Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls

What colleges recruit a 2:20 800m?

A girls 2:20 800m is at or ahead of the median signee at 123 of the 165 college programs where we hold a verified 800m median: 21 in D1, 35 in D2, 47 in D3 and 20 in NAIA.

n = 1,821 girls 800m 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 2:20 sits at each level

LevelMedian signeeA 2:20 is…
D12:18.36Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter
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
  • 2:20 is inside what D1 signed: behind the median (2:18.36) by 1.6 seconds, ahead of the back-quarter line (2:24.21) by 4.2 seconds.
  • At D2, 2:20 is a top-quarter mark: three of every four of the 402 signees ran slower than 2:21.79. The median was 2:27.56.
  • D3: 2:20 is inside the top quarter of the class. The top-quarter line was 2:25.37 and the median D3 signee ran 2:31.41, 11 seconds slower.
  • At NAIA, 2:20 is a top-quarter mark: three of every four of the 217 signees ran slower than 2:25.68. The median was 2:31.48.

Programs whose typical 800m signee ran about 2:20

21 programs have a median girls 800m signee within 2 seconds of 2:20. The closest at each level:

One step up

Programs whose typical 800m signee was a little faster than 2:20: the next rung.

  • LehighD12:17.93median
  • TuftsD32:17.91median
  • TempleD12:17.73median
  • NavyD12:17.71median
  • NW MissouriD22:17.56median
  • UC Santa BarbaraD12:17.44median

How to use this

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Other girls 800m marks

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800m standards by level

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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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