The 1962 NCAA University Division Cross Country Championships were the 24th annual cross country meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate cross country running in the

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. Held on November 26, 1962, the meet was hosted by

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at the Forest Akers East Golf Course in

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. The distance for the race was 4 miles (6.4 kilometers). All

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University Division members were eligible to qualify for the meet. In total, 14 teams and 136 individual runners contested this championship. The team national championship was won by the

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, their first. They were the first racially integrated team to win the national cross country championship. The individual championship was won by

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, from Loyola–Chicago, with a time of 19:20.30.

Men's title

*Distance: 4 miles (6.4 kilometers)

Team Result (Top 10)

References

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Men's title

Team Result (Top 10)

See also

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