Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class
North Carolina College Track & Field Recruiting Standards (2026-27)
37 college track programs in North Carolina have a signing class on file (19 D1, 12 D2, 5 D3, 1 NAIA). Across all of them, the median boys 1600m signee ran 4:23.83.
n = 858 marks from 37 programs, 2025-26 signing class, trackbeast.com. Signed athletes' own high-school bests. Any event with fewer than 30 marks or fewer than 5 programs behind it is left off. These pools combine every level in the state, D1 through NAIA: read them as what in-state programs sign overall, not as one division’s standard.
Boys
| Event | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | Marks | Programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | 10.83 | 11.21 | 11.48 | 68 | 22 |
| 200m | 22.01 | 22.46 | 23.42 | 78 | 23 |
| 400m | 49.27 | 50.01 | 52.50 | 67 | 27 |
| 800m | 1:55.43 | 2:00.93 | 2:04.93 | 65 | 25 |
| 1600m | 4:13.84 | 4:23.83 | 4:36.98 | 87 | 27 |
| 3200m | 9:08.54 | 9:28.58 | 10:02.72 | 70 | 27 |
| Long Jump | 6.88m | 6.72m | 6.43m | 32 | 19 |
Girls
| Event | Top quarter | Median signee | Back quarter | Marks | Programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | 12.24 | 12.48 | 12.93 | 72 | 28 |
| 200m | 25.24 | 25.69 | 26.72 | 85 | 30 |
| 400m | 57.75 | 59.58 | 1:01.45 | 66 | 27 |
| 800m | 2:15.47 | 2:22.52 | 2:28.19 | 45 | 19 |
| 1600m | 5:00.04 | 5:09.93 | 5:27.73 | 56 | 22 |
| 3200m | 10:46.62 | 11:02.79 | 11:33.00 | 37 | 17 |
| Long Jump | 5.68m | 5.44m | 5.03m | 30 | 20 |
College programs in North Carolina
NCAA Division I
- Appalachian StateSun Belt · most signed: boys 1600m (6)
- CampbellCAA · most signed: girls 800m (8)
- DavidsonA10 · most signed: girls 1600m (6)
- DukeACC · most signed: boys 1600m (2)
- East CarolinaAAC · most signed: boys 800m (1)
- ElonCAA · most signed: girls 1600m (2)
- Gardner-WebbBig South · most signed: girls 800m (2)
- High PointBig South · most signed: boys 1600m (5)
- NC StateACC · most signed: boys 1600m (4)
- North CarolinaACC · most signed: boys 1600m (5)
- North Carolina A&TCAA · most signed: girls 200m (7)
- North Carolina CentralMEAC · most signed: girls 200m (4)
- QueensASUN · most signed: boys 200m (4)
- UNC AshevilleBig South · most signed: boys 100m (7)
- UNC CharlotteAAC · most signed: boys 1600m (7)
- UNC GreensboroSoCon · most signed: girls 200m (4)
- UNC WilmingtonCAA · most signed: girls 100m (8)
- Wake ForestACC · most signed: boys 1600m (4)
- Western CarolinaSoCon · most signed: boys 3200m (5)
NCAA Division II
- BartonConference Carolinas · most signed: girls 400m (6)
- Belmont AbbeyConference Carolinas · most signed: boys 1600m (8)
- CatawbaSAC · most signed: boys 1600m (5)
- Fayetteville StCIAA · most signed: girls 100m (2)
- Johnson C SmithCIAA · most signed: boys 400m (2)
- Lenoir RhyneSAC · most signed: boys 200m (4)
- LivingstoneCIAA · most signed: boys 200m (8)
- Mars HillSAC · most signed: boys Shot Put (2)
- Mount OliveConference Carolinas · most signed: boys 800m (4)
- UNC PembrokePBC · most signed: boys 100m (4)
- WingateSAC · most signed: boys 200m (11)
- Winston Salem StCIAA · most signed: girls Shot Put (4)
NCAA Division III
- BrevardUSA South · most signed: boys 100m (4)
- Meredithmost signed: girls Discus (2)
- MethodistUSA South · most signed: boys 100m (3)
- North Carolina WesleyanUSA South · most signed: girls 100m (3)
- PfeifferUSA South · most signed: boys 1600m (6)
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