Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls
What colleges recruit a 2:36 800m?
A girls 2:36 800m is at or ahead of the median signee at 20 of the 165 college programs where we hold a verified 800m median: 3 in D2, 11 in D3 and 6 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 2:36 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 2:36 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 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 |
- D1: 2:36 is 12 seconds behind the back-quarter line (2:24.21). Three of every four of the 668 signees ran faster; the median was 2:18.36.
- At D2, 2:36 is slower than the back quarter of the class (2:34.54) by 1.5 seconds. Some signees were slower still, but most were not.
- 2:36 is inside what D3 signed: behind the median (2:31.41) by 4.6 seconds, ahead of the back-quarter line (2:39.92) by 3.9 seconds.
- 2:36 is inside what NAIA signed: behind the median (2:31.48) by 4.5 seconds, ahead of the back-quarter line (2:41.08) by 5.1 seconds.
Programs whose typical 800m signee ran about 2:36
13 programs have a median girls 800m signee within 2 seconds of 2:36. The closest at each level:
- South Carolina BeaufortD2PBC · SC4 signees2:35.80median
- Florida SouthernD2SSC · FL5 signees2:36.84median
- NazarethD3Empire 8 · NY5 signees2:35.78median
- RITD3Liberty League · NY5 signees2:36.42median
- North Central ILD3CCIW · IL6 signees2:35.56median
- Oregon TechNAIACCC · OR4 signees2:37.25median
- MorningsideNAIAGPAC · IA4 signees2:37.79median
One step up
Programs whose typical 800m signee was a little faster than 2:36: the next rung.
- Southeastern OklahomaD2GAC · OK5 signees2:33.89median
- HardingD2GAC · AR6 signees2:33.74median
- EvansvilleD1MVC · IN6 signees2:33.68median
- AdelphiD2NE10 · NY4 signees2:33.49median
- HopeD3MIAA · MI6 signees2:33.08median
- MessiahD3MAC · PA5 signees2:32.95median
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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