Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls

What colleges recruit a 2:26 800m?

A girls 2:26 800m is at or ahead of the median signee at 85 of the 165 college programs where we hold a verified 800m median: 8 in D1, 25 in D2, 38 in D3 and 14 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 2:26 sits at each level

LevelMedian signeeA 2:26 is…
D12:18.36Behind the back quarter
D22:27.56Ahead of the median signee
D32:31.41Ahead of the median signee
NAIA2:31.48Ahead of the median signee
  • 2:26 trails the D1 back-quarter line (2:24.21) by 1.8 seconds and the median signee (2:18.36) by 7.6 seconds.
  • D2: 2:26 is 1.6 seconds ahead of the median signee (2:27.56) and 4.2 seconds short of the top quarter (2:21.79).
  • At D3, 2:26 is in the faster half of the class. The median signee ran 2:31.41; the top quarter starts at 2:25.37, 0.63 seconds away.
  • 2:26 beats the median NAIA signee (2:31.48) by 5.5 seconds. The next line up is the top quarter at 2:25.68.

Programs whose typical 800m signee ran about 2:26

35 programs have a median girls 800m signee within 2 seconds of 2:26. The closest at each level:

One step up

Programs whose typical 800m signee was a little faster than 2:26: the next rung.

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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