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What colleges recruit a 2:34 800m?

A girls 2:34 800m is at or ahead of the median signee at 26 of the 165 college programs where we hold a verified 800m median: 4 in D2, 16 in D3 and 6 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 2:34 sits at each level

LevelMedian signeeA 2:34 is…
D12:18.36Behind the back quarter
D22:27.56Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter
D32:31.41Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter
NAIA2:31.48Behind the median, ahead of the back quarter
  • 2:34 trails the D1 back-quarter line (2:24.21) by 9.8 seconds and the median signee (2:18.36) by 16 seconds.
  • D2: 2:34 is 6.4 seconds behind the median signee (2:27.56) and 0.54 seconds ahead of the back-quarter line (2:34.54). Athletes at this mark did sign.
  • At D3, 2:34 sits in the slower half of the class but ahead of the back quarter (2:39.92). The median signee ran 2:31.41, 2.6 seconds faster.
  • 2:34 is inside what NAIA signed: behind the median (2:31.48) by 2.5 seconds, ahead of the back-quarter line (2:41.08) by 7.1 seconds.

Programs whose typical 800m signee ran about 2:34

18 programs have a median girls 800m signee within 2 seconds of 2:34. The closest at each level:

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Programs whose typical 800m signee was a little faster than 2:34: the next rung.

How to use this

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Other girls 800m marks

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800m standards by level

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These numbers describe the 2025-26 signing class; they do not guarantee a spot or aid. Sourced from public meet results and official rosters, and refreshed as new data lands.

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