by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Outdoor Track & Field at Roanoke College, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Roanoke is classified as NCAA Division III without football as a member of Old Dominion Athletic Conf..
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The Roanoke men’s outdoor track & field team lists 42 players.
The Roanoke women’s outdoor track & field team fields 35 student athletes.
Across both rosters, Roanoke fields 77 outdoor track & field athletes — 42 on the men’s side and 35 on the women’s.
Of the 16 varsity sports Roanoke reports, outdoor track & field comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s outdoor track & field program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 work full-time and 5 part-time.
The women’s outdoor track & field program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 0 work full-time and 4 part-time.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 16 sports, outdoor track & field sits #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Roanoke men’s outdoor track & field program generated $55,909 in revenue against $55,909 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $591 in operating expense per athlete, or $24,824 per team.
The Roanoke women’s outdoor track & field program brought in $45,743 in revenue against $45,743 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $580 in operating expense per athlete, or $20,310 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $55,909 to the women’s $45,743 in revenue.
Among the school’s 16 sports, outdoor track & field sits #12 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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