Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class · Girls
What colleges recruit a 2:38 800m?
A girls 2:38 800m is at or ahead of the median signee at 13 of the 165 college programs where we hold a verified 800m median: 2 in D2, 7 in D3 and 4 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 2:38 sits at each level
| Level | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | A 2:38 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 |
- At D1, 2:38 is slower than the back quarter of the class (2:24.21) by 14 seconds. Some signees were slower still, but most were not.
- 2:38 trails the D2 back-quarter line (2:34.54) by 3.5 seconds and the median signee (2:27.56) by 10 seconds.
- D3: 2:38 is 6.6 seconds behind the median signee (2:31.41) and 1.9 seconds ahead of the back-quarter line (2:39.92). Athletes at this mark did sign.
- At NAIA, 2:38 sits in the slower half of the class but ahead of the back quarter (2:41.08). The median signee ran 2:31.48, 6.5 seconds faster.
Programs whose typical 800m signee ran about 2:38
9 programs have a median girls 800m signee within 2 seconds of 2:38. The closest at each level:
- Florida SouthernD2SSC · FL5 signees2:36.84median
- BridgewaterD3ODAC · VA4 signees2:38.39median
- Martin LutherD3UMAC · MN5 signees2:38.72median
- OberlinD3NCAC · OH4 signees2:37.12median
- MorningsideNAIAGPAC · IA4 signees2:37.79median
- Oregon TechNAIACCC · OR4 signees2:37.25median
One step up
Programs whose typical 800m signee was a little faster than 2:38: the next rung.
- South Carolina BeaufortD2PBC · SC4 signees2:35.80median
- NazarethD3Empire 8 · NY5 signees2:35.78median
- North Central ILD3CCIW · IL6 signees2:35.56median
- St NorbertD3MWC · WI8 signees2:34.29median
- CarthageD3CCIW · WI4 signees2:34.07median
- CatholicD3Landmark · DC4 signees2:34.05median
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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