The 2004 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 66th annual

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and the 24th annual

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to determine the team and individual national champions of

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Division I men's and women's collegiate cross country running in the

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. In all, four different titles were contested: men's and women's individual and team championships. Held on November 22, 2004, the combined meet was the first of eight consecutive championship meets hosted by

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at the

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. The distance for the men's race was 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) while the distance for the women's race was 6 kilometers (3.73 miles). The men's team championship was won by

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(90 points), the Buffaloes' second. The women's team championship was also won by

(63 points), the Buffaloes' second. This was the fourth time that the same program won both the men's and women's national team titles (Stanford, 2003; Stanford, 1996; Wisconsin, 1985). The two individual champions were, for the men,

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(

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, 30:37.7) and, for the women, Kim Smith (

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, 20:28.5).

Men's title

*Distance: 10,000 meters

Men's Team Result (Top 10)

Men's Individual Result (Top 10)

Women's title

*Distance: 6,000 meters

Women's Team Result (Top 10)

Women's Individual Result (Top 10)

References

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