high-school mark of an athlete a college program actually signed. A program's median is shown only when it signed four or more athletes in the event.
Where a 1:05 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 1:05 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 |
- At D1, 1:05 is slower than the back quarter of the class (59.96) by 5.0 seconds. Some signees were slower still, but most were not.
- D2: 1:05 is 1.1 seconds behind the back-quarter line (1:03.91). Three of every four of the 388 signees ran faster; the median was 1:01.08.
- 1:05 is inside what D3 signed: behind the median (1:03.54) by 1.5 seconds, ahead of the back-quarter line (1:06.37) by 1.4 seconds.
- 1:05 is inside what NAIA signed: behind the median (1:03.57) by 1.4 seconds, ahead of the back-quarter line (1:06.70) by 1.7 seconds.
Programs whose typical 400m signee ran about 1:05
11 programs have a median girls 400m signee within 1 second of 1:05. The closest at each level:
- Wright StateD1Horizon · OH4 signees1:04.49median
- Central ConnecticutD1NEC · CT6 signees1:05.58median
- FelicianD2ECC · NJ4 signees1:05.22median
- Point ParkD2D2 Independent · PA4 signees1:05.36median
- Wis ParksideD2GLIAC · WI7 signees1:04.42median
- Gustavus AdolphusD3MIAC · MN6 signees1:04.95median
- Wis WhitewaterD3WIAC · WI6 signees1:04.67median
- St LawrenceD3Liberty League · NY5 signees1:04.36median
- HastingsNAIAGPAC · NE4 signees1:05.17median
- Central MethodistNAIAHeart · MO6 signees1:04.38median
One step up
Programs whose typical 400m signee was a little faster than 1:05: the next rung.
- LIUD1NEC · NY4 signees1:03.96median
- CorbanNAIACCC · OR4 signees1:03.95median
- Carroll MTNAIAFrontier · MT4 signees1:03.86median
- St John FisherD3Empire 8 · NY5 signees1:03.80median
- CampbellD1CAA · NC6 signees1:03.78median
- Wis StoutD3WIAC · WI5 signees1:03.63median
How to use this
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Other girls 400m marks
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Not official cutoffs and not a promise of a roster spot or a scholarship. This is what each program's 2025-26 signing class ran in high school, from public meet results and official rosters. It moves every cycle and updates when the data does.
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