2018 NCAA Division III cross country championships explained

2018 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships
Organizers:	NCAA
Edition:	46th–Men 38th–Women
Date:	November 17, 2018
Host City:	Winneconne, WI
Distances:	8 km–Men 6 km–Women
Previous:	2017
Next:	2019

The 2018 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships was the 46th annual NCAA Men's Division III Cross Country Championship and the 38th annual NCAA Women's Division III Cross Country Championship to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division III 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]

The women's race team title was won by Washington University, their 2nd title.^[2] Washington narrowly edged out defending champion Johns Hopkins by a single point, making it the narrowest margin of victory since 1987.^[3] The women's individual title was won by junior Paige Lawler of Washington University, becoming the first cross country individual champion in program history.^[2] In the men's race, the team title was won by North Central, their 19th title (and 3rd in a row).^[4] The Cardinals 43 point victory was the 3rd lowest winning score in the history of the men's race (and the lowest score since 2006).^[5] The men's individual title went to Dhruvil Patel of North Central, the 8th Cardinal to win the individual men's title in program history, and the first since 2000.^[4]

Women's title

Distance: 6,000 meters

Women's Team Result (Top 10)

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Team	Total Time	Average Time	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Washington	1:47:52	21:34	98	1	6	10	23	58	79	102
Johns Hopkins	1:48:33	21:42	99	5	16	18	27	33	37	71
MIT	1:51:11	22:14	247	14	41	54	65	73	93	157
Wisconsin-Eau Claire	1:51:35	22:19	265	22	43	52	53	95	123	139
SUNY Geneseo	1:51:22	22:16	277	17	19	31	103	107	115	136
Brandeis	1:51:09	22:13	277	4	48	51	60	114	160	202
Williams	1:51:54	22:22	283	36	44	46	76	81	172	184
Middlebury	1:51:47	22:21	301	21	28	67	77	108	130	203
Wisconsin-La Crosse	1:51:35	22:19	313	9	15	74	88	127	134	168
Carleton	1:52:18	22:27	326	34	45	50	78	119	163	164

Women's Individual Result (Top 10)

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Name	Team	Time
Paige Lawler	Washington	20:55.0
Claire Lamb	Otterbein	20:58.7
Annie Rodenfels	Centre	20:58.9
Kaitlyn Mooney	Coast Guard	21:04.2
Emily Bryson	Brandeis	21:08.3
Caelyn Reilly	Johns Hopkins	21:11.3
Aly Wayne	Washington	21:12.6
Natalie Cooper	TCNJ	21:14.3
Emily Forner	Allegheny	21:16.7
Cassie Vince	Albion	21:21.2

Men's title

Distance: 8,000 meters

Men's Team Result (Top 10)

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Team	Total Time	Average Time	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
North Central	2:03:15	24:39	43	1	2	7	9	24	50	63
Washington	2:04:33	24:54	110	6	8	23	32	41	56	153
Wisconsin-La Crosse	2:04:45	24:57	127	4	11	22	31	59	83	166
Haverford	2:05:55	25:11	213	12	14	21	61	105	183	208
Wartburg	2:06:16	25:15	227	19	29	40	54	85	87	122
Amherst	2:06:37	25:19	253	18	37	51	53	94	170	205
Pomona-Pitzer	2:06:56	25:23	298	3	42	70	84	99	114	142
Williams	2:06:52	25:22	300	5	30	75	92	98	124	133
Johns Hopkins	2:07:18	25:27	308	10	65	72	80	81	132	146
SUNY Geneseo	2:07:29	25:29	329	17	46	73	86	107	110	216

Men's Individual Result (Top 10)