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Association | NCAA |
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Sport | Cross country |
Founded | 1973 |
Division | Division III |
Country | ![]() |
Most recent champion(s) | Wisconsin-La Crosse (4th) |
Most titles | North Central (IL) (19) |
Official website | NCAA.com |
The NCAA Division III men's cross country championships are contested at an annual meet hosted by the NCAA to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate cross country running among its Division III members in the United States. [1] It has been held every fall, usually in November, since the NCAA split into its current three-division format in 1973.
North Central (IL) have been the most successful program, with 19 national titles.
The current champions are Wisconsin-La Crosse, who won their fourth national title in 2024.
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).
NCAA Division III Men's Cross Country Championship | |||||||||
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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 [2] [3] | Wilmington, OH (Wilmington) | North Central (IL)(16) | 130 | St. Olaf | 143 | Grant Wintheiser (St. Olaf) | 23:44.9 | ||
2015 [4] [5] | Winneconne, WI (UW-Oshkosh) | UW–Eau Claire | 135 | Williams | 144 | Ian LaMere (UW–Platteville) | 23:35.4 | ||
2016 [6] | Louisville, KY | North Central (IL)(17) | 60 | SUNY Geneseo | 204 | Ian LeMere (UW–Platteville) | 23:40.4 | ||
2017 [7] Details | Elsah, IL (Principia) | North Central (IL)(18) | 57 | UW–La Crosse | 196 | Darin Lau (UW–Eau Claire) | 24:03.59 | ||
2018 [8] Details | Winneconne, WI (UW-Oshkosh) | North Central (IL)(19) | 43 | Washington (MO) | 110 | Dhruvil Patel (North Central-IL) | 24:24.5 | ||
2019 [9] 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 [10] | |||||||
2021 [11] [12] 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: [13]
Team | Titles | Years |
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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 |
Team | Titles | Years |
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St. Thomas (MN) | 2 | 1984, 1986 |
Ashland | 1 | 1973 |
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