NCAA Division I men's cross country championships

NCAA Division I men's cross country championships
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
SportCollege cross country running
Founded1938
No. of teams31 (253 individuals)
Most recent
champion(s)		Oklahoma State (5)
Most titlesArkansas (11)

The NCAA Division I Men's Cross Country Championship is the cross country championship held by the National Collegiate Athletic Association each autumn for individual men's runners and cross country teams from universities in Division I. Teams and individual runners qualify for the championship at regional competitions approximately a week before the national championships.

Oklahoma State is the defending men's team champions.

History

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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.

Qualifying

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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

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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]

Wisconsin and Syracuse are the only two teams East of the Mississippi River that have won in the 21st Century

Champions

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  • 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 Walter Mehl
(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 Fred Feiler
(Drake) 		21:04.2
1945
Details 		Drake 50 Notre Dame 65 Fred Feiler
(Drake) 		21:14.2
1946
Details 		Drake 42 NYU 98 Quentin Brelsford
(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 Robert Black
(Rhode Island) 		19:52.3
1949
Details 		Michigan State 59 Syracuse 81 Robert Black
(Rhode Island) 		20:25.7
1950
Details 		Penn State 53 Michigan State 55 Herb Semper
(Kansas) 		20:31.7
1951
Details 		Syracuse 80 Kansas 118 Herb Semper
(Kansas) 		20:09.5
1952
Details 		Michigan State 65 Indiana 68 Charles Capozzoli
(Georgetown) 		19:36.7
1953
Details 		Kansas 70 Indiana 82 Wes Santee
(Kansas) 		19:43.5
1954
Details 		Oklahoma State 61 Syracuse 118 Allen Frame
(Kansas) 		19:54.2
1955
Details 		Michigan State 46 Kansas 68 Charles Jones
(Iowa) 		19:57.4
1956
Details 		Michigan State 28 Kansas 88 Walter McNew
(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 Crawford Kennedy
(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 Dale Story
(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 Elmore Banton
(Ohio) 		20:07.5
The race distance changes from 4 miles to 6 miles
1965
Details 		Lawrence, KS
(Kansas) 		Western Michigan 81 Northwestern 114 John Lawson
(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 Michael Ryan
(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 Mark Scrutton
(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 Tim Hacker
(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 Jonah Koech
(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 Josephat Kapkory
(Washington State) 		29:32.4
1994
Details 		Fayetteville, AR
(Arkansas) 		Iowa State 65 Colorado 88 Martin Keino
(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 David Kimani
(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 Boaz Cheboiywo
(Eastern Michigan) 		28:47
2002
Details 		Terre Haute, IN
(Indiana State) 		Stanford 47 Wisconsin 107 Jorge Torres
(Colorado) 		29:04.7
2003
Details 		Cedar Falls, 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 Josh McDougal
(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 Edwin Kurgat
(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) 		Northern Arizona 83 Oklahoma State 83 Charles Hicks
(Stanford) 		28:43.6
2023
Details 		Charlottesville, VA
(Virginia) 		Oklahoma State 49 Northern Arizona 71 Graham Blanks[5]
(Harvard) 		28:37.7
2024
Details 		Madison, WI
(Wisconsin)
2025
Details 		Columbia, MO
(Missouri)
2026
Details 		Terre Haute, IN
(Indiana State)
  • 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

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Appearances

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Most team appearances (top 15)

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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

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See also

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References

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  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.
  5. ^ "Graham Blanks Takes NCAA Cross Country Title To Remain Undefeated This Season". 2023-11-18. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
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