2005 NCAA Division I cross country championships

2005 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
Organisers	NCAA
Edition	67th–Men 25th–Women
Date	November 21, 2005
Host city	Terre Haute, IN
Venue	Indiana State University LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course
Distances	10 km–Men 6 km–Women
Participation	242–Men 250–Women 492–Total athletes
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The 2005 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 67th annual NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 25th annual NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division I men's and women's collegiate cross country running in the United States. In all, four different titles were contested: men's and women's individual and team championships. ^{[1] [2]}

Held on November 21, 2005, the combined meet was the second of eight consecutive meets hosted by Indiana State University at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Indiana. The distance for the men's race was 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) while the distance for the women's race was 6 kilometers (3.7 miles).

The men's team championship was won by Wisconsin (37 points), the Badgers' fourth. The women's team championship was won by Stanford (146 points), the Cardinal's third (and second in three years).

The two individual champions were, for the men, Simon Bairu (Wisconsin, 29:15.9) and, for the women, Johanna Nilsson (Northern Arizona, 19:33.9). It was the second consecutive title for Bairu. ^{[3] [4]}

Men's title

• Distance: 10,000 meters

Men's Team Result (Top 10) Rank Team Points Wisconsin 37 Arkansas 105 Notre Dame 178 4 Iona 205 5 Colorado 222 6 Stanford 231 7 Texas 272 8 Oklahoma State 355 9 Portland 372 10 Arizona 384

Men's Individual Result (Top 10) Rank Name Team Time Simon Bairu Wisconsin 29:15.9 Richard Kiplagat Iona 29:21.9 Chris Solinsky Wisconsin 29:27.8 4 Josh McDougal Liberty 29:32.6 5 Westley Keating Texas–Pan American 29:38.1 6 Josh Rohatinsky BYU 29:40.2 7 Josphat Boit Arkansas 29:49.1 8 Kurt Benninger Notre Dame 29:50.2 9 Matt Withrow Wisconsin 29:50.7 10 Robert Cheseret Arizona 29:50.8

Women's title

• Distance: 6,000 meters

Women's Team Result (Top 10) Rank Team Points Stanford 146 Colorado 181 Duke 185 4 Arizona State 191 5 Illinois 212 6 Michigan 250 7 Notre Dame 252 8 BYU 288 9 Minnesota 361 10 Oklahoma State 377

Women's Individual Result (Top 10) Rank Name Team Time Johanna Nilsson Northern Arizona 19:33.9 Caroline Bierbaum Columbia-Barnard 19:46.0 Stephanie Madia Notre Dame 19:48.4 4 Victoria Mitchell Butler University 19:50.4 5 Clara Horowitz Duke 19:50.7 6 Keira Carlstrom American 19:58.1 7 Christine Bolf Colorado 19:58.8 8 Arianna Lambie Stanford 19:59.1 9 Liza Pasciuto Colorado 20:01.2 10 Cack Ferrell Princeton 20:03.1

References

1. "NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
2. "NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
3. "2005 NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship Results". NCAA. Archived from the original on November 24, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
4. "2005 NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship Results". USTFCCCApublisher=NCAA. Archived from the original on November 24, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2016.