by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Cross Country at Wellesley College, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Wellesley competes in NCAA Division III without football as a member of New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference.
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The Wellesley women’s cross country team fields 15 student athletes.
Among the 16 varsity sports Wellesley reports, cross country sits at #10 by total roster size.
The women’s cross country program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 0 work full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Phil Jennings.
Across the school’s 16 sports, cross country sits #11 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Wellesley women’s cross country program generated $74,317 in revenue against $74,317 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $1,103 in operating expense per athlete, or $16,539 per team.
Among the school’s 16 sports, cross country ranks #14 by revenue, accounting for 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
If Wellesley places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.