by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Cross Country at Mercer University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Mercer is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southern Conference.
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The Mercer men’s cross country team lists 16 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 36. Academic data covers 49 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Mercer women’s cross country team carries 14 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 38. The most recent cohort included 30 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Mercer fields 30 cross country athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Among the 13 varsity sports Mercer reports, cross country sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s cross country program carries 1 coach — 1 head coach. In all, 0 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Cameron Ruppe.
The women’s cross country program employs 1 coach — 1 head coach. Of those, 0 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Cameron Ruppe.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 1 coach to the women’s 1.
Among the school’s 13 sports, cross country sits #7 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Mercer men’s cross country program brought in $352,083 in revenue against $352,083 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $2,855 in operating expense per athlete, or $45,672 per team.
The Mercer women’s cross country program reported $224,895 in revenue against $224,895 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $2,770 in operating expense per athlete, or $38,778 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $352,083 to the women’s $224,895 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, cross country ranks #10 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s cross country team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (1000 on a multi-year basis). It retained 100% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s cross country team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (979 on a multi-year basis). The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 995 and the women 1000.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 988, cross country sits above average at 998.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.