Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls

What colleges recruit a 2:30 800m?

A girls 2:30 800m is at or ahead of the median signee at 56 of the 165 college programs where we hold a verified 800m median: 4 in D1, 15 in D2, 28 in D3 and 9 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 2:30 sits at each level

LevelMedian signeeA 2:30 is…
D12:18.36Behind the back quarter
D22:27.56Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter
D32:31.41Ahead of the median signee
NAIA2:31.48Ahead of the median signee
  • At D1, 2:30 is slower than the back quarter of the class (2:24.21) by 5.8 seconds. Some signees were slower still, but most were not.
  • D2: 2:30 is 2.4 seconds behind the median signee (2:27.56) and 4.5 seconds ahead of the back-quarter line (2:34.54). Athletes at this mark did sign.
  • 2:30 beats the median D3 signee (2:31.41) by 1.4 seconds. The next line up is the top quarter at 2:25.37.
  • At NAIA, 2:30 is in the faster half of the class. The median signee ran 2:31.48; the top quarter starts at 2:25.68, 4.3 seconds away.

Programs whose typical 800m signee ran about 2:30

29 programs have a median girls 800m signee within 2 seconds of 2:30. The closest at each level:

One step up

Programs whose typical 800m signee was a little faster than 2:30: 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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What programs signed in 2025-26, not what they require. From public meet results and official rosters; no roster spot or scholarship is implied, and the picture shifts every year.

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