NCAA Division III men's cross country championships

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NCAA Division III men's cross country championships
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Association NCAA
Sport Cross country
Founded1973;52 years ago (1973)
Division Division III
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
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.

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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.

Format

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

NCAA Division III Men's Cross Country Championship
YearSite
(Host Team)		Championship ResultsIndividual Championship
ChampionPointsRunner-UpPointsWinner
(Team)		Time
1973 Wheaton, IL
(Wheaton)		 Ashland 66 Albany (NY) 172Steve Foster
(Ashland)		24:27
1974 Mount Union 105 Occidental 148David Moller
(Rochester–NY)		24:39.
1975 Waltham, MA
(Brandeis)		 North Central (IL) 91Occidental111Vin 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 132Dale Kramer
(Carleton)		24:56†
1977Occidental149Humboldt State15225:44
1978 Rock Island, IL
(Augustana–IL)		North Central (IL)(3)60 Luther 151Dan Henderson
(Wheaton–IL)		23:54†
1979North Central (IL)(4)85Humboldt State93Steve Hunt
(UMass Boston)		24:12.1
1980 Rochester, NY
(Rochester)		 Carleton 121 Augustana (IL) 125Jeff Milliman
(North Central–IL)		25:20.2
1981 Kenosha, WI
(Carthage)		North Central (IL)(5)89 Brandeis 107Mark Whalley
(Principia)		25:25
1982 Fredonia, NY
(Fredonia)		North Central (IL)(6)51Brandeis89Nicholas Manciu
(St. Thomas–MN)		26:06
1983 Newport News, VA
(Christopher Newport)		Brandeis52North Central (IL)89Tony Bluell
(North Central–IL)		23:46†
1984 Delaware, OH
(Ohio Wesleyan)		 St. Thomas (MN) 52North Central (IL)89Mark Beeman
(Brandeis)		24:44.71
1985 Atlanta, GA
(Emory)		Luther98North Central (IL)150James White
(UMass Dartmouth)		25:35
1986Fredonia, NY
(Fredonia)		St. Thomas (MN)(2)51 UW–La Crosse 72Arnie Schraeder
(UW–Stevens Point)		26:47
1987 Holland, MI
(Hope)		North Central (IL)(7)67UW–La Crosse78Jukka Tammisuo
(St. Lawrence)		24:19.3
1988 St. Louis, MO
(Washington)		 UW–Oshkosh 66North Central (IL)75David Terronez
(Augustana–IL)		24:43.2
1989Rock Island, IL
(Augustana–IL)		UW–Oshkosh(2)55North Central (IL)11823:58
1990 Grinnell, IA
(Grinnell)		UW–Oshkosh(3)87North Central (IL)100Seamus McElligott
(Haverford)		24:46.61
1991Newport News, VA
(Christopher Newport)		 Rochester (NY) 139North Central (IL)147Sandu Rebenciuc
(Augustana–IL)		24:26
1992 Schenectady, NY
(Union)		North Central (IL)(8)107Rochester (NY)114Gary Wasserman
(Nebraska Wesleyan)		24:50.4
1993Grinnell, IA
(Grinnell)		North Central (IL)(9)32UW–La Crosse123Dan Mayer
(North Central–IL)		24:29.8
1994 Bethlehem, PA
(Moravian)		 Williams 98North Central (IL)110Jeremie Perry
(Williams)		24:41.8
1995 La Crosse, WI
(UW–La Crosse)		Williams(2)83North Central (IL)91John Weigel
(North Central–IL)		23:57.5
1996Rock Island, IL
(Augustana–IL)		 UW–La Crosse 86North Central (IL)94Matt Brill
(North Central–IL)		23:57
1997 Cambridge, MA
(MIT)		North Central (IL)(10)94 Mount Union 96Brett Altergott
(UW–La Crosse)		25:06
1998 Carlisle, PA
(Dickinson)		North Central (IL)(11)106 Calvin 122Erik Dieckman
(North Central–IL)		24:58.27
1999 Oshkosh, WI
(UW–Oshkosh)		North Central (IL)(12)84 Keene State 100Dave Davis
(Puget Sound)		23:42.3†
2000 Spokane, WA
(Whitworth)		Calvin65Keene State87Tim McCoskey
(North Central–IL)		24:47.8
2001Rock Island, IL
(Augustana–IL)		UW–La Crosse(2)80Calvin140J.B. Haglund
(Haverford)		24:16
2002 Northfield, MN
(St. Olaf)		UW–Oshkosh(4)66Calvin122Ryan Bak
(Trinity–CT)		25:01.1
2003 Hanover, IN
(Hanover)		Calvin(2)48 UW–Stevens Point 128Josh Moen
(Wartburg)		24:34.4
2004 Eau Claire, WI
(UW–Eau Claire)		Calvin(3)107North Central (IL)13724:28.7
2005Delaware, OH
(Ohio Wesleyan)		UW–La Crosse(3)94Calvin117Neal Holtschulte
(Williams)		25:13.8
2006 Wilmington, OH
(Wilmington)		Calvin(4)37 NYU 92Macharia Yuot
(Widener)		26:31
2007Northfield, MN
(St. Olaf)		NYU128 Haverford 150Tyler Sigl
(UW–Platteville)		24:24
2008Hanover, IN
(Hanover)		 SUNY Cortland 80North Central (IL)115Peter Kosgei
(Hamilton)		24:22.03
2009 Berea, OH
(Baldwin Wallace)		North Central (IL)(13)50Williams181Ricky Flynn
(Lynchburg)		25:09.8
2010 Waverly, IA
(Wartburg)		Haverford87North Central (IL)104Anders Hulleberg
(Haverford)		24:22.2
2011Winneconne, WI
(UW–Oshkosh)		North Central (IL)(14)110Haverford172Ben Sathre
(St. Thomas–MN)		23:44.27
2012 Terre Haute, IN
(Rose-Hulman)		North Central (IL)(15)167Calvin
Haverford		188Tim Nelson
(UW–Stout)		24:26.8
2013Hanover, IN
(Hanover)		 St. Olaf 84North Central (IL)86Michael LeDuc
(Connecticut College)		24:29.3
2014 [2] [3] Wilmington, OH
(Wilmington)		North Central (IL)(16)130St. Olaf143Grant Wintheiser
(St. Olaf)		23:44.9
2015 [4] [5] Winneconne, WI
(UW-Oshkosh)		UW–Eau Claire135Williams144Ian LaMere
(UW–Platteville)		23:35.4
2016 [6] Louisville, KY North Central (IL)(17)60SUNY Geneseo204Ian LeMere
(UW–Platteville)		23:40.4
2017 [7]
Details 		Elsah, IL
(Principia)		North Central (IL)(18)57UW–La Crosse196Darin Lau
(UW–Eau Claire)		24:03.59
2018 [8]
Details 		Winneconne, WI
(UW-Oshkosh)		North Central (IL)(19)43Washington (MO)110Dhruvil Patel
(North Central-IL)		24:24.5
2019 [9]
Details 		Louisville, KY Pomona-Pitzer 164 North Central (IL) 182Patrick Watson
(Stevenson)		24:13.9
2020Terre Haute, IN
(Rose-Hulman)		Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic [10]
2021 [11] [12]
Details 		Louisville, KYPomona-Pitzer(2)80 MIT 112Alex Phillip
(John Carroll)		23:27.6
2022 Lansing, MI
(Olivet)		 MIT 82Wartburg12924:37.6
2023Carlisle, PA
(Dickinson)		Pomona-Pitzer(3)158UW–La Crosse159Ethan Gregg
(UW–La Crosse)		24:02.4
2024Terre Haute, IN
(Rose-Hulman)		UW-La Crosse(4)77Wartburg173Christian 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]

Champions

Active programs

TeamTitlesYears
North Central (IL) 191975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
Calvin 42000, 2003, 2004, 2006
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 41988, 1989, 1990, 2002
Wisconsin–La Crosse 41996, 2001, 2005, 2024
Pomona-Pitzer 32019, 2021, 2023
Williams 21994, 1995
MIT 12022
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 12015
St. Olaf 12013
Haverford 12010
Cortland 12008
NYU 12007
Rochester 11991
Luther 11985
Brandeis 11983
Carleton 11980
Occidental 11977
Mount Union 11974

Former programs

TeamTitlesYears
St. Thomas (MN) 21984, 1986
Ashland 11973

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