Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls

What colleges recruit a 2:22 800m?

A girls 2:22 800m is at or ahead of the median signee at 111 of the 165 college programs where we hold a verified 800m median: 17 in D1, 31 in D2, 45 in D3 and 18 in NAIA.

n = 1,821 girls 800m marks, 2025-26 signing class, trackbeast.com. Every mark belongs to an athlete who signed with a college program. We print a program median only off four or more signees.

Where a 2:22 sits at each level

LevelMedian signeeA 2:22 is…
D12:18.36Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter
D22:27.56Ahead of the median signee
D32:31.41In the top quarter of the class
NAIA2:31.48In the top quarter of the class
  • At D1, 2:22 sits in the slower half of the class but ahead of the back quarter (2:24.21). The median signee ran 2:18.36, 3.6 seconds faster.
  • D2: 2:22 is 5.6 seconds ahead of the median signee (2:27.56) and 0.21 seconds short of the top quarter (2:21.79).
  • 2:22 clears the D3 top-quarter line (2:25.37) and sits 9.4 seconds ahead of the median signee (2:31.41).
  • 2:22 clears the NAIA top-quarter line (2:25.68) and sits 9.5 seconds ahead of the median signee (2:31.48).

Programs whose typical 800m signee ran about 2:22

21 programs have a median girls 800m signee within 2 seconds of 2:22. The closest at each level:

One step up

Programs whose typical 800m signee was a little faster than 2:22: the next rung.

  • BucknellD12:19.69median
  • DrakeD12:19.50median
  • WashburnD22:19.12median
  • CedarvilleD22:18.93median
  • LafayetteD12:18.91median
  • DartmouthD12:18.78median

How to use this

A median is the middle of a signing class, not a cutoff: half of every class ran slower and still signed. Coaches also weigh your grade, your trajectory, your range and what the roster needs that year. Use this list to decide who to write first, not as an offer.

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Other girls 800m marks

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800m standards by level

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A record of what 2025-26 signees ran in high school, drawn from public meet results and official rosters. Not a published standard, not a guarantee, and it changes each cycle.

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