2015 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships

2015 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
Dates	November 21, 2015
Host city	Louisville, Kentucky; University of Louisville
Venue	E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park
Events	4
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The 2015 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 77th NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 35th NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship to determine the national champions of men's and women's NCAA Division I collegiate cross country running. It was held at E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Kentucky and was hosted by the University of Louisville on November 21, 2015.[1] Four different championships were contested: men's and women's individual and team championships.

Syracuse won the men's team championship, their first since 1951. Oregon's Edward Cheserek won the men's individual event, his third consecutive championship. Cheserek joined Gerry Lindgren, Steve Prefontaine, and Henry Rono as the event's only three-time champions.

New Mexico won the women's team championship, their first. It was UNM's first women's team national championship in any sport. Notre Dame's Molly Seidel won the individual event.

Men's title

Distance: 10,000 meters[2]

Men's Team Result (Top 10)

Rank	Team	Scorers	Points
	Syracuse	3 + 7 + 8 + 29 + 35	82
	Colorado	2 + 20 + 21 + 23 + 25	91
	Stanford	5 + 6 + 14 + 50 + 76	151
4	Oregon	1 + 34 + 38 + 44 + 66	183
5	Iona	16 + 33 + 46 + 48 + 88	231
6	Arkansas	19 + 30 + 36 + 69 + 90	244
7	Louisville (H)	15 + 31 + 41 + 68 + 176	331
8	Washington	22 + 24 + 75 + 79 + 145	345
9	Michigan	52 + 56 + 64 + 72 + 104	348
10	Georgetown	4 + 37 + 82 + 103 + 126	352

(H) – Host team

Men's Individual Result (Top 10)

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Points
	Edward Cheserek	Oregon	28:45.8	1
	Patrick Tiernan	Villanova	29:11.1	–
	Pierce Murphy	Colorado	29:37.0	2
4	Justyn Knight	Syracuse	29:46.1	3
5	Jonathan Green	Georgetown	29:49.5	4
6	Jim Rosa	Stanford	29:52.7	5
7	Sean McGorty	Stanford	29:53.4	6
8	Colin Bennie	Syracuse	29:55.9	7
9	Martin Hehir	Syracuse	29:59.5	8
10	Marc Scott	Tulsa	30:02.6	9

Women's title

Distance: 6,000 meters

Women's Team Result (Top 10)

Rank	Team	Scorers	Points
	New Mexico	4 + 5 + 11 + 12 + 17	49
	Colorado	10 + 13 + 30 + 32 + 44	129
	Oregon	18 + 19 + 21 + 77 + 79	214
4	Providence	15 + 25 + 42 + 68 + 81	231
5	NC State Michigan	38 + 40 + 49 + 62 + 75 14 + 36 + 60 + 67 + 87	264
6	Oklahoma State	22 + 27 + 48 + 88 + 89	274
7	Notre Dame Arkansas	1 + 6 + 64 + 101 + 104 3 + 31 + 70 + 78 + 94	276
8	Washington	7 + 53 + 63 + 74 + 100	297
9	Boise State	2 + 8 + 34 + 127 + 159	330
10	Syracuse	35 + 37 + 46 + 107 + 134	359

Women's Individual Result (Top 10)

Rank	Name	Team	Time	Points
	Molly Seidel	Notre Dame	19:28.6	1
	Allie Ostrander	Boise State	19:33.6	2
	Dominique Scott	Arkansas	19:40.9	3
4	Courtney Frerichs	New Mexico	19:48.0	4
5	Alice Wright	New Mexico	19:53.1	5
6	Anna Rohrer	Notre Dame	19:59.7	6
7	Allie Buchalski	Furman	20:02.6	–
8	Maddie Meyers	Washington	20:03.1	7
9	Brenna Peloquin	Boise State	20:04.3	8
10	Sharon Lokedi	Kansas	20:04.9	9

References

"2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
"2015 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships Live Results". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.

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[1] "2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-05-14.

[2] "2015 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships Live Results". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.