NCAA Division III women's cross country championships

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NCAA Division III women's cross country championships
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Association NCAA
Sport Cross country
Founded1981;44 years ago (1981)
Division Division III
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Most recent
champion(s)		 MIT (1st)
Most titles Johns Hopkins (8)
TV partner(s)FloTrack Media
Official website https://www.ncaa.com/sports/cross-country-women/d3

The NCAA Division III women's cross country championships are contested at an annual cross country meet hosted by the NCAA to determine the individual and team national champions of women's intercollegiate cross country running among its Division III programs in the United States. [1] It is held every fall, usually on the Saturday before Thanksgiving in November.

Contents

The most successful program is Johns Hopkins, with eighth national titles.

The current champions are MIT, who won their first title in 2024.

Format

The race included 9 teams in 1981, 12 teams from 1982 to 1986, 14 teams from 1987 to 1992, 21 teams from 1993 to 1998 and 24 teams from 1999 to 2005. Beginning in 2006, the national championship race has included 32 teams. Teams compete in one of eight regional championships to qualify. In addition to the 32 teams, 56 individual runners qualify for the national championship. [2]

Results

NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Championship
YearFinals Site
(Host Team)		Team ChampionshipIndividual ChampionshipRecordsRefs
WinnerPointsRunner-upPointsWinner
(Team)		Time
1981 Kenosha, WI
(Carthage)		 Central (IA) 26 Glassboro State 70 Cynthia Sturm
(Westfield State)		18:43.30† Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
1982 Fredonia, NY
(Fredonia)		 St. Thomas (MN) 44UW–La Crosse83 Tori Neubauer
(UW–La Crosse)		18:45.00 Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
1983 Newport News, VA
(Christopher Newport)		UW–La Crosse45St. Thomas (MN)7016:29.00 Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
1984 Delaware, OH
(Ohio Wesleyan)		St. Thomas (MN) (2)50 UW–La Crosse 64 Julia Kirtland
(Macalester)		17:23.55 Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
1985 Atlanta, GA
(Emory)		 Franklin & Marshall 73St. Thomas (MN)81 Dorcas Denhartog
(Middlebury)		18:05.00 Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
1986Fredonia, NY
(Fredonia)		St. Thomas (MN) (3)45 Ithaca 73 Lisa Koelfgen
(St. Thomas–MN)		19:14.00 Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
1987 Holland, MI
(Hope)		St. Thomas (MN) (4)
UW–Oshkosh 		81Ithaca85 Shelley Scherer
(Carleton)		17:36.00 Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
1988 St. Louis, MO
(WashU)		UW–Oshkosh (2)69St. Thomas (MN)73 Anna Prineas
(Carleton)		17:38.60 Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
1989Rock Island, IL
(Augustana–IL)		 Cortland State 29UW–Oshkosh62 Marybeth Crawley
(Cortland State)		17:19.00 Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
1990 Grinnell, IA
(Grinnell)		Cortland State (2)43UW–Oshkosh48 Vicki Mitchell
(Cortland State)		17:24.71 Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
1991Newport News, VA
(Christopher Newport)		UW–Oshkosh (2)98Cortland State103 Laura Horejs
(UW–Oshkosh)		17:21.00 Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
1992 Schenectady, NY
(Union)		Cortland State (3)18 Calvin 108 Sarah Edmonds
(Gustavus Adolphus)		18:09.80 Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
1993Grinnell, IA
(Grinnell)		Cortland State (4)61Calvin93 Renea Bluekamp
(Calvin)		17:46.70 Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
1994 Bethlehem, PA
(Moravian)		Cortland State (5)54Calvin115 Michelle LaFleur
(Cortland State)		17:47.20 Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
1995 La Crosse, WI
(UW–La Crosse)		Cortland State (6)46UW–Oshkosh83 Jessica Caley
(Williams)		17:24.50 Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
1996Rock Island, IL
(Augustana–IL)		UW–Oshkosh (3)62St. Thomas (MN)113 Turena Johnson
(Luther)		17:40.00 Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
1997 Cambridge, MA
(MIT)		Cortland State (7)148 UW–Eau Claire 167 Tiffany Speckman
(UW–Oshkosh)		18:29.00 Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
1998 Carlisle, PA
(Dickinson)		Calvin124TCNJ170 Cheryl Smith
(Cortland State)		17:48.39 Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
1999 Oshkosh, WI
(UW–Oshkosh)		Calvin (2)85 Middlebury 119 Rhaina Echols
(Chicago)		16:46.20 Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
2000 Spokane, WA
(Whitworth)		Middlebury103 Williams 123 Johanna Olson
(Luther)		17:54.40 Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
2001Rock Island, IL
(Augustana–IL)		Middlebury (2)98Williams166 Dana Boyle
(Puget Sound)		16:46.00
The race distance changes from 5 kilometers to 6 kilometers
2002 Northfield, MN
(St. Olaf)		Williams42Middlebury145 Missy Buttry
(Wartburg)		20:17.30†
2003 Hanover, IN
(Hanover)		Middlebury (3)135 Trinity (CT) 17420:00.20
2004 Eau Claire, WI
(UW–Eau Claire)		Williams (2)110Middlebury12920:22.00
2005Delaware, OH
(Ohio Wesleyan)		 SUNY Geneseo 88Williams107 Hailey Harren
(Gustavus Adolphus)		21:51.90
2006 Wilmington, OH
(Wilmington)		Middlebury (4)144 Amherst 145 Sarah Zerzan
(Willamette)		22:31.00
2007Northfield, MN
(St. Olaf)		Amherst120 Plattsburgh State 15920:54.00 Results [4] [5]
2008Hanover, IN
(Hanover)		Middlebury (5)179Calvin237 Marie Borner
(Bethel)		20:43.91 Results

FinishTiming.com

[6] [7]
2009 Berea, OH
(Baldwin Wallace)		UW–Eau Claire171 St. Lawrence 180 Wendy Pavlus
(St. Lawrence)		21:28.00 Results [8]
2010 Waverly, IA
(Wartburg)		Middlebury (6)185Washington University in St. Louis19320:49.30 Results [9] [10]
2011Oshkosh, WI
(UW–Oshkosh)		 Washington University in St. Louis 70Middlebury111 Chiara Del Piccolo
(Williams)		20:52.08 Results [11] [12]
2012 Terre Haute, IN
(Rose-Hulman)		 Johns Hopkins 158 Wartburg 221 Christy Cazzola
(UW–Oshkosh)		20:53.30 Delta Timing

Results

[13] [14]
2013Hanover, IN
(Hanover)		 Johns Hopkins (2)85Williams137 Chelsea Johnson
(St. Scholastica)		21:11.70 TFRRS

Delta Timing

[15] [16] [17]
2014Wilmington, OH
(Wilmington)		 Johns Hopkins (3)87 MIT 112 Amy Regan
(Stevens)		20:51.90 TFRRS

FinishTimingResults.com

[18] [19] [20]
2015Winneconne, WI
(UW–Oshkosh)		Williams81Geneseo State179Abrah Masterson
(Cornell College)		21:23.10 TFRRS

Boxscore

[21] [22] [23]
2016 Louisville, KY
(Louisville)		 Johns Hopkins (4)128 Washington University in St. Louis 202 Amy Regan
(Stevens Tech)		20:16.40 TFRRS

Delta Timing

[24] [25] [26]
2017
Details
Elsah, IL
(Principia)		 Johns Hopkins (5)96UW–Eau Claire191 Khia Kurtenbach
(Chicago)		20:39.20 TFRRS

TRXC Timing

[27] [28] [29]
2018
Details 		Winneconne, WI
(UW–Oshkosh)		 Washington University in St. Louis (2)98 Johns Hopkins 99 Paige Lawler
(Washington University in St. Louis)		20:55.00 TFRRS

Delta Timing Official Meet Report

[30] [31] [32]
2019
Details 		Louisville, KY
(Spalding)		 Johns Hopkins (6)125 Washington University in St. Louis 138Parley Hannan
Ithaca College 		20:53.8 TFRRS

Leone Timing

[33] [34] [35]
2020Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic [36]
2021 Louisville, KY
(Spalding)		 Johns Hopkins (7)130 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 132Kassie Rosenblum
(Loras)		20:11.1 TFRRS

Leone Timing

[37] [38] [39]
2022 Lansing, MI
(Olivet)		 Johns Hopkins (8)144Chicago147Kassie Rosenblum Parker
(Loras)		21:06.5 TFRRS [40]
2023 Carlisle, PA
(Dickinson)		 Carleton 151 NYU 154 Fiona Smith
(Saint Benedict)		19:54.1
2024 Terre Haute, IN
(Rose–Hulman)		 MIT 128Chicago138 Faith Duncan
(Wilmington (OH))		20:16.5
2025Spartanburg, SC
(Converse)

Champions

Team titles

TeamTitlesYears
Johns Hopkins 82012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022
Cortland 71989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997
Middlebury 62000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 41987, 1988, 1991, 1996
Williams 32002, 2004, 2015
Washington St. Louis 22011, 2018
Calvin 1998, 1999
MIT 12024
Carleton 2023
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 2009
Amherst 2007
Geneseo 2005
Franklin & Marshall 1985
Wisconsin–La Crosse 1983
Central (IA) 1981

Former programs

TeamTitlesYears
St. Thomas (MN) 41982, 1984, 1986, 1987

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