2017 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships

2017 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships
2017 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships
Edition	45th–Men; 37th–Women
Date	November 18, 2017
Host city	Elsah, IL
Distances	8 km–Men; 6 km–Women
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The 2017 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships was the 45th annual NCAA Men's Division III Cross Country Championship and the 37th annual NCAA Women's Division III Cross Country Championship to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division III 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]

The women's race team title was won by Johns Hopkins, defending their title from the previous year and winning their 5th title in program history.^[2] The women's individual title was won by senior Khia Kurtenbach of the University of Chicago, becoming the school's second cross country individual champion in program history (and first since 1999).^[3] In the men's race, the team title was won by North Central, their 18th title (and 2nd in a row).^[4] The Cardinals 139 point margin of victory was just 5 points from tying the men's championship record for largest margin of victory.^[5] The men's individual title went to Darin Lau of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, the 1st individual men's champion in school history.^[6]

Women's title[]

Distance: 6,000 meters

Women's Team Result (Top 10)[]

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PL	Team	Total Time	Average Time	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Johns Hopkins	1:47:00	21:24	96	3	14	19	28	32	(36)	(76)
	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	1:48:37	21:43	191	10	17	24	43	97	(170)	(174)
	Washington	1:48:51	21:46	202	9	16	27	71	79	(95)	(118)
4	MIT	1:49:27	21:53	210	20	35	38	47	70	(92)	-
5	Carleton	1:49:38	21:55	258	4	30	41	78	105	(181)	(208)
6	SUNY Geneseo	1:50:11	22:02	274	21	31	67	72	83	(134)	(205)
7	Tufts	1:50:08	22:01	294	7	39	50	82	116	(119)	(141)
8	Williams	1:50:21	22:04	310	15	25	60	99	111	(125)	(162)
9	Ithaca	1:50:34	22:06	350	8	23	88	93	138	(176)	(214)
10	RPI	1:51:52	22:22	397	40	63	90	91	113	(151)	(159)

Women's Individual Result (Top 10)[]

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Rank	Name	Team	Time
	Khia Kurtenbach	University of Chicago	20:39.2
	Bryn McKillop	Claremont-Mudd-Scripts	20:45.9
	Ellie Clawson	Johns Hopkins	20:47.0
4	Kaitlyn Mooney	Coast Guard	20:48.3
5	Nicky Roberts	Amherst	20:49.5
6	Meg Mathison	Carleton	21:00.3
7	Abigail Nadler	Middlebury	21:00.9
8	Cheyenne Moore	Wisconsin-Oshkosh	21:01.0
9	Emily Richards	Ohio Northern	21:02.0
10	Gabrielle Stravach	Emory	21:02.4

Men's title[]

Distance: 8,000 meters

Men's Team Result (Top 10)[]

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PL	Team	Total Time	Average Time	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	North Central	2:02:47	24:33	57	2	3	7	14	31	(40)	(57)
	Wisconsin-La Crosse	2:05:26	25:05	196	17	21	36	39	83	(106)	(216)
	Christopher Newport	2:05:06	25:01	221	5	11	18	71	116	(135)	(144)
4	Amherst	2:06:14	25:14	251	19	24	53	77	78	(142)	(175)
5	Washington	2:06:16	25:15	269	8	25	70	81	85	(152)	(185)
6	Pomona-Pitzer	2:06:25	25:17	282	20	22	52	64	124	(149)	(151)
7	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	2:06:55	25:11	283	1	30	75	76	101	(121)	(122)
8	Haverford	2:06:25	25:17	295	15	35	38	82	125	(186)	-
9	Loras	2:06:40	25:20	301	27	29	44	96	105	(157)	(165)
10	Carleton	2:06:49	25:21	308	12	48	69	84	95	(174)	(211)

Men's Individual Result (Top 10)[]