Each autumn since 1938, with the exception of 1943, the National Collegiate Athletic Association has hosted men's cross country championships. Since 1958, the NCAA has had multiple division championships. Since 1973, Divisions I, II and III have all had their own national championships. Teams and individual runners qualify for the championship at regional competitions approximately a week before the national championships, typically held in November.
Qualifying
Teams compete in one of nine regional championships to qualify, where the top two teams automatically advance and thirteen additional teams are chosen as at-large selections. In addition to the 31 teams, 38 individual runners qualify for the national championship.[1]
History
The field for the Division I national championship race has ranged in size from a low of 6 teams in 1938 to a high of 39 teams in 1970. From 1982 to 1997 the field was fixed at 22 teams. Beginning in 1998, the national championship race has included 31 teams.
The race distance from 1938 to 1964 was 4 miles (6.4 km). From 1965 to 1975 the race distance was 6 miles (9.7 km). Since 1976 the race distance has been 10,000 meters (6.2 mi).[2]
Champions
- Prior to 1958, only a single national championship was held between all members of the NCAA; Division II started in 1958 and Division III in 1973.[3]
- The race distance was 4 miles from 1938 to 1964, 6 miles from 1965 to 1975, and 10,000 meters from 1976 to the present.
NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship |
Year |
Host City
(Host Team) |
|
Team Championship |
|
Individual Championship |
Winner |
Points |
Runner-up |
Points |
Winner
(Team) |
Time |
1938
Details |
East Lansing, MI
(Michigan State) |
Indiana |
51 |
Notre Dame |
61 |
Greg Rice
(Notre Dame) |
20:12.9 |
1939
Details |
Michigan State |
54 |
Wisconsin |
57 |
Walter Mehl
(Wisconsin) |
20:30.9 |
1940
Details |
Indiana |
65 |
Eastern Michigan |
68 |
Gil Dodds
(Ashland) |
20:30.2 |
1941
Details |
Rhode Island |
83 |
Penn State |
110 |
Fred Wilt
(Indiana) |
20:32.1 |
1942
Details |
Indiana
Penn State |
57 |
Rhode Island |
79 |
Oliver Hunter
(Notre Dame) |
20:18.0 |
1943 |
Not Held due to World War II |
1944
Details |
East Lansing, MI
(Michigan State) |
|
Drake |
25 |
Notre Dame |
64 |
|
Fred Feiler
(Drake) |
21:04.2 |
1945
Details |
Drake |
50 |
Notre Dame |
65 |
Fred Feiler
(Drake) |
21:14.2 |
1946
Details |
Drake |
42 |
NYU |
98 |
Quentin Brelsford
(Ohio Wesleyan) |
20:22.9 |
1947
Details |
Penn State |
60 |
Syracuse |
72 |
Jack Milne
(North Carolina) |
20:41.1 |
1948
Details |
Michigan State |
41 |
Wisconsin |
69 |
Robert Black
(Rhode Island) |
19:52.3 |
1949
Details |
Michigan State |
59 |
Syracuse |
81 |
Robert Black
(Rhode Island) |
20:25.7 |
1950
Details |
Penn State |
53 |
Michigan State |
55 |
Herb Semper
(Kansas) |
20:31.7 |
1951
Details |
Syracuse |
80 |
Kansas |
118 |
Herb Semper
(Kansas) |
20:09.5 |
1952
Details |
Michigan State |
65 |
Indiana |
68 |
Charles Capozzoli
(Georgetown) |
19:36.7 |
1953
Details |
Kansas |
70 |
Indiana |
82 |
Wes Santee
(Kansas) |
19:43.5 |
1954
Details |
Oklahoma State |
61 |
Syracuse |
118 |
Allen Frame
(Kansas) |
19:54.2 |
1955
Details |
Michigan State |
46 |
Kansas |
68 |
Charles Jones
(Iowa) |
19:57.4 |
1956
Details |
Michigan State |
28 |
Kansas |
88 |
Walter McNew
(Texas) |
19:55.7 |
1957
Details |
Notre Dame |
121 |
Michigan State |
127 |
Max Truex
(USC) |
19:12.3† |
1958
Details |
Michigan State |
79 |
Western Michigan |
104 |
Crawford Kennedy
(Michigan State) |
20:07.1 |
1959
Details |
Michigan State |
44 |
Houston |
120 |
Al Lawrence
(Houston) |
20:35.7 |
1960
Details |
Houston |
54 |
Michigan State |
80 |
Al Lawrence
(Houston) |
19:28.2 |
1961
Details |
Oregon State |
68 |
San Jose State |
82 |
Dale Story
(Oregon State) |
19:46.6 |
1962
Details |
San Jose State |
58 |
Villanova |
69 |
Tom O'Hara
(Loyola–Chicago) |
19:20.3 |
1963
Details |
San Jose State |
53 |
Oregon |
68 |
Victor Zwolak
(Villanova) |
19:35.0 |
1964
Details |
Western Michigan |
86 |
Oregon |
116 |
Elmore Banton
(Ohio) |
20:07.5 |
The race distance changes from 4 miles to 6 miles |
1965
Details |
Lawrence, KS
(Kansas) |
|
Western Michigan |
81 |
Northwestern |
114 |
|
John Lawson
(Kansas) |
29:24.0 |
1966
Details |
Villanova |
79 |
Kansas State |
155 |
Gerry Lindgren
(Washington State) |
29:01.4 |
1967
Details |
Laramie, WY
(Wyoming) |
Villanova |
91 |
Air Force |
96 |
Gerry Lindgren
(Washington State) |
30:45.6 |
1968
Details |
Bronx, NY
(Manhattan) |
Villanova |
78 |
Stanford |
100 |
Michael Ryan
(Air Force) |
29:16.8 |
1969
Details |
UTEP |
74 |
Villanova |
88 |
Gerry Lindgren
(Washington State) |
28:59.2 |
1970
Details |
Williamsburg, VA
(William & Mary) |
Villanova |
85 |
Oregon |
86 |
Steve Prefontaine
(Oregon) |
28:00.2† |
1971
Details |
Knoxville, TN
(Tennessee) |
Oregon |
83 |
Washington State |
122 |
Steve Prefontaine
(Oregon) |
29:14.0 |
1972
Details |
Houston, TX
(Houston) |
Tennessee |
134 |
East Tennessee State |
148 |
Neil Cusack
(East Tennessee State) |
28:23.0 |
1973
Details |
Pullman, WA
(Washington State) |
Oregon |
89 |
UTEP |
157 |
Steve Prefontaine
(Oregon) |
28:14.8 |
1974
Details |
Bloomington, IN
(Indiana) |
Oregon |
77 |
Western Kentucky |
110 |
Nick Rose
(Western Kentucky) |
29:22.00 |
1975
Details |
State College, PA
(Penn State) |
UTEP |
88 |
Oregon |
92 |
Craig Virgin
(Illinois) |
28:23.3 |
*The race distance changes from 6 miles to 10 kilometers |
1976
Details |
Denton, TX
(North Texas) |
|
UTEP |
62 |
Oregon |
117 |
|
Henry Rono
(Washington State) |
28:06.6† |
1977
Details |
Pullman, WA
(Washington State) |
Oregon |
100 |
UTEP |
105 |
Henry Rono
(Washington State) |
28:33.5 |
1978
Details |
Madison, WI
(Wisconsin) |
UTEP |
56 |
Oregon |
72 |
Alberto Salazar
(Oregon) |
29:29.7 |
1979
Details |
Bethlehem, PA
(Lehigh) |
UTEP |
86 |
Oregon |
93 |
Henry Rono
(Washington State) |
28:19.6 |
1980
Details |
Wichita, KS
(Wichita State) |
UTEP |
58 |
Arkansas |
152 |
Suleiman Nyambui
(UTEP) |
29:04.0 |
1981
Details |
Wichita, KS
(Wichita State) |
UTEP |
17 |
Providence |
109 |
Matthews Motshwarateu
(UTEP) |
28:45.6 |
1982
Details |
Bloomington, IN
(Indiana) |
Wisconsin |
59 |
Providence |
138 |
Mark Scrutton
(Colorado) |
30:12.6 |
1983
Details |
Bethlehem, PA
(Lehigh) |
(Vacated) |
108 |
Wisconsin |
164 |
Zakarie Barie
(UTEP) |
29:20.0 |
1984
Details |
State College, PA
(Penn State) |
Arkansas |
101 |
Arizona |
111 |
Ed Eyestone
(BYU) |
29:28.8 |
1985
Details |
Milwaukee, WI
(Marquette) |
Wisconsin |
67 |
Arkansas |
104 |
Tim Hacker
(Wisconsin) |
29:17.88 |
1986
Details |
Tucson, AZ
(Arizona) |
Arkansas |
69 |
Dartmouth |
141 |
Aaron Ramirez
(Arizona) |
30:27.53 |
1987
Details |
Charlottesville, VA
(Virginia) |
Arkansas |
87 |
Dartmouth |
119 |
Joe Falcon
(Arkansas) |
29:14.97 |
1988
Details |
Ames, IA
(Iowa State) |
Wisconsin |
105 |
Northern Arizona |
160 |
Bob Kennedy
(Indiana) |
29:20.00 |
1989
Details |
Annapolis, MD
(Navy) |
Iowa State |
54 |
Oregon |
72 |
John Nuttall
(Iowa State) |
29:30.55 |
1990
Details |
Knoxville, TN
(Tennessee) |
Arkansas |
68 |
Iowa State |
96 |
Jonah Koech
(Iowa State) |
29:05 |
1991
Details |
Tucson, AZ
(Arizona) |
Arkansas |
52 |
Iowa State |
114 |
Sean Dollman
(Western Kentucky) |
30:17.1 |
1992
Details |
Bloomington, IN
(Indiana) |
Arkansas |
46 |
Wisconsin |
87 |
Bob Kennedy
(Indiana) |
30:15.3 |
1993
Details |
Bethlehem, PA
(Lehigh) |
Arkansas |
31 |
BYU |
153 |
Josephat Kapkory
(Washington State) |
29:32.4 |
1994
Details |
Fayetteville, AR
(Arkansas) |
Iowa State |
65 |
Colorado |
88 |
Martin Keino
(Arizona) |
30:08.7 |
1995
Details |
Ames, IA
(Iowa State) |
Arkansas |
100 |
Northern Arizona |
142 |
Godfrey Siamusiye
(Arkansas) |
30:09 |
1996
Details |
Tucson, AZ
(Arizona) |
Stanford |
46 |
Arkansas |
74 |
Godfrey Siamusiye
(Arkansas) |
29:49 |
1997
Details |
Greenville, SC
(Furman) |
Stanford |
53 |
Arkansas |
56 |
Mebrahtom Keflezighi
(UCLA) |
28:54 |
1998
Details |
Lawrence, KS
(Kansas) |
Arkansas |
97 |
Stanford |
114 |
Adam Goucher
(Colorado) |
29:26.9 |
1999
Details |
Bloomington, IN
(Indiana) |
Arkansas |
58 |
Wisconsin |
185 |
David Kimani
(South Alabama) |
30:06.6 |
2000
Details |
Ames, IA
(Iowa State) |
Arkansas |
83 |
Colorado |
94 |
Keith Kelly
(Providence) |
30:14.5 |
2001
Details |
Greenville, SC
(Furman) |
Colorado |
90 |
Stanford |
91 |
Boaz Cheboiywo
(Eastern Michigan) |
28:47 |
2002
Details |
Terre Haute, IN
(Indiana State) |
Stanford |
47 |
Wisconsin |
107 |
Jorge Torres
(Colorado) |
29:04.7 |
2003
Details |
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Northern Iowa) |
Stanford |
24 |
Wisconsin |
147 |
Dathan Ritzenhein
(Colorado) |
29:14.1 |
2004
Details |
Terre Haute, IN
(Indiana State) |
Colorado |
90 |
Wisconsin |
94 |
Simon Bairu
(Wisconsin) |
30:37.7 |
2005
Details |
Wisconsin |
37 |
Arkansas |
105 |
Simon Bairu
(Wisconsin) |
29:15.9 |
2006
Details |
Colorado |
94 |
Wisconsin |
142 |
Josh Rohatinsky
(BYU) |
30:44.9 |
2007
Details |
Oregon |
85 |
Iona |
113 |
Josh McDougal
(Liberty) |
29:22.4 |
2008
Details |
Oregon |
93 |
Iona |
147 |
Galen Rupp
(Oregon) |
29:03.2 |
2009
Details |
Oklahoma State |
127 |
Oregon |
143 |
Sam Chelanga
(Liberty) |
28:41.3 |
2010
Details |
Oklahoma State |
73 |
Florida State |
193 |
Sam Chelanga
(Liberty) |
29:22.2 |
2011
Details |
Wisconsin |
97 |
Oklahoma State |
139 |
Lawi Lalang
(Arizona) |
28:44.1 |
2012
Details |
Louisville, KY
(Louisville) |
Oklahoma State |
72 |
Wisconsin |
135 |
Kennedy Kithuka
(Texas Tech) |
28:31.3 |
2013
Details |
Terre Haute, IN
(Indiana State) |
Colorado |
149 |
Northern Arizona |
169 |
Edward Cheserek
(Oregon) |
29:41.1 |
2014
Details |
Colorado |
65 |
Stanford |
98 |
Edward Cheserek
(Oregon) |
30:19.4 |
2015
Details |
Louisville, KY
(Louisville) |
Syracuse |
82 |
Colorado |
91 |
Edward Cheserek
(Oregon) |
28:45.8 |
- A time highlighted in ██ indicates a NCAA championship record time for that distance at the time.
- A † indicates the all-time NCAA championship record for that distance.
- UTEP's 1983 championship was vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.
Titles
Appearances
Most team appearances (top 15)
Records
- Best Team Score: 17
- Most Individual Titles: 3 (tie)
- Gerry Lindgren, Washington State (1966, 1967, and 1969)
- Steve Prefontaine, Oregon (1970, 1971, and 1973)
- Henry Rono, Washington State (1976, 1977, and 1979)
- Edward Cheserek, Oregon (2013, 2014, and 2015)
- Best Individual Time, 4 miles: 19:21.3
- Best Individual Time, 6 miles: 28:00.2
- Best Individual Time, 10,000 meters: 28:06.6
See also
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ NCAA 2010 Men's Division I Cross Country All Time Championship Records [1].
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ NCAA Men's Cross Country All-Time Championship Records & Results [2]. Accessed 12 February 2011.
External links
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