NCAA Women's Division II Cross Country Championship

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NCAA Women's Division II Cross Country Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2019 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships
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SportCross country
Founded1981
Country United States
Most recent
champion(s)		Adams State (18)
Stephanie Cotter, Adams State
Official websiteNCAA.com

The NCAA Women's Division II Cross Country Championship is an annual cross country meet to decide the team and individual national champions of women's intercollegiate cross country running in the United States. It has been held every November since the NCAA began sponsoring women's sports in 1981. It is usually held at the same location as the NCAA Men's Division II Cross Country Championship.

The defending national teams champions are the Adams State Grizzlies, who won their eighteenth national title in 2019. The Lakers' Stephanie Cotter, representing Adams State is the reigning individual champion, with a time of 19:15.5.

Format[]

The race field included 8 teams in 1981, 11 teams from 1982 to 1992 and 17 teams from 1993 to 1999. Beginning in 2000, the national championship race has included 24 teams. Teams compete in one of eight regional championships to qualify. In addition to the 24 teams, 16 individual runners qualify for the national championship.[1]

Results[]

  • The race distance was 5,000 meters (5 kilometers) from 1981 to 1997 and 6,000 meters (6 kilometers) from 1997 to the present.[2]
NCAA Division II Women's Cross Country Championship
Year Finals Site
(Host Team) 		Team Championship Individual Championship References
Winner Points Runner-up Points Winner
(Team) 		Time
1981
 Cape Girardeau, MO
(Southeast Missouri State) 		South Dakota State 26 Cal Poly 49
(Cal Poly) 		17:41.00†
1982
 St. Cloud, MN
(St. Cloud State) 		Cal Poly 32 South Dakota State 45
(Cal Poly) 		21:13.60
1983
 Somers, WI
(Wisconsin–Parkside) 		Cal Poly (2) 48 Holy Cross 92 17:10.00†
1984
 Clinton, MS
(Mississippi College) 		Cal Poly (3) 32 South Dakota State 107
(Southeast Missouri State) 		16:53.20†
1985
 East Stroudsburg, PA
(East Stroudsburg) 		Cal Poly (4) 30 Cal State Northridge 86 Bente Moe
(Seattle Pacific) 		17:42.20
1986
 Riverside, CA
(UC Riverside) 		Cal Poly (5) 39 93
(Cal Poly) 		16:43.00
1987
 Evansville, IN
(Southern Indiana) 		Cal Poly (6) 53 Cal State Los Angeles 84 Sylvia Mosqueda
(Cal State Los Angeles) 		16:57.00
1988
 Clinton, MS
(Mississippi College) 		Cal Poly (7) 49 Air Force 51
(Southeast Missouri State) 		16:56.80
1989
 East Stroudsburg, PA
(East Stroudsburg) 		Cal Poly (8) 34 67
(Cal State Northridge) 		17:14.20
1990
 Arcata, CA
(Humboldt State) 		Cal Poly (9) 61 78
(Air Force) 		16:56.60
1991
 Edwardsville, IL
(SIU Edwardsville) 		Cal Poly (10) 60 UC Davis 93 Christie Allen
(Pittsburg State) 		18:04.00
1992
 Slippery Rock, PA
(Slippery Rock) 		Adams State 64 Western State Colorado 99 18:18.00
1993
 Riverside, CA
(UC Riverside) 		Adams State (2) 75 Cal Poly 106 Elva Dryer
(Western State) 		17:34.40
1994
 Kearney, NE
(Nebraska–Kearney) 		Adams State (3) 47 Western State Colorado 55 17:20.90
1995
 Spartanburg, SC
(USC Upstate) 		Adams State (4) 62 Abilene Christian 143
(Western State) 		16:54.85
1996
 Arcata, CA
(Humboldt State) 		Adams State (5) 35 Western State Colorado 94
(Adams State) 		17:46.80
1997
 Somers, WI
(Wisconsin–Parkside) 		Adams State (6) 37 Lewis
Western State Colorado 		106
(Lewis) 		17:31.20
The race distance changes from 5 kilometers to 6 kilometers
1998
 Lawrence, KS
(Kansas) 		Adams State (7) 56 Western State Colorado 79
(Adams State) 		21:43.00†
1999
 Joplin, MO
(Missouri Southern State) 		Adams State (8) 23 47
(Kennesaw State) 		20:48.20†
2000
 Pomona, CA
(Cal Poly Pomona) 		Western State Colorado 38 North Dakota 131 21:33.60
2001
 Slippery Rock, PA
(Slippery Rock) 		Western State Colorado (2) 46 Adams State 55
(Western State) 		21:24.70
2002
 Ashland, OH
(Cal Poly Pomona) 		Western State Colorado (3) 43 46
(Adams State) 		20:54.50
2003
 Cary, NC Adams State (9) 38 Western State Colorado 101
(BYU Hawaii) 		20:33.90†
2004
 Evansville, IN
(Southern Indiana) 		Adams State (10) 31 Edinboro 101 21:33.00
2005
 Pomona, CA
(Cal Poly Pomona) 		Adams State (11) 54 Grand Valley State 69
(Grand Valley State) 		21:01.70
2006
 Pensacola, FL Adams State (12) 94 Western State Colorado 101
(Western State) 		20:09.40†
2007
 Joplin, MO
(Missouri Southern State) 		Adams State (13) 63 Seattle Pacific 178
(Seattle Pacific) 		20:29.10
2008
 Slippery Rock, PA
(Slippery Rock) 		Adams State (14) 79 Grand Valley State 102 20:59.00
2009
 Evansville, IN
(Southern Indiana) 		Adams State (15) 73 81 20:22.60
2010
 Louisville, KY
(Bellarmine) 		Grand Valley State 66 Western State Colorado 95 Neely Spence
(Shippensburg) 		20:41.20
2011
 Spokane, WA Augustana (SD) 75 79 20:53.80
2012
 Joplin, MO
(Missouri Southern State) 		Grand Valley State (2) 101 Augustana (SD) 104
(Adams State) 		20:03.30
2013
 Spokane, WA Grand Valley State (3) 54 Adams State 91
(Mary) 		20:50.70
2014
 Louisville, KY
(Bellarmine) 		Grand Valley State (4) 50 Hillsdale 115
(Grand Valley State) 		21:05.80
2015
 Joplin, MO
(Missouri Southern State) 		Adams State (16) 83 Grand Valley State 97
(U-Mary) 		20:03.4
2016
 Tampa, FL
(Saint Leo) 		Grand Valley State (5) 116 Adams State 139 Kendra Foley
(Grand Valley State) 		20:01.8
2017
 Evansville, IN
(Southern Indiana) 		Adams State (17) 126 Mary (ND) 137
(Alaska Anchorage) 		20:32.3
2018
Details 		Pittsburgh, PA
(Clarion) 		Grand Valley State (6) 41 Mary (ND) 83
(Grand Valley State) 		22:07.7
2019
Details 		Sacramento, California
(CSU, Sacramento) 		Adams State (18) 23 Grand Valley State 87 Stephanie Cotter
(Adams State) 		19:15.5
2020 Evansville, IN

(Southern Indiana)

- - - - - -
2021 Tampa, FL Adams State (19) 59 Grand Valley State 79 Hannah Becker

(Grand Valley State)

20:22.0 [3][4][5][6]
2022 Seattle, WA(Seattle Pacific)
2023 Joplin, MO

(Missouri Southern State)

2024 Sacramento, CA
2025 Kenosha, WI

(Wisconsin–Parkside)

  • A † 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.

Champions[]

Team titles by school[]

School Titles Years
Adams State 19 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021
Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo 10 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
Grand Valley State 6 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018
Western State Colorado 3 2000, 2001, 2002
Augustana (SD) 1 2011
South Dakota State 1 1981

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 2010 Division II Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships Handbook. NCAA. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  2. ^ "NCAA Division II Women's Cross Country Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  3. ^ "Adams State women, Grand Valley State men win 2021 NCAA DII cross country championships | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  4. ^ "Recap: 2021 NCAA DII Cross Country Championships ::: USTFCCCA". Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  5. ^ "TFRRS | NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships Track & Field Meet Results". www.tfrrs.org. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  6. ^ www.leonetiming.com https://www.leonetiming.com/2021/XC/NCAAD2Women.htm. Retrieved 2021-11-23. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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