Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls

What colleges recruit a 2:18 800m?

A girls 2:18 800m is at or ahead of the median signee at 132 of the 165 college programs where we hold a verified 800m median: 28 in D1, 37 in D2, 47 in D3 and 20 in NAIA.

n = 1,821 girls 800m 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 2:18 sits at each level

LevelMedian signeeA 2:18 is…
D12:18.36Ahead of the median signee
D22:27.56In the top quarter of the class
D32:31.41In the top quarter of the class
NAIA2:31.48In the top quarter of the class
  • 2:18 beats the median D1 signee (2:18.36) by 0.36 seconds. The next line up is the top quarter at 2:14.15.
  • D2: 2:18 is inside the top quarter of the class. The top-quarter line was 2:21.79 and the median D2 signee ran 2:27.56, 9.6 seconds slower.
  • At D3, 2:18 is a top-quarter mark: three of every four of the 534 signees ran slower than 2:25.37. The median was 2:31.41.
  • 2:18 clears the NAIA top-quarter line (2:25.68) and sits 13 seconds ahead of the median signee (2:31.48).

Programs whose typical 800m signee ran about 2:18

23 programs have a median girls 800m signee within 2 seconds of 2:18. The closest at each level:

  • LehighD12:17.93median
  • TempleD12:17.73median
  • NavyD12:17.71median
  • NW MissouriD22:17.56median
  • CedarvilleD22:18.93median
  • WashburnD22:19.12median
  • TuftsD32:17.91median
  • Wis La CrosseD32:16.42median

One step up

Programs whose typical 800m signee was a little faster than 2:18: the next rung.

How to use this

Read a program median as "the typical signee", never as a bar you must clear. Half the class sat behind it. Grade, progression, a second event and roster needs all move a real decision, so this is a list of coaches to write, not a promise.

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Other girls 800m marks

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800m standards by level

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