Presentation of Trends in Men's Cross Country 1991-1992 to 2004-2005

Cross Country Type 1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005
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see graph		 Closed Group Teams Men 613 629 618 618 617 605 600 623 635 624 643 647 649 646
Open Group Teams Men 706 723 730 736 815 786 790 827 811 860 858 859 871 865
Closed Group Participants Men 8,404 8,616 8,497 8,560 8,548 8,297 8,511 8,139 8,819 8,488 8,725 8,961 8,882 9,074
Open Group Participants Men 9,478 9,666 9,850 9,741 10,785 10,165 10,534 10,945 10,786 11,165 10,840 11,267 11,273 11,638
Closed Group Avg. Squad Size Men 13.71 13.70 13.75 13.85 13.85 13.71 14.19 13.06 13.89 13.60 13.57 13.85 13.69 14.05
Open Group Avg. Squad Size Men 13.42 13.37 13.49 13.24 13.23 12.93 13.33 13.23 13.30 12.98 12.63 13.12 12.94 13.45

We modified some open group data points, in concert with NCAA officials, to resolve apparent inconsistencies and unexplained fluctuations presented in the NCAA published report. Thus, there are a small number of data points used for this report that differ from what is published in the NCAA report.