NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship

Each autumn since 1938 (except 1943), 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.

Division I

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. Teams compete in one of nine regional championships to qualify. In addition to the 31 teams, 38 individual runners qualify for the national championship.^[1]

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).^[2]

The University of Arkansas has won more NCAA Division I men's titles (11) than any other school, followed by Michigan State University with 8. The University of Wisconsin-Madison has competed in the most NCAA Division I men's championships (49). Washington State University has had the most individual NCAA Division I men's cross country champions (7).^[3]

Year	Host	Team Champion	Individual Champion
1938	Michigan State	Indiana	Greg Rice, Notre Dame
1939	Michigan State	Michigan State	Walter Mehl, Wisconsin
1940	Michigan State	Indiana	Gil Dodds, Ashland
1941	Michigan State	Rhode Island	Fred Wilt, Indiana
1942	Michigan State	Indiana/Penn State	Oliver Hunter, Notre Dame
1943	No meet
1944	Michigan State	Drake	Fred Feiler, Drake
1945	Michigan State	Drake	Fred Feiler, Drake
1946	Michigan State	Drake	Quentin Brelsford, Ohio Wesleyan
1947	Michigan State	Penn State	Jack Milne, North Carolina
1948	Michigan State	Michigan State	Robert Black, Rhode Island
1949	Michigan State	Michigan State	Robert Black, Rhode Island
1950	Michigan State	Penn State	Herb Semper, Kansas
1951	Michigan State	Syracuse	Herb Semper, Kansas
1952	Michigan State	Michigan State	Charles Capozzoli, Georgetown
1953	Michigan State	Kansas	Wes Santee, Kansas
1954	Michigan State	Oklahoma A&M	Allen Frame, Kansas
1955	Michigan State	Michigan State	Charles Jones, Iowa
1956	Michigan State	Michigan State	Walter McNew, Texas
1957	Michigan State	Notre Dame	Max Truex, Southern California
1958	Michigan State	Michigan State	Crawford Kennedy, Michigan State
1959	Michigan State	Michigan State	Al Lawrence, Houston
1960	Michigan State	Houston	Al Lawrence, Houston
1961	Michigan State	Oregon State	Dale Story, Oregon State
1962	Michigan State	San Jose State	Tom O'Hara, Loyola (Ill.)
1963	Michigan State	San Jose State	Victor Zwolak, Villanova
1964	Michigan State	Western Michigan	Elmore Banton, Ohio
1965	Kansas	Western Michigan	John Lawson, Kansas
1966	Kansas	Villanova	Gerry Lindgren, Washington State
1967	Wyoming	Villanova	Gerry Lindgren, Washington State
1968	Manhattan	Villanova	Michael Ryan, Air Force
1969	Manhattan	UTEP	Gerry Lindgren, Washington State**
1970	William & Mary	Villanova	Steve Prefontaine, Oregon**
1971	Tennessee	Oregon	Steve Prefontaine, Oregon
1972	Houston	Tennessee	Neil Cusack, East Tennessee State
1973	Washington State	Oregon	Steve Prefontaine, Oregon
1974	Indiana	Oregon	Nick Rose, Western Kentucky
1975	Penn State	UTEP	Craig Virgin, Illinois
1976	North Texas	UTEP	Henry Rono, Washington State
1977	Washington State	Oregon	Henry Rono, Washington State
1978	Wisconsin	UTEP	Alberto Salazar, Oregon**
1979	Lehigh	UTEP	Henry Rono, Washington State**
1980	Wichita State	UTEP	Suleiman Nyambui, UTEP
1981	Wichita State	UTEP	Mathews Motschwarateu, UTEP
1982	Indiana	Wisconsin	Mark Scrutton, Colorado
1983	Lehigh	UTEP (vacated)/Wisconsin	Zakarie Barie, UTEP
1984	Penn State	Arkansas	Ed Eyestone, Brigham Young
1985	Marquette	Wisconsin	Tim Hacker, Wisconsin **
1986	Arizona	Arkansas	Aaron Ramirez, Arizona**
1987	Virginia	Arkansas	Joe Falcon, Arkansas
1988	Iowa State	Wisconsin	Bob Kennedy, Indiana
1989	Navy	Iowa State	John Nuttall, Iowa State
1990	Tennessee	Arkansas	Jonah Koech, Iowa State
1991	Arizona	Arkansas	Sean Dollman, Western Kentucky
1992	Indiana	Arkansas	Bob Kennedy, Indiana
1993	Lehigh	Arkansas	Josephat Kapkory, Washington State
1994	Arkansas	Iowa State	Martin Keino, Arizona
1995	Iowa State	Arkansas	Godfrey Siamusiye, Arkansas
1996	Arizona	Stanford	Godfrey Siamusiye, Arkansas
1997	Furman	Stanford	Mebrahtom Keflezighi, UCLA
1998	Kansas	Arkansas	Adam Goucher, Colorado
1999	Indiana	Arkansas	David Kimani, South Alabama
2000	Iowa State	Arkansas	Keith Kelly, Providence
2001	Furman	Colorado	Boaz Cheboiywo, Eastern Michigan
2002	Indiana State	Stanford	Jorge Torres, Colorado
2003	Northern Iowa	Stanford	Dathan Ritzenhein, Colorado
2004	Indiana State	Colorado	Simon Bairu, Wisconsin
2005	Indiana State	Wisconsin	Simon Bairu, Wisconsin
2006	Indiana State	Colorado	Josh Rohatinsky, Brigham Young
2007	Indiana State	Oregon	Josh McDougal, Liberty
2008	Indiana State	Oregon	Galen Rupp, Oregon
2009	Indiana State	Oklahoma State	Sam Chelanga, Liberty
2010	Indiana State	Oklahoma State	Sam Chelanga, Liberty[4]
2011	Indiana State	Wisconsin	lawi Lalang, Tucson

(**)div I,II,III COMB.

Division II

The field for the Division II national championship race has ranged in size from a low of 11 teams in 1959 to a high of 59 teams in 1972. From 1983 to 1999 the field was fixed at 17 teams. 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.^[5]

The race distance from 1958 to 1967 was 4 miles (6.4 km). From 1968 to 1975 the race distance was 5 miles (8.0 km). Since 1976 the race distance has been 10,000 meters (6.2 mi).^[6]

Year	Team Champion	Individual Champion
1958	Northern Illinois	Paul Whiteley, Emporia State
1959	South Dakota State	Paul Whiteley, Emporia State
1960	Central State (Ohio)	John Mulholland, Loras
1961	Southern Illinois	John Mulholland, Loras
1962	Central State (Ohio)	Leslie Hegedus, Central State
1963	Emporia State	John Camien, Emporia State
1964	Kentucky State	Ed Schneider, Northeast Missouri State
1965	San Diego State	Gene Takle, Luther
1966	San Diego State	Bob Fitts, Cortland State
1967	San Diego State	Arjan Gelling, North Dakota
1968	Eastern Illinois	Dave Robbins, Portland State
1969	Eastern Illinois	Ron Stonitsch, C.W. Post**
1970	Eastern Michigan	Mark Covert, Cal State Fullerton**
1971	Cal State Fullerton	Mike Slack, North Dakota State
1972	North Dakota State	Mike Slack, North Dakota State
1973	South Dakota State	Garry Bentley, South Dakota State
1974	Southwest Missouri State	Garry Bentley, South Dakota State
1975	UC Irvine	Ralph Serna, UC Irvine
1976	UC Irvine	Ralph Serna, UC Irvine
1977	Eastern Illinois	Michael Bollman, North Dakota State
1978	Cal Poly	James Schankel, Cal Poly **
1979	Cal Poly	James Schankel, Cal Poly **
1980	Humboldt State	Garry Henry, UNC Pembroke
1981	Millersville	Mark Conover, Humboldt State
1982	Eastern Washington	Greg Beardsley, Edinboro
1983	Cal Poly Pomona	Brian Ferrari, California (Pa.)
1984	Southeast Missouri State	Michael Vanatta, Southeast Missouri State
1985	South Dakota State	Samson Obwocha, Texas A&M-Commerce**
1986	Edinboro	Samson Obwocha, Texas A&M-Commerce**
1987	Edinboro	Charles Cheruiyot, Mount St. Mary's (Md.)
1988	Edinboro, Mankato State	Doug Hanson, North Dakota State
1989	South Dakota State	Rob Edson, Keene State
1990	Edinboro	Doug Hanson, North Dakota State
1991	UMass-Lowell	Martin Lyons, Edinboro
1992	Adams State	Phillip Castillo, Adams State
1993	Adams State	Shane Healy, Adams State
1994	Adams State	Charles Mulinga, Lewis
1995	Western State	Charles Mulinga, Lewis
1996	South Dakota State	Alexandr Alexin, Central Missouri State
1997	South Dakota	Elly Rono, Southern Indiana
1998	Adams State	Yi Min Wu, Edinboro
1999	Western State	Michael Aish, Western State
2000	Western State	Alfred Rugema, Abilene Christian
2001	Western State	Michael Aish, Western State
2002	Western State	Alfred Rugema, Abilene Christian
2003	Adams State	Celedonio Rodriguez, Adams State
2004	Western State	Nicodemus Naimadu, Abilene Christian
2005	Western State	Nicodemus Naimadu, Abilene Christian
2006	Abilene Christian	Nicodemus Naimadu, Abilene Christian
2007	Abilene Christian	Nicodemus Naimadu, Abilene Christian
2008	Adams State	Scott Bauhs, Chico State
2009	Adams State	Reuben Mwei, Adams State
2010	Adams State	Michael Crouch,Queens University of Charlotte
2011	Western State	Ryan Haebe,Western State

(**)div I,II,III COMB.

Division III

The field for the Division III 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 eight regional championships to qualify. In addition to the 32 teams, 56 individual runners qualify for the national championship.^[7]

The race distance from 1973 to 1975 was 5 miles (8.0 km). Since 1976 the race distance has been 8,000 meters (5.0 mi).^[8]

Year	Team Champion	Individual Champion
1973	Ashland	Steve Foster, Ashland
1974	Mount Union	David Moller, Rochester
1975	North Central (Ill.)	Vin Fleming, Lowell
1976	North Central (Ill.)	Dale Kramer, Carleton
1977	Occidental	Dale Kramer, Carleton
1978	North Central (Ill.)	Dan Henderson, Wheaton (Ill.)**
1979	North Central (Ill.)	Steve Hunt, Boston State**
1980	Carleton	Jeff Milliman, North Central (Ill.)
1981	North Central (Ill.)	Mark Whalley, Principia
1982	North Central (Ill.)	Nicholas Manciu, St. Thomas (Minn.)
1983	Brandeis	Tony Bluell, North Central (Ill.)
1984	St. Thomas (Minn.)	Mark Beeman, Brandeis
1985	Luther	James White, UMass-Dartmouth**
1986	St. Thomas (Minn.)	Arnie Schraeder, Wisconsin–Stevens Point**
1987	North Central (Ill.)	Jukka Tammisuo, St. Lawrence
1988	Wisconsin–Oshkosh	David Terronez, Augustana (Ill.)
1989	Wisconsin–Oshkosh	David Terronez, Augustana (Ill.)
1990	Wisconsin–Oshkosh	Seamus McElligott, Haverford
1991	Rochester	Sandu Rebenciuc, Augustana (Ill.)
1992	North Central (Ill.)	Gary Wasserman, Nebraska Wesleyan
1993	North Central (Ill.)	Dan Mayer, North Central (Ill.)
1994	Williams	Jeremie Perry, Williams College
1995	Williams	John Weigel, North Central (Ill.)
1996	Wisconsin–La Crosse	Matt Brill, North Central (Ill.)
1997	North Central (Ill.)	Brett Altergott, Wisconsin–La Crosse
1998	North Central (Ill.)	Erik Dieckman, North Central (Ill.)
1999	North Central (Ill.)	Dave Davis, Puget Sound
2000	Calvin	Tim McCoskey, North Central (Ill.)
2001	Wisconsin–La Crosse	J.B. Haglund, Haverford
2002	Wisconsin–Oshkosh	Ryan Bak, Trinity (Conn.)
2003	Calvin	Josh Moen, Wartburg
2004	Calvin	Josh Moen, Wartburg
2005	Wisconsin–La Crosse	Neal Holtschulte, Williams
2006	Calvin	Macharia Yout, Widener
2007	NYU	Tyler Sigl, Wisconsin–Platteville
2008	SUNY Cortland	Peter Kosgei, Hamilton
2009	North Central	Ricky Flynn, Lynchburg
2010	Haverford	Anders Hulleberg, Haverford
2011	North Central	Ben Sathre, St. Thomas

(**)div I,II,III COMB.

See also

• NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship
• Pre-NCAA Cross Country Champions

References

1. ^ 2010 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships Handbook [1].
2. ^ NCAA 2010 Men's Division I Cross Country All Time Championship Records [2].
3. ^ NCAA Men's Cross Country All-Time Championship Records & Results [3]. Accessed 12 February 2011.
4. ^ "Villanova, Oklahoma State repeat at NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships". USA Track & Field. November 22, 2010. http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?DUID=USATF_2010_11_22_14_13_15. Retrieved November 22,2010. 
5. ^ 2010 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships Handbook [4].
6. ^ NCAA 2010 Men's Division II Cross Country All Time Championship Records [5].
7. ^ 2010 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships Handbook [6].
8. ^ NCAA 2010 Men's Division III Cross Country All Time Championship Records [7].

External links

• NCAA Men's Cross Country
• NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship Results and Records