NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship

NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2016 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships

Sport	College cross country running
Founded	1938
No. of teams	31 (253 individuals)
Most recent champion(s)	Northern Arizona (1)
Most titles	Team: Arkansas (11) Individual: Washington State, Oregon (7)
TV partner(s)	ESPNU
Official website	NCAA.com

Each autumn since 1938, with the exception of 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, typically held in November.

Northern Arizona are the current 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]

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).^[2]

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.^[3]
The race distance was 4 miles from 1938 to 1964, 6 miles from 1965 to 1975, and 10,000 meters from 1976 to the present.

NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship
Year	Host City (Host Team)	Team Championship				Individual Championship
Year	Host City (Host Team)	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	Lawrence, KS (Kansas)	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	Bronx, NY (Manhattan)	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	Iowa State	114	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 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	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	Terre Haute, IN (Indiana State)	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

A time highlighted in ██ indicates a 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 2016 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
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
Northern Arizona	1	2016
Houston	1	1960
Notre Dame	1	1957
Kansas	1	1953
Rhode Island	1	1941

Individual titles

List updated through the 2016 Championships.

Rank	Team	Titles
01 !1	Oregon Washington State	7
02 !2	Kansas	5
03 !3	Colorado Wisconsin	4
04 !4	Arizona Arkansas Indiana Liberty UTEP	3
05 !5	BYU Drake Houston Iowa State Notre Dame Rhode Island Villanova Western Kentucky	2

Appearances

List updated through the 2014 Championships.

Most team appearances (top 15)

Rank	Team	Appearances
01 !1	Wisconsin	54
02 !2	Notre Dame	49
03 !3	Arkansas Colorado	44
04 !4	Michigan State	42
05 !5	Penn State Providence	41
06 !6	Oregon	39
07 !7	Indiana	37
08 !8	Georgetown	34
09 !9	Tennessee Texas Villanova	32
10 !10	BYU	31
11 !11	Michigan	30
12 !12	Kansas	29
13 !13	Miami (OH) Oklahoma State	28
14 !14	NC State	26
15 !15	William & Mary	25

Records

Best Team Score: 17
- UTEP (1981; Matthews Motshwarateu–1, Michael Musyoki–2, Gabriel Kaman–3, Suleiman Nyambui–5, Gidamis Shahanga–6)
Most Individual Titles: 3 (tie)
- Gerry Lindgren, Washington State (1966, 1967, and 1969)
- Steve Prefontaine, Oregon (1970, 1971, and 1973)
- Henry Rono, Washington State (1976, 1977, and 1979)
- Edward Cheserek, Oregon (2013, 2014, and 2015)
Best Individual Time, 4 miles: 19:21.3
- Max Truex, USC (1957)
Best Individual Time, 6 miles: 28:00.2
- Steve Prefontaine, Oregon (1970)
Best Individual Time, 10,000 meters: 28:06.6
- Henry Rono, Washington State (1976)

References

↑ "NCAA Championship Qualifying Criteria". U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
↑ NCAA 2010 Men's Division I Cross Country All Time Championship Records .
↑ "NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 3–4. Retrieved December 19, 2013.

External links

NCAA Men's Cross Country

NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships

NCAA Championships

Records and Statistics

Men (1938– )	Appearances Host courses Individual records Team records

Women (1981– )	Appearances Host courses Individual records Team records

National Collegiate Athletic Association

NCAA	Awards Hall of Champions Conferences

Division I sports and championships	Institutions Athletic directors Baseball Championship CWS Basketball Men Women Cross Country Men Women Field hockey Championship Football FBS FCS Golf Men Women Gymnastics Men Women Ice hockey Men Women Lacrosse Men Women Rowing Women Soccer Men Women Softball Championship CWS Swimming & Diving Men Women Tennis Men Women Track and Field Men's indoor and outdoor Women's indoor and outdoor Volleyball Men Women Wrestling Championship

Division II	Institutions Baseball Championship/CWS Basketball Men Women Cross Country Men Women Field hockey Championship Football Championship Golf Men Women Ice hockey Men Lacrosse Men Women Rowing Women Soccer Men Women Softball Championship/WCWS Swimming & Diving Men Women Tennis Men Women Track and Field Men's indoor and outdoor Women's indoor and outdoor Volleyball Women Wrestling Championship

Division III	Institutions Baseball Championship/CWS Basketball Men Women Cross Country Men Women Field hockey Championship Football Championship Golf Men Women Ice hockey Men Women Lacrosse Men Women Rowing Women Soccer Men Women Softball Championship/WCWS Swimming & Diving Men Women Tennis Men Women Track and Field Men's indoor and outdoor Women's indoor and outdoor Volleyball Men Women Wrestling Championship

Single-division sports and championships	Beach volleyball Women Bowling Women Boxing Championship Fencing Championships Gymnastics Men Women Men–DII Women–DII Rifle Championship Skiing Championships Trampoline Championship Water polo Men Women

Events listed in italics have been discontinued.

Cross country running in the United States

Championships	USA Cross Country Championships National Club Championships Foot Locker Championships Nike Cross Nationals NAIA: Men/Women NCAA: Men/Women USATF National Junior Olympic Championships

Meetings	Schuylkill Navy Cross Country Run

World events	NACAC Cross Country Championships 1984 World Championships (East Rutherford) 1992 World Championships (Boston)

See also: IAAF World Cross Country Championships USATF LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course

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