@politeperson You’re right that I failed to account for the 1500s. I wasn’t talking about sub 5 though, I was talking about sub 4:49 in the 1600. Which is about a 4:51 mile/4:29 1500. Athletic.net doesn’t include every single meet, of course, but it should have the big ones that top athletes run in. For outdoor 2017 it only shows 11 sub 4:29 1500s run by high school girls in the U.S.
But since the conversions make it confusing, Villanova’s 800m scholarship time is 2:08. Athletic.net has records of 19 sub 2:08 and 32 sub 2:09 HS girls in the U.S., of which 11 and 18 are seniors.
Sorry for distracting from OP’s question, wasn’t my intention. Just amazed at the calibre of the athletes at some of these schools.