NCAA Division I Women's 1500m Recruiting Standards

Target marks range from 4:09.24 to 4:51.25 across 31 conferences, from the 2026 outdoor performance lists.

Conference	Target	Recruit	Walk-On
Big 12 Conference	4:09.24	4:16.98	4:20.10	16
Big Ten Conference	4:09.95	4:14.74	4:18.54	18
Atlantic Coast Conference	4:10.61	4:12.12	4:14.92	18
Southeastern Conference	4:12.85	4:16.73	4:19.32	16
BIG EAST Conference	4:16.32	4:23.17	4:30.72	10
Mountain West Conference	4:17.99	4:23.82	4:26.94	10
Pac-12 Conference	4:17.99	4:23.82	4:26.94	9
The Ivy League	4:20.82	4:25.31	4:27.57	8
Big Sky Conference	4:22.72	4:25.96	4:30.93	11
Conference USA	4:22.89	4:28.22	4:30.99	10
Mid-American Conference	4:24.20	4:26.26	4:29.59	12
Patriot League	4:24.64	4:28.18	4:32.54	10
Coastal Athletic Association	4:24.98	4:29.92	4:33.61	12
Missouri Valley Conference	4:25.20	4:31.72	4:37.26	11
Atlantic Sun Conference	4:25.87	4:33.71	4:40.21	6
Atlantic 10 Conference	4:26.41	4:31.82	4:34.97	14
American Conference	4:27.68	4:30.00	4:33.61	13
United Athletic Conference	4:27.72	4:32.07	4:41.51	9
Big West Conference	4:28.24	4:30.82	4:34.17	12
Southern Conference	4:28.82	4:40.19	4:44.92	11
Southland Conference	4:29.02	4:32.87	4:39.39	12
The Summit League	4:29.84	4:31.93	4:37.93	8
America East Conference	4:30.08	4:33.47	4:39.62	9
Sun Belt Conference	4:31.01	4:33.99	4:37.76	13
Metro Conference	4:33.54	4:39.33	4:43.31	12
Big South Conference	4:34.39	4:44.72	4:52.76	9
Horizon League	4:35.22	4:42.67	4:47.08	11
Northeast Conference	4:38.43	4:48.25	5:00.83	9
Ohio Valley Conference	4:39.22	4:42.81	4:45.87	9
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	4:48.87	5:00.40	5:53.09	8
Southwestern Athletic Conference	4:51.25	4:55.30	5:03.93	12

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