1957 NCAA Cross Country Championships

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1957 NCAA Cross Country Championships
Organisers NCAA
Edition19th
DateNovember 25, 1957
Host city East Lansing, MI
Michigan State University
Venue Forest Akers East Golf Course
Distances4 miles (6.4 km)
Participation124 athletes
1956

The 1957 NCAA Cross Country Championships were the 19th annual cross country meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate cross country running in the United States. Held on November 25, 1957, the meet was hosted by Michigan State University at the Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing, Michigan. The distance for the race was 4 miles (6.4 kilometers).

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With the NCAA establishing a College Division championship the following year in 1958, this was the final NCAA cross country championship for which all NCAA members were eligible. In total, 17 teams and 124 individual runners contested this championship. [1]

The team national championship was won by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, their first. The individual championship was won by Max Truex, from USC, with a record time of 19:12.30. Truex's event distance record would remain in place until the distance for the championship race was changed to 6 miles in 1965. [2]

Men's title

Team Result (Top 10)

RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Notre Dame 121
Silver medal icon.svg Michigan State 127
Bronze medal icon.svg Houston 131
4 Syracuse 140
5 Kansas 158
6 Western Michigan 168
7 Cornell 172
8 Colorado 198
9 Penn State 206
10 Miami (OH) 215

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References

  1. "1957 NCAA DI Cross Country Championships". MileSplit.com. Mile Split US. Archived from the original on January 1, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  2. "NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 7–9. Retrieved January 1, 2015.