Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls
What colleges recruit a 59 400m?
A girls 59 400m is at or ahead of the median signee at 91 of the 132 college programs where we hold a verified 400m median: 20 in D1, 29 in D2, 29 in D3 and 13 in NAIA.
n = 1,641 girls 400m marks, 2025-26 signing class, trackbeast.com. These are signed athletes' own high-school bests, D1 through NAIA. Programs with fewer than four signees in the event get no median.
Where a 59 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 59 is… | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 56.31 | 58.11 | 59.96 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 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 |
- D1: 59 is 0.89 seconds behind the median signee (58.11) and 0.96 seconds ahead of the back-quarter line (59.96). Athletes at this mark did sign.
- At D2, 59 is a top-quarter mark: three of every four of the 388 signees ran slower than 59.27. The median was 1:01.08.
- 59 clears the D3 top-quarter line (1:00.81) and sits 4.5 seconds ahead of the median signee (1:03.54).
- 59 clears the NAIA top-quarter line (1:01.19) and sits 4.6 seconds ahead of the median signee (1:03.57).
Programs whose typical 400m signee ran about 59
29 programs have a median girls 400m signee within 1 second of 59. The closest at each level:
- NavyD1Patriot · MD5 signees58.96median
- Bethune-CookmanD1SWAC · FL4 signees58.95median
- LehighD1Patriot · PA6 signees59.08median
- West AlabamaD2GSC · AL4 signees59.16median
- West Virginia StD2MEC · WV5 signees59.27median
- UC Colo SpgsD2RMAC · CO4 signees59.36median
- BatesD3NESCAC · ME4 signees59.23median
- Wis La CrosseD3WIAC · WI8 signees59.48median
- DillardNAIAHBCUAC · LA4 signees58.11median
One step up
Programs whose typical 400m signee was a little faster than 59: the next rung.
- DuquesneD1A10 · PA6 signees57.86median
- Youngstown StateD1Horizon · OH5 signees57.86median
- North Dakota StateD1Summit · ND7 signees57.68median
- BYUD1Big 12 · UT4 signees57.53median
- ConnecticutD1Big East · CT4 signees57.38median
- BucknellD1Patriot · PA4 signees57.35median
How to use this
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