NCAA Men's Division III Cross Country Championship

NCAA Men's Division III Cross Country Championship
Sport Cross country
Founded 1973
Most recent
champion(s)		 North Central (IL) (18)
Official website NCAA.com

The NCAA Men's Division III Cross Country Championship is an annual cross country meet to decide the team and individual national champions of men's NCAA Division III intercollegiate cross country running in the United States. It has been held every fall, usually in November, since the NCAA split into its current three-division format in 1973.

The current champions are the North Central Cardinals, who won their 18th national title in 2017.

Format

The field for the 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.

The race distance from 1973 to 1975 was 5 miles (8,046 meters). Since 1976 the race distance has been 8,000 meters (4.97 miles).

Champions

NCAA Division III Men's Cross Country Championship
Year Finals Site
(Host)		 Team Championship Individual Championship
Winner Points Runner-up Points Winner
(Team)		 Time
1973 Wheaton, IL
(Wheaton)		 Ashland 66 Albany (NY) 172 Steve Foster
(Ashland)		 24:27
1974 Mount Union 105 Occidental 148 David Moller
(Rochester–NY)		 24:39.
1975 Waltham, MA
(Brandeis)		 North Central (IL) 91 Occidental 111 Vin Fleming
(Lowell)		 24:27
The race distance changes from 5 miles to 8,000 meters
1976 Cleveland, OH
(Case)		 North Central (IL) (2) 109 Humboldt State 132 Dale Kramer
(Carleton)		 24:56†
1977 Occidental 149 Humboldt State 152 25:44
1978 Rock Island, IL
(Augustana–IL)		 North Central (IL) (3) 60 Luther 151 Dan Henderson
(Wheaton–IL)		 23:54†
1979 North Central (IL) (4) 85 Humboldt State 93 Steve Hunt
(UMass Boston)		 24:12.1
1980 Rochester, NY
(Rochester)		 Carleton 121 Augustana (IL) 125 Jeff Milliman
(North Central–IL)		 25:20.2
1981 Kenosha, WI
(Carthage)		 North Central (IL) (5) 89 Brandeis 107 Mark Whalley
(Principia)		 25:25
1982 Fredonia, NY
(Fredonia)		 North Central (IL) (6) 51 Brandeis 89 Nicholas Manciu
(St. Thomas–MN)		 26:06
1983 Newport News, VA
(Christopher Newport)		 Brandeis 52 North Central (IL) 89 Tony Bluell
(North Central–IL)		 23:46†
1984 Delaware, OH
(Ohio Wesleyan)		 St. Thomas (MN) 52 North Central (IL) 89 Mark Beeman
(Brandeis)		 24:44.71
1985 Atlanta, GA
(Emory)		 Luther 98 North Central (IL) 150 James White
(UMass Dartmouth)		 25:35
1986 Fredonia, NY
(Fredonia)		 St. Thomas (MN) 51 UW–La Crosse 72 Arnie Schraeder
(UW–Stevens Point)		 26:47
1987 Holland, MI
(Hope)		 North Central (IL) (7) 67 UW–La Crosse 78 Jukka Tammisuo
(St. Lawrence)		 24:19.3
1988 St. Louis, MO
(Washington)		 UW–Oshkosh 66 North Central (IL) 75 David Terronez
(Augustana–IL)		 24:43.2
1989 Rock Island, IL
(Augustana–IL)		 UW–Oshkosh 55 North Central (IL) 118 23:58
1990 Grinnell, IA
(Grinnell)		 UW–Oshkosh 87 North Central (IL) 100 Seamus McElligott
(Haverford)		 24:46.61
1991 Newport News, VA
(Christopher Newport)		 Rochester (NY) 139 North Central (IL) 147 Sandu Rebenciuc
(Augustana–IL)		 24:26
1992 Schenectady, NY
(Union)		 North Central (IL) (8) 107 Rochester (NY) 114 Gary Wasserman
(Nebraska Wesleyan)		 24:50.4
1993 Grinnell, IA
(Grinnell)		 North Central (IL) (9) 32 UW–La Crosse 123 Dan Mayer
(North Central–IL)		 24:29.8
1994 Bethlehem, PA
(Moravian)		 Williams 98 North Central (IL) 110 Jeremie Perry
(Williams)		 24:41.8
1995 La Crosse, WI
(UW–La Crosse)		 Williams 83 North Central (IL) 91 John Weigel
(North Central–IL)		 23:57.5
1996 Rock Island, IL
(Augustana–IL)		 UW–La Crosse 86 North Central (IL) 94 Matt Brill
(North Central–IL)		 23:57
1997 Cambridge, MA
(MIT)		 North Central (IL) (10) 94 Mount Union 96 Brett Altergott
(UW–La Crosse)		 25:06
1998 Carlisle, PA
(Dickinson)		 North Central (IL) (11) 106 Calvin 122 Erik Dieckman
(North Central–IL)		 24:58.27
1999 Oshkosh, WI
(UW–Oshkosh)		 North Central (IL) (12) 84 Keene State 100 Dave Davis
(Puget Sound)		 23:42.3†
2000 Spokane, WA
(Whitworth)		 Calvin 65 Keene State 87 Tim McCoskey
(North Central–IL)		 24:47.8
2001 Rock Island, IL
(Augustana–IL)		 UW–La Crosse 80 Calvin 140 J.B. Haglund
(Haverford)		 24:16
2002 Northfield, MN
(St. Olaf)		 UW–Oshkosh 66 Calvin 122 Ryan Bak
(Trinity–CT)		 25:01.1
2003 Hanover, IN
(Hanover)		 Calvin (2) 48 UW–Stevens Point 128 Josh Moen
(Wartburg)		 24:34.4
2004 Eau Claire, WI
(UW–Eau Claire)		 Calvin (3) 107 North Central (IL) 137 24:28.7
2005 Delaware, OH
(Ohio Wesleyan)		 UW–La Crosse 94 Calvin 117 Neal Holtschulte
(Williams)		 25:13.8
2006 Wilmington, OH
(Wilmington)		 Calvin (4) 37 NYU 92 Macharia Yuot
(Widener)		 26:31
2007 Northfield, MN
(St. Olaf)		 NYU 128 Haverford 150 Tyler Sigl
(UW–Platteville)		 24:24
2008 Hanover, IN
(Hanover)		 SUNY Cortland 80 North Central (IL) 115 Peter Kosgei
(Hamilton)		 24:22.03
2009 Berea, OH
(Baldwin Wallace)		 North Central (IL) (13) 50 Williams 181 Ricky Flynn
(Lynchburg)		 25:09.8
2010 Waverly, IA
(Wartburg)		 Haverford 87 North Central (IL) 104 Anders Hulleberg
(Haverford)		 24:22.2
2011 Winneconne, WI
(UW–Oshkosh)		 North Central (IL) (14) 110 Haverford 172 Ben Sathre
(St. Thomas–MN)		 23:44.27
2012 Terre Haute, IN
(Rose-Hulman)		 North Central (IL) (15) 167 Calvin
Haverford		 188 Tim Nelson
(UW–Stout)		 24:26.8
2013 Hanover, IN
(Hanover)		 St. Olaf 84 North Central (IL) 86 Michael LeDuc
(Connecticut College)		 24:29.3
2014 Wilmington, OH
(Wilmington)		 North Central (IL) (16) 130 St. Olaf 143 Grant Wintheiser
(St. Olaf)		 23:44.9
2015 Winneconne, WI
(UW-Oshkosh)		 UW–Eau Claire 135 Williams 144 Ian LaMere
(UW–Platteville)		 23:35.4
2016 Louisville, KY North Central (Ill.) (17) 60 SUNY Geneseo 204 Ian LeMere
(UW–Platteville)		 23:40.4
2017 Elsah, IL
(Principia)		 North Central (Ill.) (18) 57 UW–La Crosse 196 Darin Lau
(UW–Eau Claire)		 24:03.59

† 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.

Source: [1]

Team titles

RankTeamTitlesYears
1North Central (IL)181975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017
2Calvin42000, 2003, 2004, 2006
Wisconsin–Oshkosh1988, 1989, 1990, 2002
3Wisconsin–La Crosse31996, 2001, 2005
4Williams21994, 1995
St. Thomas (MN)1984, 1986
5Wisconsin-Eau Claire12015
St. Olaf2013
Haverford2010
SUNY Cortland2008
NYU2007
Rochester (NY)1991
Luther1985
Brandeis1983
Carleton1980
Occidental1977
Mount Union1974
Ashland1973

Source: [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Division III Men's Cross Country Championships Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.
  2. ↑ "Men's Cross Country Championship History". NCAA.
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