NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship

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NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2021 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
NCAA logo.svg
SportCollege cross country running
Founded1938
No. of teams31 (253 individuals)
Most recent
champion(s)
Northern Arizona (5)
Most titlesArkansas (11)

Each autumn since 1938, with the exception of 1943 and 2020, 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.

Northern Arizona are the defending men's team champions.

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][2]

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).[3]

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.[4]
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
(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
(Drake)
21:04.2
1945
Details
Drake 50 Notre Dame 65
(Drake)
21:14.2
1946
Details
Drake 42 NYU 98
(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
(Rhode Island)
19:52.3
1949
Details
Michigan State 59 Syracuse 81
(Rhode Island)
20:25.7
1950
Details
Penn State 53 Michigan State 55
(Kansas)
20:31.7
1951
Details
Syracuse 80 Kansas 118
(Kansas)
20:09.5
1952
Details
Michigan State 65 Indiana 68
(Georgetown)
19:36.7
1953
Details
Kansas 70 Indiana 82 Wes Santee
(Kansas)
19:43.5
1954
Details
Oklahoma State 61 Syracuse 118
(Kansas)
19:54.2
1955
Details
Michigan State 46 Kansas 68 Charles Jones
(Iowa)
19:57.4
1956
Details
Michigan State 28 Kansas 88
(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
(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
(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
(Ohio)
20:07.5
The race distance changes from 4 miles to 6 miles
1965
Details
Lawrence, KS
(Kansas)
Western Michigan 81 Northwestern 114
(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
(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
(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
(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
(Iowa State)
29:05
1991
Details
Tucson, AZ
(Arizona)
Arkansas 52 Wisconsin 148 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
(Washington State)
29:32.4
1994
Details
Fayetteville, AR
(Arkansas)
Iowa State 65 Colorado 88
(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
(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
(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
(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
2016
Details
Terre Haute, IN
(Indiana State)
Northern Arizona 125 Stanford 158 Patrick Tiernan
(Villanova)
29:22.0
2017
Details
Louisville, KY
(Louisville)
Northern Arizona 74 Portland 127 Justyn Knight
(Syracuse)
29:00.2
2018
Details
Madison, WI
(Wisconsin)
Northern Arizona 83 BYU 116 Morgan McDonald
(Wisconsin)
29:08.3
2019
Details
Terre Haute, IN
(Indiana State)
BYU 109 Northern Arizona 163
(Iowa State)
30:32.7
2020
Details
Stillwater, OK
(Oklahoma State)
Northern Arizona 60 Notre Dame 87 Conner Mantz
(BYU)
29:26.1
2021
Details
Tallahassee, FL
(Florida State)
Northern Arizona 92 Iowa State 137 Conner Mantz
(BYU)
28:33.1
2022
Details
Stillwater, OK
(Oklahoma State)
2023
Details
Charlottesville, VA
(Virginia)
2024
Details
Madison, WI
(Wisconsin)
2025
Details
Columbia, MO
(Missouri)
  • A time highlighted in ██ indicates an 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[]

Team titles[]

  • List updated through the 2021 Championships
Team Titles Year Won
Arkansas 11 1984, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000
Michigan State 8 1939, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959
UTEP 7 1969, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
Oregon 6 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 2007, 2008
Colorado 5 2001, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2014
Northern Arizona 5 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021
Wisconsin 5 1982, 1985, 1988, 2005, 2011
Oklahoma State 4 1954, 2009, 2010, 2012
Stanford 4 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003
Villanova 4 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970
Drake 3 1944, 1945, 1946
Indiana 3 1938, 1940, 1942
Penn State 3 1942, 1947, 1950
Iowa State 2 1989, 1994
San Jose State 2 1962, 1963
Syracuse 2 1951, 2015
Western Michigan 2 1964, 1965
BYU 1 2019
Tennessee 1 1972
Oregon State 1 1961
Houston 1 1960
Notre Dame 1 1957
Kansas 1 1953
Rhode Island 1 1941

Individual titles[]

  • List updated through the 2021 Championships.
Rank Team Titles
1 Oregon 8
2 Washington State 7
3 Kansas

Wisconsin

5
4 Colorado
BYU
4
5 Arizona
Arkansas
Indiana
Iowa State
Liberty
UTEP
3
6 Drake
Houston
Notre Dame
Rhode Island
Villanova
Western Kentucky
2

Appearances[]

Most team appearances (top 15)[]

Rank Team Appearances
1 Wisconsin 57
2 Notre Dame 51
3 Arkansas
Colorado
49
4 Michigan State 45
5 Oregon 44
6 Providence 42
7 Penn State 41
8 Indiana 39
9 Georgetown
Texas
37
10 BYU 36
11 Michigan
Villanova
34
12 Oklahoma State
Tennessee
32
13 NC State 31
14 Kansas
Northern Arizona
29
15 Iowa State
Miami (OH)
Stanford
28

Records[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "NCAA Championship Qualifying Criteria". U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  2. ^ "How the DI college cross country championship works | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  3. ^ NCAA 2010 Men's Division I Cross Country All Time Championship Records [1].
  4. ^ "NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 3–4. Retrieved December 19, 2013.

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