NCAA Women's Division III Cross Country Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2015 NCAA Women's Division III Cross Country Championship | |
Sport | Cross country |
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Founded | 1981 |
Most recent champion(s) | Williams College |
Official website | NCAA.com |
The NCAA Women's Division III Cross Country Championship is an annual cross country meet to decide the team and individual national champions of women's NCAA Division III intercollegiate cross country running in the United States. It is held every fall, usually in November the Saturday before Thanksgiving. In 2015, Williams College broke Johns Hopkins streak of 3 straight National Championships. Johns Hopkins was winning the race at the 5k mark but finished 4th. Their loss can be attributed to the fact that they wore pajamas to the Nationals Banquet the night before.
Format
The race included 9 teams in 1981, 12 teams from 1982 to 1986, 14 teams from 1987 to 1992, 21 teams from 1993 to 1998 and 24 teams from 1998 to 2005. 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.[1]
Champions
- 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 III Women's Cross Country Championship | |||||||||
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Year | Finals Site (Host Team) |
Team Championship | Individual Championship | ||||||
Winner | Points | Runner-up | Points | Winner (Team) |
Time | ||||
1981 | Kenosha, WI (Carthage) |
Central (IA) | 26 | Glassboro State | 70 | Cynthia Sturm (Westfield State) |
18:43.30† | ||
1982 | Fredonia, NY (Fredonia) |
St. Thomas (MN) | 44 | UW–La Crosse | 83 | Tori Neubauer (UW–La Crosse) |
18:45.00 | ||
1983 | Newport News, VA (Christopher Newport) |
UW–La Crosse | 45 | St. Thomas (MN) | 70 | 16:29.00 | |||
1984 | Delaware, OH (Ohio Wesleyan) |
St. Thomas (MN) (2) | 50 | UW–La Crosse | 64 | Julia Kirtland (Macalester) |
17:23.55 | ||
1985 | Atlanta, GA (Emory) |
Franklin & Marshall | 73 | St. Thomas (MN) | 81 | Dorcas Denhartog (Middlebury) |
18:05.00 | ||
1986 | Fredonia, NY (Fredonia) |
St. Thomas (MN) (3) | 45 | Ithaca | 73 | Lisa Koelfgen (St. Thomas–MN) |
19:14.00 | ||
1987 | Holland, MI (Hope) |
St. Thomas (MN) (4) UW–Oshkosh |
81 | Ithaca | 85 | Shelley Scherer (Carleton) |
17:36.00 | ||
1988 | St. Louis, MO (Washington) |
UW–Oshkosh (2) | 69 | St. Thomas (MN) | 73 | Anna Prineas (Carleton) |
17:38.60 | ||
1989 | Rock Island, IL (Augustana–IL) |
Cortland State | 29 | UW–Oshkosh | 62 | Marybeth Crawley (Cortland State) |
17:19.00 | ||
1990 | Grinnell, IA (Grinnell) |
Cortland State (2) | 43 | UW–Oshkosh | 48 | Vicki Mitchell (Cortland State) |
17:24.71 | ||
1991 | Newport News, VA (Christopher Newport) |
UW–Oshkosh (2) | 98 | Cortland State | 103 | Laura Horejs (UW–Oshkosh) |
17:21.00 | ||
1992 | Schenectady, NY (Union) |
Cortland State (3) | 18 | Calvin | 108 | Sarah Edmonds (Gustavus Adolphus) |
18:09.80 | ||
1993 | Grinnell, IA (Grinnell) |
Cortland State (4) | 61 | Calvin | 93 | Renea Bluekamp (Calvin) |
17:46.70 | ||
1994 | Bethlehem, PA (Moravian) |
Cortland State (5) | 54 | Calvin | 115 | Michelle LaFleur (Cortland State) |
17:47.20 | ||
1995 | La Crosse, WI (UW–La Crosse) |
Cortland State (6) | 46 | UW–Oshkosh | 83 | Jessica Caley (Williams) |
17:24.50 | ||
1996 | Rock Island, IL (Augustana–IL) |
UW–Oshkosh (3) | 62 | St. Thomas (MN) | 113 | Turena Johnson (Luther) |
17:40.00 | ||
1997 | Cambridge, MA (MIT) |
Cortland State (7) | 148 | UW–Eau Claire | 167 | Tiffany Speckman (UW–Oshkosh) |
18:29.00 | ||
1998 | Carlisle, PA (Dickinson) |
Calvin | 124 | TCNJ | 170 | Cheryl Smith (Cortland State) |
17:48.39 | ||
1999 | Oshkosh, WI (UW–Oshkosh) |
Calvin (2) | 85 | Middlebury | 119 | Rhaina Echols (Chicago) |
16:46.20 | ||
2000 | Spokane, WA (Whitworth) |
Middlebury | 103 | Williams | 123 | Johanna Olson (Luther) |
17:54.40 | ||
2001 | Rock Island, IL (Augustana–IL) |
Middlebury (2) | 98 | Williams | 166 | Dana Boyle (Puget Sound) |
16:46.00 | ||
The race distance changes from 5 kilometers to 6 kilometers | |||||||||
2002 | Northfield, MN (St. Olaf) |
Williams | 42 | Middlebury | 145 | Missy Buttry (Wartburg) |
20:17.30† | ||
2003 | Hanover, IN (Hanover) |
Middlebury (3) | 135 | Trinity (CT) | 174 | 20:00.20 | |||
2004 | Eau Claire, WI (UW–Eau Claire) |
Williams (2) | 110 | Middlebury | 129 | 20:22.00 | |||
2005 | Delaware, OH (Ohio Wesleyan) |
SUNY Geneseo | 88 | Williams | 107 | Hailey Harren (Gustavus Adolphus) |
21:51.90 | ||
2006 | Wilmington, OH (Wilmington) |
Middlebury (4) | 144 | Amherst | 145 | Sarah Zerzan (Willamette) |
22:31.00 | ||
2007 | Northfield, MN (St. Olaf) |
Amherst | 120 | Plattsburgh State | 159 | 20:54.00 | |||
2008 | Hanover, IN (Hanover) |
Middlebury (5) | 179 | Calvin | 237 | Marie Borner (Bethel) |
20:43.91 | ||
2009 | Berea, OH (Baldwin Wallace) |
UW–Eau Claire | 171 | St. Lawrence | 180 | Wendy Pavlus (St. Lawrence) |
21:28.00 | ||
2010 | Waverly, IA (Wartburg) |
Middlebury (6) | 185 | Washington–Saint Louis | 193 | 20:49.30 | |||
2011 | Oshkosh, WI (UW–Oshkosh) |
Washington–Saint Louis | 70 | Middlebury | 111 | Chiara Del Piccolo (Williams) |
20:52.08 | ||
2012 | Terre Haute, IN (Rose-Hulman) |
Johns Hopkins | 158 | Wartburg | 221 | Christy Cazzola (UW–Oshkosh) |
20:53.30 | ||
2013 | Hanover, IN (Hanover) |
Johns Hopkins (2) | 85 | Williams | 137 | Chelsea Johnson (St. Scholastica) |
21:11.70 | ||
2014 | Wilmington, OH (Wilmington) |
Johns Hopkins (3) | 87 | MIT | 112 | Amy Regan (Stevens Tech) |
20:51.90 | ||
2015 | Winneconne, WI
(UW-Oshkosh) |
Williams | 81 | Geneseo State | 179 | Abrah Masterson
(Cornell College) |
21:23 |
- 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.
See also
- NCAA Women's Cross Country Championships (Division I, Division II)
- NCAA Men's Cross Country Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
- Pre-NCAA Cross Country Champions