Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls
What colleges recruit a 57 400m?
A girls 57 400m is at or ahead of the median signee at 114 of the 132 college programs where we hold a verified 400m median: 41 in D1, 30 in D2, 29 in D3 and 14 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 57 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 57 is… | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 56.31 | 58.11 | 59.96 | Ahead of the median signee | 650 |
| D2 | 59.27 | 1:01.08 | 1:03.91 | In the top quarter of the class | 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 |
- 57 beats the median D1 signee (58.11) by 1.1 seconds. The next line up is the top quarter at 56.31.
- D2: 57 is inside the top quarter of the class. The top-quarter line was 59.27 and the median D2 signee ran 1:01.08, 4.1 seconds slower.
- At D3, 57 is a top-quarter mark: three of every four of the 429 signees ran slower than 1:00.81. The median was 1:03.54.
- 57 clears the NAIA top-quarter line (1:01.19) and sits 6.6 seconds ahead of the median signee (1:03.57).
Programs whose typical 400m signee ran about 57
18 programs have a median girls 400m signee within 1 second of 57. The closest at each level:
- HamptonD1CAA · VA6 signees57.05median
- South DakotaD1Summit · SD6 signees57.20median
- MarquetteD1Big East · WI4 signees57.27median
- Pittsburg StD2MIAA · KS6 signees56.64median
One step up
Programs whose typical 400m signee was a little faster than 57: the next rung.
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