Table 2.
Normalized Standing Long Jump Mean (± SD) Distances By Age and Anthropometric Measures for Division III Athletes
| Women (n = 110) | Men (n = 83) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | N | Mean ± SD | p‐value* | Men (n = 83) | N Mean ± SD | p‐value* |
| Age (y) | ||||||
| 18 | 39 | 0.78 ± 0.11 | 0.97 | 24 | 0.97 ± 0.12 | 0.07 |
| 19 | 34 | 0.79 ± 0.10 | 21 | 0.94 ± 0.11 | ||
| 20 | 24 | 0.79 ± 0.09 | 20 | 0.89 ± 0.10 | ||
| 21 and older | 13 | 0.79 ± 0.09 | 18 | 0.98 ± 0.12 | ||
| Totals | 110 | 0.79 ± 0.10 | 83 | 0.94 ± 0.12 | ||
| Height (m) | ||||||
| Shortest (−1 SD) | 18 | 0.79 ± 0.09 | 0.07 | 15 | 0.99 ± 0.12† | 0.04 |
| Average | 80 | 0.80 ± 0.10 | 54 | 0.95 ± 0.11 | ||
| Tallest (+1 SD) | 12 | 0.73 ± 0.10 | 14 | 0.88 ± 0.12† | ||
| Weight (kg) | ||||||
| Lightest (‐1 SD) | 17 | 0.76 ± 0.08 | 0.05 | 12 | 0.95 ± 0.11 | 0.23 |
| Average | 80 | 0.80 ± 0.10 | 63 | 0.95 ± 0.12 | ||
| Heaviest (+1 SD) | 13 | 0.74 ± 0.10 | 8 | 0.88 ± 0.12 | ||
| BMI | ||||||
| Lowest (−1 SD) | 17 | 0.76 ± 0.10 | 0.31 | 8 | 0.92 ± 0.10 | 0.03 |
| Average | 77 | 0.80 ± 0.10 | 67 | 0.96 ± 0.12 | ||
| Highest (−1 SD) | 16 | 0.78 ± 0.09 | 8 | 0.86 ± 0.09 | ||
*
ANOVA= Analysis of Variance; SD= standard deviation; BMI= Body mass index.
†
Difference between −1 SD below mean range and +1 SD above mean range; p‐value= 0.03 post‐hoc.