Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls
What colleges recruit a 2:32 800m?
A girls 2:32 800m is at or ahead of the median signee at 38 of the 165 college programs where we hold a verified 800m median: 1 in D1, 10 in D2, 20 in D3 and 7 in NAIA.
n = 1,821 girls 800m marks, 2025-26 signing class, trackbeast.com. Built from what signed athletes ran in high school, read for the 2026-27 cycle. No program median is printed off fewer than four signees.
Where a 2:32 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 2:32 is… | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | 2:14.15 | 2:18.36 | 2:24.21 | Behind the back quarter | 668 |
| D2 | 2:21.79 | 2:27.56 | 2:34.54 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 402 |
| D3 | 2:25.37 | 2:31.41 | 2:39.92 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 534 |
| NAIA | 2:25.68 | 2:31.48 | 2:41.08 | Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter | 217 |
- At D1, 2:32 is slower than the back quarter of the class (2:24.21) by 7.8 seconds. Some signees were slower still, but most were not.
- 2:32 is inside what D2 signed: behind the median (2:27.56) by 4.4 seconds, ahead of the back-quarter line (2:34.54) by 2.5 seconds.
- D3: 2:32 is 0.59 seconds behind the median signee (2:31.41) and 7.9 seconds ahead of the back-quarter line (2:39.92). Athletes at this mark did sign.
- 2:32 is inside what NAIA signed: behind the median (2:31.48) by 0.52 seconds, ahead of the back-quarter line (2:41.08) by 9.1 seconds.
Programs whose typical 800m signee ran about 2:32
30 programs have a median girls 800m signee within 2 seconds of 2:32. The closest at each level:
- CitadelD1SoCon · SC4 signees2:31.51median
- CampbellD1CAA · NC8 signees2:31.41median
- Morehead StateD1OVC · KY4 signees2:30.86median
- MSU MoorheadD2NSIC · MN5 signees2:31.90median
- ClaflinD2CIAA · SC4 signees2:31.59median
- West ChesterD2PSAC · PA6 signees2:31.50median
- DeSalesD3MAC · PA4 signees2:31.95median
- GettysburgD3Centennial · PA4 signees2:32.31median
- WillametteD3NWC · OR5 signees2:32.40median
- HastingsNAIAGPAC · NE4 signees2:31.29median
- Siena HeightsNAIAWHAC · MI4 signees2:32.85median
- Indiana EastNAIARSC · IN7 signees2:30.38median
One step up
Programs whose typical 800m signee was a little faster than 2:32: the next rung.
- Nebraska WesleyanD3ARC · NE9 signees2:29.86median
- Fairleigh DickinsonD1NEC · NJ5 signees2:29.60median
- WhitworthD3NWC · WA4 signees2:29.42median
- Wheaton ILD3CCIW · IL4 signees2:29.26median
- Cal State San BernardinoD2CCAA · CA4 signees2:29.22median
- West Liberty StD2MEC · WV5 signees2:28.93median
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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