NCAA Men's Division III Cross Country Championship

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NCAA Men's Division III Cross Country Championship
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Founded1973
Most recent
champion(s)
Pomona-Pitzer
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The NCAA Men's Division III Cross Country Championship is an annual cross country meet to decide the team and individual national champions of men's NCAA Division III intercollegiate cross country running in the United States. It has been held every fall, usually in November, since the NCAA split into its current three-division format in 1973.

The current champions are the Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens, who won their 1st national title in 2019.

Format[]

The field for the national championship race varied in the early years, reaching a high of 52 teams in 1977. From 1982 to 1998 the field was fixed at 21 teams. From 1999 to 2005 the field included 24 teams. Beginning in 2006, the national championship race has included 32 teams. Teams compete in one of ten regional championships to qualify. In addition to the 32 teams, 70 individual runners qualify for the national championship.

The race distance from 1973 to 1975 was 5 miles (8,046 meters). Since 1976 the race distance has been 8,000 meters (4.97 miles).

Champions[]

NCAA Division III Men's Cross Country Championship
Year Finals Site
(Host)
Team Championship Individual Championship References
Winner Points Runner-up Points Winner
(Team)
Time
1973 Wheaton, IL
(Wheaton)
Ashland 66 Albany (NY) 172 Steve Foster
(Ashland)
24:27
1974 Mount Union 105 Occidental 148 David Moller
(Rochester–NY)
24:39.
1975 Waltham, MA
(Brandeis)
North Central (IL) 91 Occidental 111 Vin Fleming
(Lowell)
24:27
The race distance changes from 5 miles to 8,000 meters
1976 Cleveland, OH
(Case)
North Central (IL) (2) 109 Humboldt State 132 Dale Kramer
(Carleton)
24:56†
1977 Occidental 149 Humboldt State 152 25:44
1978 Rock Island, IL
(Augustana–IL)
North Central (IL) (3) 60 Luther 151 Dan Henderson
(Wheaton–IL)
23:54†
1979 North Central (IL) (4) 85 Humboldt State 93 Steve Hunt
(UMass Boston)
24:12.1
1980 Rochester, NY
(Rochester)
Carleton 121 Augustana (IL) 125 Jeff Milliman
(North Central–IL)
25:20.2
1981 Kenosha, WI
(Carthage)
North Central (IL) (5) 89 Brandeis 107 Mark Whalley
(Principia)
25:25
1982 Fredonia, NY
(Fredonia)
North Central (IL) (6) 51 Brandeis 89 Nicholas Manciu
(St. Thomas–MN)
26:06
1983 Newport News, VA
(Christopher Newport)
Brandeis 52 North Central (IL) 89 Tony Bluell
(North Central–IL)
23:46†
1984 Delaware, OH
(Ohio Wesleyan)
St. Thomas (MN) 52 North Central (IL) 89 Mark Beeman
(Brandeis)
24:44.71
1985 Atlanta, GA
(Emory)
Luther 98 North Central (IL) 150 James White
(UMass Dartmouth)
25:35
1986 Fredonia, NY
(Fredonia)
St. Thomas (MN) 51 UW–La Crosse 72 Arnie Schraeder
(UW–Stevens Point)
26:47
1987 Holland, MI
(Hope)
North Central (IL) (7) 67 UW–La Crosse 78 Jukka Tammisuo
(St. Lawrence)
24:19.3
1988 St. Louis, MO
(Washington)
UW–Oshkosh 66 North Central (IL) 75 David Terronez
(Augustana–IL)
24:43.2
1989 Rock Island, IL
(Augustana–IL)
UW–Oshkosh 55 North Central (IL) 118 23:58
1990 Grinnell, IA
(Grinnell)
UW–Oshkosh 87 North Central (IL) 100 Seamus McElligott
(Haverford)
24:46.61
1991 Newport News, VA
(Christopher Newport)
Rochester (NY) 139 North Central (IL) 147 Sandu Rebenciuc
(Augustana–IL)
24:26
1992 Schenectady, NY
(Union)
North Central (IL) (8) 107 Rochester (NY) 114 Gary Wasserman
(Nebraska Wesleyan)
24:50.4
1993 Grinnell, IA
(Grinnell)
North Central (IL) (9) 32 UW–La Crosse 123 Dan Mayer
(North Central–IL)
24:29.8
1994 Bethlehem, PA
(Moravian)
Williams 98 North Central (IL) 110 Jeremie Perry
(Williams)
24:41.8
1995 La Crosse, WI
(UW–La Crosse)
Williams 83 North Central (IL) 91 John Weigel
(North Central–IL)
23:57.5
1996 Rock Island, IL
(Augustana–IL)
UW–La Crosse 86 North Central (IL) 94 Matt Brill
(North Central–IL)
23:57
1997 Cambridge, MA
(MIT)
North Central (IL) (10) 94 Mount Union 96 Brett Altergott
(UW–La Crosse)
25:06
1998 Carlisle, PA
(Dickinson)
North Central (IL) (11) 106 Calvin 122 Erik Dieckman
(North Central–IL)
24:58.27
1999 Oshkosh, WI
(UW–Oshkosh)
North Central (IL) (12) 84 Keene State 100 Dave Davis
(Puget Sound)
23:42.3†
2000 Spokane, WA
(Whitworth)
Calvin 65 Keene State 87 Tim McCoskey
(North Central–IL)
24:47.8
2001 Rock Island, IL
(Augustana–IL)
UW–La Crosse 80 Calvin 140 J.B. Haglund
(Haverford)
24:16
2002 Northfield, MN
(St. Olaf)
UW–Oshkosh 66 Calvin 122 Ryan Bak
(Trinity–CT)
25:01.1
2003 Hanover, IN
(Hanover)
Calvin (2) 48 UW–Stevens Point 128 Josh Moen
(Wartburg)
24:34.4
2004 Eau Claire, WI
(UW–Eau Claire)
Calvin (3) 107 North Central (IL) 137 24:28.7
2005 Delaware, OH
(Ohio Wesleyan)
UW–La Crosse 94 Calvin 117 Neal Holtschulte
(Williams)
25:13.8
2006 Wilmington, OH
(Wilmington)
Calvin (4) 37 NYU 92 Macharia Yuot
(Widener)
26:31
2007 Northfield, MN
(St. Olaf)
NYU 128 Haverford 150 Tyler Sigl
(UW–Platteville)
24:24
2008 Hanover, IN
(Hanover)
SUNY Cortland 80 North Central (IL) 115 Peter Kosgei
(Hamilton)
24:22.03
2009 Berea, OH
(Baldwin Wallace)
North Central (IL) (13) 50 Williams 181 Ricky Flynn
(Lynchburg)
25:09.8
2010 Waverly, IA
(Wartburg)
Haverford 87 North Central (IL) 104 Anders Hulleberg
(Haverford)
24:22.2
2011 Winneconne, WI
(UW–Oshkosh)
North Central (IL) (14) 110 Haverford 172 Ben Sathre
(St. Thomas–MN)
23:44.27
2012 Terre Haute, IN
(Rose-Hulman)
North Central (IL) (15) 167 Calvin
Haverford
188 Tim Nelson
(UW–Stout)
24:26.8
2013 Hanover, IN
(Hanover)
St. Olaf 84 North Central (IL) 86 Michael LeDuc
(Connecticut College)
24:29.3
2014 Wilmington, OH
(Wilmington)
North Central (IL) (16) 130 St. Olaf 143 Grant Wintheiser
(St. Olaf)
23:44.9 [1][2]
2015 Winneconne, WI
(UW-Oshkosh)
UW–Eau Claire 135 Williams 144 Ian LaMere
(UW–Platteville)
23:35.4 [3][4]
2016 Louisville, KY North Central (Ill.) (17) 60 SUNY Geneseo 204 Ian LeMere
(UW–Platteville)
23:40.4 [5]
2017
Details
Elsah, IL
(Principia)
North Central (Ill.) (18) 57 UW–La Crosse 196 Darin Lau
(UW–Eau Claire)
24:03.59 [6]
2018
Details
Winneconne, WI
(UW-Oshkosh)
North Central (Ill.) (19) 43 Washington (Mo.) (18) 110 Dhruvil Patel
(North Central-IL)
24:24.5 [7]
2019
Details
Louisville, KY Pomona-Pitzer 164 North Central (IL) 182 Patrick Watson
(Stevenson)
24:13.9 [8]
2020 Terre Haute, IN
(Rose-Hulman)
Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic[9]
2021 Louisville, KY Pomona-Pitzer 80 MIT 112 Alex Phillip

(John Carroll)

23:27.6 [10][11]
2022 Lansing, MI
(Olivet)
2023 Carlisle, PA
(Dickinson)
2024 Terre Haute, IN
(Rose-Hulman)
2025 Spartanburg, SC
(Converse)

† indicates a then-NCAA record-setting time for that particular distance.

A time highlighted in ██ indicates the all-time NCAA championship record for that distance.

Source: [12]

Team titles[]

Rank Team Titles Years
1 North Central (IL) 19 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
2 Calvin 4 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 1988, 1989, 1990, 2002
3 Wisconsin–La Crosse 3 1996, 2001, 2005
4 Williams 2 1994, 1995
St. Thomas (MN) 1984, 1986
Pomona-Pitzer 2019, 2021
5 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 1 2015
St. Olaf 2013
Haverford 2010
SUNY Cortland 2008
NYU 2007
Rochester (NY) 1991
Luther 1985
Brandeis 1983
Carleton 1980
Occidental 1977
Mount Union 1974
Ashland 1973

Source: [13]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Champs again | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  2. ^ "TFRRS | NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships Track & Field Meet Results". www.tfrrs.org. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  3. ^ "TFRRS | NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships Track & Field Meet Results". www.tfrrs.org. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  4. ^ "NCAA Division III (DIII) Cross Country Championships 2015 - Mens Results". MileSplit United States. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  5. ^ "Men's 8k Championship - 2016 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships - Delta Timing". results.deltatiming.com. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  6. ^ trxctiming.com http://trxctiming.com/DIII_XC_Nationals/Results/Men/men_8k_splits.htm. Retrieved 2021-11-21. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ "NCAA cross country championships: Colorado, Northern Arizona claim team titles | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  8. ^ "THE 2019 NCAA DIVISION III CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS" (PDF). leonetiming.com. NCAA. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  9. ^ "NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships". USTFCCCA.org. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Pomona-Pitzer men, Johns Hopkins women win 2021 NCAA DIII cross country championships | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  11. ^ "Recap: 2021 NCAA DIII Cross Country Championships ::: USTFCCCA". Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  12. ^ "Division III Men's Cross Country Championships Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.
  13. ^ "Men's Cross Country Championship History". NCAA.

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