Presentation of Trends in Women'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 Women 591 615 616 635 632 623 622 657 675 661 685 689 693 688
Open Group Teams Women 677 700 727 747 842 834 843 891 882 923 928 930 942 940
Closed Group Participants Women 6,955 7,259 7,497 7,922 7,912 8,019 8,249 8,497 9,554 9,388 9,689 9,827 10,062 10,160
Open Group Participants Women 7,794 8,106 8,610 8,999 10,517 10,113 10,473 12,054 11,725 12,335 12,008 12,336 12,678 12,901
Closed Group Avg. Squad Size Women 11.77 11.80 12.17 12.48 12.52 12.87 13.26 12.93 14.15 14.20 14.14 14.26 14.52 14.77
Open Group Avg. Squad Size Women 11.51 11.58 11.84 12.05 12.49 12.13 12.42 13.53 13.29 13.36 12.94 13.26 13.46 13.72

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.