2015 NCAA Division I cross country championships explained

2015 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
Host City:Louisville, Kentucky
University of Louisville
Events:4
Dates:November 21, 2015
Stadium:E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park
Previous:2014
Next:2016

The 2015 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 77th NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 35th NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship to determine the national champions of men's and women's NCAA Division I collegiate cross country running. It was held at E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Kentucky and was hosted by the University of Louisville on November 21, 2015.[1] Four different championships were contested: men's and women's individual and team championships.

Syracuse won the men's team championship, their first since 1951.[2] [3] Oregon's Edward Cheserek won the men's individual event, his third consecutive championship. Cheserek joined Gerry Lindgren, Steve Prefontaine, and Henry Rono as the event's only three-time champions.

New Mexico won the women's team championship, their first. It was UNM's first women's team national championship in any sport. Notre Dame's Molly Seidel won the individual event.

Men's title

Men's Team Result (Top 10)

Rank Team Scorers Points
3 + 7 + 8 + 29 + 35 82
2 + 20 + 21 + 23 + 25 91
5 + 6 + 14 + 50 + 76 151
1 + 34 + 38 + 44 + 66 183
16 + 33 + 46 + 48 + 88 231
19 + 30 + 36 + 69 + 90 244
Louisville (H) 15 + 31 + 41 + 68 + 176 331
22 + 24 + 75 + 79 + 145 345
52 + 56 + 64 + 72 + 104 348
10 4 + 37 + 82 + 103 + 126 352

Men's Individual Result (Top 10)

Rank Name Team Time Points
28:45.7 1
29:11.1
29:37.0 2
29:46.1 3
29:49.5 4
29:52.7 5
29:53.4 6
29:55.9 7
29:59.5 8
10 30:02.6 9

Women's title

Women's Team Result (Top 10)

Rank Team Scorers Points
4 + 5 + 11 + 12 + 17 49
10 + 13 + 30 + 32 + 44 129
18 + 19 + 21 + 77 + 79 214
15 + 25 + 42 + 68 + 81 231
38 + 40 + 49 + 62 + 75
14 + 36 + 60 + 67 + 87
264
22 + 27 + 48 + 88 + 89 274
1 + 6 + 64 + 101 + 104
3 + 31 + 70 + 78 + 94
276
7 + 53 + 63 + 74 + 100 297
2 + 8 + 34 + 127 + 159 330
10 35 + 37 + 46 + 107 + 134 359

Women's Individual Result (Top 10)

Rank Name Team Time Points
19:28.6 1
19:33.6 2
19:40.9 3
Courtney Frerichs19:48.0 4
19:53.1 5
19:59.7 6
20:02.6
20:03.1 7
Brenna Peloquin20:04.3 8
10 20:04.9 9

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites . Ncaa.com . 2015-05-14.
  2. Web site: Syracuse wins first Cross Country title in 64 years. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2020-11-21.
  3. News: Smith . Connor . Shay . Nolan . ‘ZERO TO HERO’: An oral history of Syracuse cross country’s 2015 national title . 22 November 2020 . The Daily Orange . 21 November 2020.
  4. Web site: 2015 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships Live Results . Ncaa.com . 2015-11-22.