1948 NCAA cross country championships

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1948 NCAA Cross Country Championships
Organisers NCAA
Edition10th
DateNovember 22, 1948
Host city East Lansing, MI
Michigan State College
Venue Forest Akers East Golf Course
Distances4 miles (6.4 km)
Participation131 athletes
1947
1949

The 1948 NCAA Cross Country Championships were the tenth annual cross country meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate cross country running in the United States.

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Since the current multi-division format for NCAA championship did not begin until 1973, all NCAA members were eligible. In total, 18 teams and 131 individual runners contested this championship. [1]

The meet was hosted by Michigan State College on November 22, 1948, at the Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing, Michigan. The distance for the race was 4 miles (6.4 kilometers).

The team national championship was won by the host Michigan State Spartans, their second overall. The individual championship was won by Robert Black, from Rhode Island State, with a time of 19:52.84, a new distance record. Black's four mile time, which replaced Greg Rice's 1938 time of 20:12.9, would remain in place until 1953. [2]

Men's title

Team Result (Top 10)

RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Michigan State College 41
Silver medal icon.svg Wisconsin 69
Bronze medal icon.svg Syracuse 93
4 Penn State 118
5 Notre Dame 164
6 Purdue 165
7 Kansas 213
8 Indiana 224
9 Miami (OH) 245
10 Cornell College (IA) 316

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References

  1. "1948 NCAA DI Cross Country Championships". MileSplit.com. Mile Split US. Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  2. "NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 7–9. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2014.