2011 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships

2011 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
Organisers	NCAA
Edition	73rd–Men 31st–Women
Date	November 21, 2011
Host city	Terre Haute, IN
Venue	Indiana State University LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course
Distances	10 km–Men 6 km–Women
Participation	252–Men 254–Women 506–Total athletes
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The 2011 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 73rd annual NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 31st annual NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division I men's and women's collegiate cross country running in the United States. In all, four different titles were contested: men's and women's individual and team championships.^[1][2]

Held on November 21, 2011, the combined meet was the eighth of eight consecutive meets hosted by Indiana State University at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Indiana. The distance for the men's race was 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) while the distance for the women's race was 6 kilometers (3.73 miles).

The men's team championship was won by Wisconsin (97 points), the Badgers' fifth overall and first since 2005. The women's team championship was won by Georgetown (162 points), the Hoyas' first.

The two individual champions were, for the men, Lawi Lalang (Arizona, 28:44.1) and, for the women, Sheila Reid (Villanova, 19:41.2); it was her second consecutive title.^[3][4]

Men's title[]

• Distance: 10,000 meters

Men's Team Result (Top 10)[] Rank Team Points Wisconsin 97 Oklahoma State 139 Colorado 144 4 BYU 283 5 Stanford 287 6 Oklahoma 216 7 Indiana 257 8 Portland 259 9 Iona 265 10 North Carolina State 282

Men's Individual Result (Top 10)[] Rank Name Team Time Lawi Lalang Arizona 28:44.1 Chris Derrick Stanford 28:57.5 Leonard Korir Iona 29:02.5 4 Cameron Levins Southern Utah 29:04.8 5 Mohammed Ahmed Wisconsin 29:06.7 6 Luke Puskedra Oregon 29:09.3 7 Diego Estrada Northern Arizona 29:24.7 8 Colorado 29:27.8 9 Texas A&M 29:29.1 10 Oklahoma State 29:31.4

Women's title[]

• Distance: 6,000 meters

Women's Team Result (Top 10)[] Rank Team Points Georgetown 162 Washington 178 Villanova 181 4 Florida State 189 5 Oregon 281 6 Vanderbilt 282 7 Iowa State 290 8 West Virginia 287 9 New Mexico 322 10 Stanford 332

Women's Individual Result (Top 10)[] Rank Name Team Time Sheila Reid Villanova 19:41.2 Jordan Hasay Oregon 19:41.8 Abbey D'Agostino Dartmouth 19:42.9 4 Emily Infeld Georgetown 19:44.3 5 Princeton 19:45.0 6 Villanova 19:45.7 7 Washington 19:47.9 8 West Virginia 19:49.5 9 Betsy Saina Iowa State 19:50.7 10 Tara Erdmann Loyola Marymount 19:51.3

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