NCAA Division I women's cross country championships explained
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| Current Season: | 2023 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships |
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| Sport: | Cross country |
| Founded: | 1981 |
| Champion: | Team: NC State
Individual: Parker Valby, Florida |
| Tv: | Flotrack |
| Website: | NCAA.com |
The NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship is the cross country championship held by the National Collegiate Athletic Association each autumn for individual runners and cross country teams from universities in Division I. Teams and individual runners qualify for the championship at regional competitions approximately a week before the national championships. The championship has been held annually since 1981. The reigning national champions are the NC State Wolfpack.
Qualifying
Teams compete in one of nine regional championships to qualify. The top two teams automatically advance, and 13 additional teams are chosen as at-large selections. In addition to the 31 teams, 38 individual runners qualify for the national championship.[1] [2]
History
The Division I national championship race included 13 teams in 1981, 16 teams from 1982 to 1988 and 22 teams from 1989 to 1997. Beginning in 1998, the national championship race has included 31 teams.
The race distance from 1981 to 1999 was 5000abbr=offNaNabbr=off. Since 2000 the race distance has been 6000abbr=offNaNabbr=off.[3]
Cross country was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981–82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same twelve (and other) sports; however, after a year of dual women's championships, the NCAA conquered the AIAW and usurped its authority and membership.
Villanova has won more NCAA Division I women's titles (9) than any other school, followed by BYU and Stanford with 5. BYU and North Carolina State have competed in the most NCAA Division I women's championships (25). Villanova has had the most individual NCAA Division I women's cross country champions (9).[3]
Past champions
The championship race distance was 5,000 meters from 1981 to 1999, and has been 6,000 meters since the 2000 race.
| NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship |
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| Year | Host City
(Host Team) | | Team Championship | | Individual Championship |
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| width=12% | Winner | width=3% | Score | width=12% | Runner-up | width=3% | Score | width=15% | Winner
(Team) | width=5% | Time |
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1981
Details | Wichita, KS
(Wichita State) | Virginia | 36 | Oregon | 81 | Betty Jo Springs
(NC State) | 16:19.0 |
1982
Details | Bloomington, IN
(Indiana) | Virginia | 48 | Stanford | 91 | Lesley Welch
(Virginia) | 16:39.7 |
1983
Details | Bethlehem, PA
(Lehigh) | Oregon | 95 | Stanford | 98 | Betty Jo Springs
(NC State) | 16:30.7 |
1984
Details | State College, PA
(Penn State) | Wisconsin | 63 | Stanford | 89 | Cathy Branta
(Wisconsin) | 16:15.6 |
1985
Details | Milwaukee, WI
(Marquette) | Wisconsin | 58 | Iowa State | 98 | Suzie Tuffey
(NC State) | 16:22.53 |
1986
Details | Tucson, AZ
(Arizona) | Texas | 62 | Wisconsin | 64 | Angela Chalmers
(Northern Arizona) | 16:55.49 |
1987
Details | Charlottesville, VA
(Virginia) | Oregon | 97 | NC State | 99 | Kimberly Betz
(Indiana) | 16:10.85 |
1988
Details | Ames, IA
(Iowa State) | Kentucky | 75 | Oregon | 128 | Michelle Dekkers
(Indiana) | 16:30.00 |
1989
Details | Annapolis, MD
(Navy) | Villanova | 99 | Kentucky | 168 | Vicki Huber
(Villanova) | 15:59.86† |
1990
Details | Knoxville, TN
(Tennessee) | Villanova | 82 | Providence | 172 | Sonia O'Sullivan
(Villanova) | 16:06.00 |
1991
Details | Tucson, AZ
(Arizona) | Villanova | 85 | Arkansas | 168 | 16:30.3 |
1992
Details | Bloomington, IN
(Indiana) | Villanova | 123 | Arkansas | 130 | Carole Zajac
(Villanova) | 17:01.9 |
1993
Details | Bethlehem, PA
(Lehigh) | Villanova | 66 | Arkansas | 71 | 16:40.3 |
1994
Details | Fayetteville, AR
(Arkansas) | Villanova | 75 | Michigan | 108 | Jennifer Rhines
(Villanova) | 16:31.2 |
1995
Details | Ames, IA
(Iowa State) | Providence | 88 | Colorado | 123 | Kathy Butler
(Wisconsin) | 16:51 |
1996
Details | Tucson, AZ
(Arizona) | Stanford | 101 | Villanova | 106 | Amy Skieresz
(Arizona) | 17:04 |
1997
Details | Greenville, SC
(Furman) | BYU | 100 | Stanford | 102 | Carrie Tollefson
(Villanova) | 16:29 |
1998
Details | Lawrence, KS
(Kansas) | Villanova | 106 | BYU | 110 | Katie McGregor
(Michigan) | 16:47.21 |
1999
Details | Bloomington, IN
(Indiana) | BYU | 72 | Arkansas | 125 | Erica Palmer
(Wisconsin) | 16:39.5 |
| Race distance changes from 5,000 meters to 6,000 meters |
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2000
Details | Ames, IA
(Iowa State) | | Colorado | 117 | BYU | 167 | | Kara Grgas-Wheeler
(Colorado) | 20:30.5 |
2001
Details | Greenville, SC
(Furman) | BYU | 62 | NC State | 148 | Tara Chaplin
(Arizona) | 20:24 |
2002
Details | Terre Haute, IN
(Indiana State) | BYU | 85 | Stanford | 113 | Shalane Flanagan
(North Carolina) | 19:36.0 |
2003
Details | Cedar Falls, IA
(Northern Iowa) | Stanford | 120 | BYU | 128 | 19:30.4 |
2004
Details | Terre Haute, IN
(Indiana State) | Colorado | 63 | Duke | 144 | Kim Smith
(Providence) | 20:08.5 |
2005
Details | Stanford | 146 | Colorado | 181 | Johanna Nilsson
(Northern Arizona) | 19:33.9 |
2006
Details | Stanford | 195 | Colorado | 223 | Sally Kipyego
(Texas Tech) | 20:11.1 |
2007
Details | Stanford | 145 | Oregon | 177 | 19:30.9 |
2008
Details | Washington | 79 | Oregon | 131 | 19:28.1 |
2009
Details | Villanova | 86 | Florida State | 133 | Angela Bizzarri
(Illinois) | 19:46.8 |
2010
Details | Villanova | 120 | Florida State | 154 | Sheila Reid
(Villanova) | 20:06.9 |
2011
Details | Georgetown | 162 | Washington | 170 | 19:41.2 |
2012
Details | Louisville, KY
(Louisville) | Oregon | 114 | Providence | 183 | Betsy Saina
(Iowa State) | 19:27.9 |
2013
Details | Terre Haute, IN
(Indiana State) | Providence | 141 | Arizona | 197 | Abbey D'Agostino
(Dartmouth) | 20:00.3 |
2014
Details | Michigan State | 85 | Iowa State | 147 | Kate Avery
(Iona) | 19:31.6 |
2015
Details | Louisville, KY
(Louisville) | New Mexico | 49 | Colorado | 129 | Molly Seidel
(Notre Dame) | 19:28.6 |
2016
Details | Terre Haute, IN
(Indiana State) | | 125 | Michigan | 126 | Karissa Schweizer
(Missouri) | 19:41.7 |
2017
Details | Louisville, KY
(Louisville) | New Mexico | 90 | San Francisco | 105 | Ednah Kurgat
(New Mexico) | 19:19.42 |
2018
Details | Madison, WI
(Wisconsin) | Colorado | 65 | New Mexico | 103 | Dani Jones (Colorado)
| 19:42.8 |
2019
Details | Terre Haute, IN
(Indiana State) | Arkansas | 96 | BYU | 102 | Weini Kelati(New Mexico) | 19:47.5 |
2020
Details | Stillwater, OK
(Oklahoma State) | BYU | 96 | NC State | 161 | Mercy Chelangat
Alabama | 20:01.1 |
2021
Details | Tallahassee, FL
(Florida State) | NC State | 84 | BYU | 122 | Whittni Orton
(BYU) | 19:25.4 |
2022
Details | Stillwater, OK
(Oklahoma State) | | NC State | 114 | New Mexico | 140 | | Katelyn Tuohy
(NC State) | 19:27.7 |
2023
Details | Charlottesville, VA
(Virginia) | | NC State | 123 | Northern Arizona | 124 | | Parker Valby
(Florida) | 18:55.2† |
2024
Details | Madison, WI
(Wisconsin) | | | | | | | | |
2025
Details | Columbia, MO
(Missouri) | | | | | | | | | |
██ indicates an NCAA championship event record time for that distance at the time.
- A † indicates the all-time NCAA championship event record for that distance.
Titles
Team titles
| Team | Titles | Year Won |
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| style= | | 9 | 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2009, 2010 |
| style= | | 5 | 1996, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 |
| style= | | 5 | 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2020 |
| style= | | 4 | 1983, 1987, 2012, 2016 |
| style= | | 3 | 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| style= | | 3 | 2000, 2004, 2018 |
| style= | | 2 | 2015, 2017 |
| style= | | 2 | 1995, 2013 |
| style= | | 2 | 1981, 1982 |
| style= | | 2 | 1984, 1985 |
| style= | | 1 | 2019 |
| style= | | 1 | 2011 |
| style= | | 1 | 1988 |
| style= | | 1 | 2014 |
| style= | | 1 | 1986 |
| style= | | 1 | 2008 | |
Individual titles
| Team | Titles | Year won |
|---|
| style= | | 9 | 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2010, 2011 |
| style= | | 4 | 1981, 1983, 1985, 2022 |
| style= | | 3 | 2006, 2007, 2008 |
| style= | | 3 | 1984, 1995, 1999 |
| style= | | 2 | 1996, 2001 |
| style= | | 2 | 2000, 2018, |
| style= | | 2 | 1987, 1988 |
| style= | | 2 | 2017, 2019 |
| style= | | 2 | 2002, 2003 |
| style= | | 2 | 1986, 2005 |
| style= | | 1 | 2020 |
| style= | | 1 | 2021 |
| style= | | 1 | 2013 |
| style= | | 1 | 2023 |
| style= | | 1 | 2009 |
| style= | | 1 | 2014 |
| style= | | 1 | 2012 |
| style= | | 1 | 1998 |
| style= | | 1 | 2016 |
| style= | | 1 | 2015 |
| style= | | 1 | 2004 |
| style= | | 1 | 1982 | |
Appearances
Most team appearances
| Rank | Team | Appearances |
|---|
| | 28 |
| | 27 |
| | 26 |
| | 25 |
| | 24 |
| | 21 |
| | 18 |
| | 16 |
| | 15 |
| | 14 | |
Records
- Best Team Score: 35
- Virginia (1981; Eileen O'Connor–3, Lesley Welch–4, Lisa Welch–6, Jill Haworth–8, Marisa Schmitt–15)
- Most Individual Titles: 3 (tie)
- Best Individual Time, 5,000 meters: 15:59.86
- Best Individual Time, 6,000 meters: 18:55.2
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: NCAA Championship Qualifying Criteria. U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. November 22, 2014.
- Web site: How the DI college cross country championship works NCAA.com. 2021-11-23. www.ncaa.com. en.
- http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_cross_country_champs_records/2010/d1wcc.pdf Division I All Time Championship Records and Results
Sally Kipyego, Texas Tech (2006, 2007, and 2008)