NCAA Division III men's cross country championships

NCAA Division III men's cross country championships
SportCross country
Founded1973
Country United States
Most recent
champion(s)		Wisconsin-La Crosse (4th)
Official websiteNCAA.com

The NCAA Division III men's cross country championships are contested at an annual cross country meet hosted by the NCAA to decide the team and individual national champions of men's intercollegiate cross country running among its Division III members 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 Wisconsin-La Crosse, who won their fourth national title in 2024.

Format

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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 ten regional championships to qualify. In addition to the 32 teams, 70 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).

Results

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NCAA Division III Men's Cross Country Championship
Year Site
(Host Team) 		Championship Results Individual Championship
Champion 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) (2) 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 (2) 55 North Central (IL) 118 23:58
1990 Grinnell, IA
(Grinnell) 		UW–Oshkosh (3) 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 (2) 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 (2) 80 Calvin 140 J.B. Haglund
(Haverford) 		24:16
2002 Northfield, MN
(St. Olaf) 		UW–Oshkosh (4) 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 (3) 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[1][2] Wilmington, OH
(Wilmington) 		North Central (IL) (16) 130 St. Olaf 143 Grant Wintheiser
(St. Olaf) 		23:44.9
2015[3][4] Winneconne, WI
(UW-Oshkosh) 		UW–Eau Claire 135 Williams 144 Ian LaMere
(UW–Platteville) 		23:35.4
2016[5] Louisville, KY North Central (IL) (17) 60 SUNY Geneseo 204 Ian LeMere
(UW–Platteville) 		23:40.4
2017[6]
Details 		Elsah, IL
(Principia) 		North Central (IL) (18) 57 UW–La Crosse 196 Darin Lau
(UW–Eau Claire) 		24:03.59
2018[7]
Details 		Winneconne, WI
(UW-Oshkosh) 		North Central (IL) (19) 43 Washington (MO) 110 Dhruvil Patel
(North Central-IL) 		24:24.5
2019[8]
Details 		Louisville, KY Pomona-Pitzer 164 North Central (IL) 182 Patrick Watson
(Stevenson) 		24:13.9
2020 Terre Haute, IN
(Rose-Hulman) 		Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic[9]
2021[10][11]
Details 		Louisville, KY Pomona-Pitzer (2) 80 MIT 112 Alex Phillip
(John Carroll) 		23:27.6
2022 Lansing, MI
(Olivet) 		MIT 82 Wartburg 129 24:37.6
2023 Carlisle, PA
(Dickinson) 		Pomona-Pitzer (3) 158 UW–La Crosse 159 Ethan Gregg
(UW–La Crosse) 		24:02.4
2024 Terre Haute, IN
(Rose-Hulman) 		UW-La Crosse (4) 77 Wartburg 173 Christian Patzka
(UW–Whitewater) 		24:01.6
2025 Spartanburg, SC
(Converse)
2026 Northfield, MN
(Carleton)

† 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: [12]

Champions

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Team Titles Years
North Central (IL) 19 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
Calvin 4 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 4 1988, 1989, 1990, 2002
Wisconsin–La Crosse 4 1996, 2001, 2005, 2024
Pomona-Pitzer 3 2019, 2021, 2023
Williams 2 1994, 1995
MIT 1 2022
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 1 2015
St. Olaf 1 2013
Haverford 1 2010
Cortland 1 2008
NYU 1 2007
Rochester 1 1991
Luther 1 1985
Brandeis 1 1983
Carleton 1 1980
Occidental 1 1977
Mount Union 1 1974

Former Division III

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Team Titles Years
St. Thomas (MN) 2 1984, 1986
Ashland 1 1973

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Champs again | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  2. ^ "TFRRS | NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships Track & Field Meet Results". www.tfrrs.org. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  3. ^ "TFRRS | NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships Track & Field Meet Results". www.tfrrs.org. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  4. ^ "NCAA Division III (DIII) Cross Country Championships 2015 - Mens Results". MileSplit United States. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Men's 8k Championship - 2016 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships - Delta Timing". results.deltatiming.com. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  6. ^ "NCAA D3 XC Championships". trxctiming.com. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  7. ^ "NCAA cross country championships: Colorado, Northern Arizona claim team titles | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  8. ^ "THE 2019 NCAA DIVISION III CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS" (PDF). leonetiming.com. NCAA. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  9. ^ "NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships". USTFCCCA.org. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Pomona-Pitzer men, Johns Hopkins women win 2021 NCAA DIII cross country championships | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Recap: 2021 NCAA DIII Cross Country Championships ::: USTFCCCA". Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Division III Men's Cross Country Championships Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.
  13. ^ "Men's Cross Country Championship History". NCAA.
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