2014 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
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The 2014 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 76th NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 34th
NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship 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 ...
held at the
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in
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near the campus of Indiana State University on November 22, 2014. Four different
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championships were contested: men's and women's individual and team championships. On the men's side, the team national championship was won by the
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, their fifth, and second consecutive, title, while the individual championship was won by
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, his second consecutive title, from
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. On the women's side, the team championship was won by the Michigan State Spartans, their first title, and the individual championship was won by
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of
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, her first title.


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)


See also

* NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship *
NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship 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 ...


References

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