The 2015 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 77th

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and the 35th

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 ...

to determine the national champions of men's and women's

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Division I collegiate

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. It was held at E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park in

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and was hosted by the

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on November 21, 2015. Four different championships were contested: men's and women's individual and team championships.

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won the men's team championship, their first since

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won the men's individual event, his third consecutive championship. Cheserek joined

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, and

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as the event's only three-time champions.

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won the women's team championship, their first. It was UNM's first women's team national championship in any sport. Notre Dame's

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won the individual event.

Men's title

*Distance: 10,000 meters

Men's Team Result (Top 10)

*(H) – Host team

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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