HS Girls 1600m Tiers

Sounds about right

Although a lot of girls who run about 5:15 and under if they can run comparable times for the 2-mile and cross country can get a division 1 scholarship to a low-level School.

And then I would change under 5 minutes to P5 scholarship potential. And then under 450 National Elite

This varies so much depending on the team and the state. I have girls under 5:20 that aren't making varsity.

Thanks for sharing. Was wondering how my two young aussie female's might rate. Recently had a 16 year old female run 4:28 and a 14 year old female 4:37 both for 1500m in which if you add say 17-18 seconds they are roughly at 4:45 and 4:53 for 1600m. Back when i ran in Virginia in HS those would have been state winning times. Now they just seem rather normal.

sounds about right EZ run

It's all relative when picking "varsity" times. We have no girls under 6:00, but three between 6:00 and 6:25.

6:31 girls can't run JV?

coahc wrote:

Recently had a 16 year old female run 4:28 and a 14 year old female 4:37 both for 1500m in which if you add say 17-18 seconds they are roughly at 4:45 and 4:53 for 1600m.

4:28 1500 × 1.08(1600/1609.344) = 4:47 1600

4:37 1500 x 1.08(1600/1609.344) = 4:57 1600

oldschoollrc wrote:

6:31 girls can't run JV?

JJV?

whats the equivalent for boys?

5:30-6:00 JV

5:00-5:30 Low end varsity

4:30-5:00 winning small meets

4:20-4:30 winning larger meets and contending for scholarship at the faster end

4:10-4:20 State Championships and contending for scholarship

4:05-4:10 Nationals contender

Sub 4:05 Collegiate level or full scholarship athlete

Just my guess

this looks about right to me

One caveat (other than it's "Caliber" not "Caliper") -

If you're winning the state meet (or top 2-3), you can also get a full ride D1 if you are over 5:00 (wink, wink).

I had teammates in HS who were 5:25-5:35 and they all got D1 scholarships. These were to VCU, UNCW, And Towson

Not today. Times have exploded and Covid has messed everything up. I have 2 girls on my team who have run 5:05 and they are getting nothing next year. The top teams didn't even allow them to walk on.

It's pretty hard to make generalizations, except for national caliber because there is so much variation by state and region/section/division. For example in 2019 in CA there were 44 girls under 5:00 (19 in the Southern Section alone) and 252 under 5:15.

The tiers are really on a state-by-state basis.