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The NCAA Men's Division II Cross Country Championship is an annual cross country meet to decide the team and individual national champions of men's intercollegiate
cross country running Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open cou ...
in the
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. It has been held every fall, usually in November, since breaking off from the NCAA University Division Men's Cross Country Championships in 1958. Known as the NCAA College Division Men's Cross Country Championship until 1973, it was created for cross country programs from smaller universities and colleges. A third championship, the NCAA Men's Division III Cross Country Championship, split away in 1973 when the NCAA created its current three-division structure. The defending national teams champions are the
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, who won their first national title in 2015. Colorado School of Mines' Dillon Powell is the reigning individual champion, with a time of 29:28.0.


Format

The field for the championship race has ranged in size from a low of 11 teams in 1959 to a high of 59 teams in 1972. From 1983 to 1999 the field was fixed at 17 teams. Beginning in 2000, the national championship race has included 24 teams. Teams compete in one of eight regional championships to qualify. In addition to the 24 teams, 16 individual runners qualify for the national championship. The race distance from 1958 to 1967 was . From 1968 to 1975 the race distance was . Since 1976 the race distance has been The event record for the 10,000 meter distance is 28:04.00, set by Shane Healy of
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in 1994.


Results

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(Team) !Time , - , 1958
'' Details'' , rowspan=10, Wheaton, IL
( Wheaton) , Northern Illinois , 90 ,
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( Emporia State) , 20:45.0† , - , 1959
'' Details'' , South Dakota State , 67 , Emporia State , 75 , 23:01.6 , - , 1960
'' Details'' , Central State (OH) , 72 , Mankato State , 109 , rowspan=2, John Mulholland
( Loras) , 20:28.3† , - , 1961
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, 33 , South Dakota State , 82 , 20:06.0† , - , 1962
'' Details'' , Central State (OH) (2) , 77 , Northern Illinois , 96 , Leslie Hegedus
(Central State–OH) , 19:59.1† , - , 1963
'' Details'' , Emporia State , 44 , Akron , 174 , John Camien
(Emporia State) , bgcolor=ccffcc, 19:16.9 , - , 1964
'' Details'' , Kentucky State , 95 , Northeast Missouri State , 105 , Ed Schneider
( Northeast Missouri State) , 19:43.9 , - , 1965
'' Details'' ,
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, 55 , Eastern Michigan , 164 , Gene Takle
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, 19:38.9 , - , 1966
'' Details'' , San Diego State (2) , 58 , Western Illinois , 184 , Bob Fitts
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, 19:40.6 , - , 1967
'' Details'' , San Diego State (3) , 66 , Cal Poly Pomona , 133 , Arjan Gelling
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, 19:33.5 , - , colspan=10, ''The race distance changes from 4 miles to 5 miles '' , - , 1968
'' Details'' , rowspan=6, Wheaton, IL
( Wheaton) ! rowspan="8", ,
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, 99 , Mankato State , 130 ! rowspan="8", , Dave Robbins
( Portland State) , 25:14.00† , - , 1969
'' Details'' , Eastern Illinois (2) , 84 , Eastern Michigan , 146 , Ron Stonitsch
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, 24:53.00† , - , 1970
'' Details'' , Eastern Michigan , 100 , Cal State Fullerton , 124 ,
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( Cal State Fullerton) , 25:13.00 , - , 1971
'' Details'' , Cal State Fullerton , 147 ,
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, 81 , rowspan="2", Mike Slack
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, 24:19.00† , - , 1972
'' Details'' , North Dakota State , 84 , South Dakota State , 143 , 24:36.00 , - , 1973
'' Details'' , South Dakota State (2) , 88 , Southwest Missouri State , 93 , rowspan="2", Garry Bentley
(South Dakota State) , 23:49.00† , - , 1974
'' Details'' , Springfield, MO
( Southwest Missouri State) , Southwest Missouri State , 112 , South Dakota State , 130 , bgcolor=ccffcc, 23:33.80 , - , 1975
'' Details'' , Northridge, CA
( Cal State Northridge) , UC Irvine , 59 , Cal State Northridge , 91 , Ralph Serna
( UC Irvine) , 23:40.6 , - , colspan=10, ''The race distance changes from 5 miles to 10,000 meters '' , - , 1976
'' Details'' , Springfield, MO
(Southwest Missouri State) ! rowspan="50" , , UC Irvine (2) , 50 , Southwest Missouri State , 73 ! rowspan="44" , , Ralph Serna
(UC Irvine) , 29:42.00† , - , 1977
'' Details'' ,
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( Illinois–Chicago) , Eastern Illinois (3) , 37 , rowspan="2", South Dakota State , 151 , Michael Bollman
(North Dakota State) , 30:08.70 , - , 1978
'' Details'' , Indiana, PA
( Indiana of Pennsylvania) , Cal Poly , 42 , 165 , rowspan="2", James Schankel
( Cal Poly) , 30:34.00 , - , 1979
'' Details'' , Riverside, CA
( UC Riverside) , Cal Poly (2) , 45 ,
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, 108 , 29:43.00 , - , 1980
'' Details'' , Somers, WI
( Wisconsin–Parkside) , Humboldt State , 115 , UNC Pembroke , 120 , Garry Henry
( UNC Pembroke) , 29:32.00† , - , 1981
'' Details'' , Lowell, MA
( Lowell) , Millersville , 97 , Edinboro , 99 ,
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( Humboldt State) , 31:45.70 , - , 1982
'' Details'' , St. Cloud, MN
( St. Cloud State) , Eastern Washington , 84 , South Dakota State , 123 ,
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( Edinboro) , 36:49.80 , - , 1983
'' Details'' , Somers, WI
(Wisconsin–Parkside) , Cal Poly Pomona , 86 , St. Cloud State , 100 , Brian Ferrari
( California–PA) , 30:38.20 , - , 1984
'' Details'' ,
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, 87 , rowspan="2", Edinboro , 129 , Michael Vanatta
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, 29:55.00 , - , 1985
'' Details'' , East Stroudsburg, PA
( East Stroudsburg) , South Dakota State (3) , 60 , 108 , rowspan="2",
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, 30:49.40 , - , 1986
'' Details'' , Riverside, CA
(UC Riverside) , Edinboro , 56 , South Dakota State , 79 , 30:52.00 , - , 1987
'' Details'' ,
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( Southern Indiana) , Edinboro (2) , 95 , Mankato State , 113 , Charles Cheruiyot
( Mount St. Mary's) , 30:42.00 , - , 1988
'' Details'' , Clinton, MS
(Mississippi College) , Edinboro (3) &
Mankato State , 77 , South Dakota State , , Doug Hanson
(North Dakota State) , 29:47.00 , - , 1989
'' Details'' , East Stroudsburg, PA
(East Stroudsburg) , South Dakota State (4) , 97 , Edinboro , 102 , Rob Edson
( Keene State) , 31:44.90 , - , 1990
'' Details'' ,
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(North Dakota State) , 29:18.80† , - , 1991
'' Details'' ,
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( SIU Edwardsville) , UMass Lowell , 48 , Nebraska–Kearney , 96 , Martin Lyons
(Edinboro) , 31:29.00 , - , 1992
'' Details'' ,
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( Slippery Rock) , Adams State , 15 , Western State , 56 , Phillip Castillo
( Adams State) , 32:24.00 , - , 1993
'' Details'' , Riverside, CA
(UC Riverside) , Adams State (2) , 25 , Edinboro , 103 , Shane Healy
(Adams State) , bgcolor=ccffcc, 28:04.00 , - , 1994
'' Details'' , Kearney, NE
( Nebraska–Kearney) , Adams State (3) , 55 , Western State , 73 , rowspan="2", Charles Mulinga
( Lewis) , 30:59.90 , - , 1995
'' Details'' , Spartanburg, SC
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, Western State , 69 , Central Missouri State , 98 , 30:20.12 , - , 1996
'' Details'' , Arcata, CA
(Humboldt State) , South Dakota State (5) , 119 , Lewis , 142 , Alexandr Alexin
( Central Missouri State) , 31:23.60 , - , 1997
'' Details'' , Somers, WI
(Wisconsin–Parkside) ,
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, 78 , Central Missouri State , 83 , Elly Rono
( Southern Indiana) , 31:13.90 , - , 1998
'' Details'' , Lawrence, KS
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, Adams State (4) , 68 , Western State , 74 , Yi Min Wu
(Edinboro) , 31:06.60 , - , 1999
'' Details'' , Joplin, MO
( Missouri Southern State) , Western State (2) , 27 , Adams State , 95 , Michael Aish
( Western State) , 29:19.00 , - , 2000
'' Details'' , Pomona, CA
( Cal Poly Pomona) , Western State (3) , 29 , rowspan="4", Abilene Christian , 62 , Alfred Rugema
( Abilene Christian) , 30:17.00 , - , 2001
'' Details'' , Slippery Rock, PA
(Slippery Rock) , Western State (4) , 38 , 74 , Michael Aish
(Western State) , 30:52.60 , - , 2002
'' Details'' ,
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( Cal Poly Pomona) , Western State (5) , 35 , 81 , Alfred Rugema
(Abilene Christian) , 30:43.70 , - , 2003
'' Details'' , Cary, NC , Adams State (5) , 40 , 68 , Celedonio Rodriguez
(Adams State) , 30:25.60 , - , 2004
'' Details'' , Evansville, IN
(Southern Indiana) , Western State (6) , 39 , rowspan="3", Adams State , 76 , rowspan=4, Nicodemus Naimadu
( Abilene Christian) , 31:38.10 , - , 2005
'' Details'' , Pomona, CA
(Cal Poly Pomona) , Western State (7) , 51 , 108 , 30:13.80 , - , 2006
'' Details'' ,
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, Abilene Christian , 57 , 70 , 29:17.50 , - , 2007
'' Details'' , Joplin, MO
(Missouri Southern State) , Abilene Christian (2) , 59 , Adams State &
Western State , 66 , 29:37.70 , - , 2008
'' Details'' , Slippery Rock, PA
(Slippery Rock) , Adams State (6) , 67 , rowspan="3", Western State , 88 ,
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, 30:23.00 , - , 2009
'' Details'' , Evansville, IN
(Southern Indiana) , Adams State (7) , 23 , 86 , Reuben Mwei
(Adams State) , 30:27.80 , - , 2010
'' Details'' , Louisville, KY
( Bellarmine) , Adams State (8) , 57 , 102 , Michael Crouch
( Queens–NC) , 30:43.20 , - , 2011
'' Details'' , Spokane, WA , Western State (8) , 27 , Adams State , 69 , Ryan Haebe
(Western State) , 30:45.10 , - , 2012
'' Details'' , Joplin, MO
(Missouri Southern State) , Adams State (9) , 34 , Colorado Mines , 102 , Micah Chelimo
( Alaska–Anchorage) , 28:56.60 , - , 2013
'' Details'' , Spokane, WA , Adams State (10) , 54 ,
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, 104 , rowspan="2", Tabor Stevens
(Adams State) , 29:50.10 , - , 2014
'' Details'' , Louisville, KY
(Bellarmine) , Adams State (11) , 69 , Grand Valley State , 127 , 30:02.00 , - , 2015
'' Details'' , Joplin, MO
(Missouri Southern State) , Colorado Mines , 100 , Adams State , 127 , Alfred Chelanga
( Shorter) , 29:24.6 , - , 2016
'' Details'' , Tampa, FL
( Saint Leo) , Adams State (12) , 54 , Grand Valley State , 79 , Vincent Kiprop
( Missouri Southern) , 29:07.4 , - , 2017
'' Details'' , Evansville, IN
(Southern Indiana) , Adams State (13) , 44 , Grand Valley State , 64 , James Ngandu
( Tiffin) , 30:18.8 , - , 2018
'' Details'' , Pittsburgh, PA
( Clarion) ,
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, 89 , Colorado Mines , 99 ,
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( CSU-Pueblo) , 31:46.4 , - , 2019
'' Details'' , Joplin, MO
(Missouri Southern State) , Colorado Mines (2) , 57 , Adams State , 136 , Ezra Mutai
( American Int'l) , 29:31.2 , - , 2020
'' Details'' , Evansville, IN
(Southern Indiana) , colspan=7, ''Cancelled due to the
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'' Details'' , Tampa, FL , Grand Valley State (2) , 43 , Adams State , 84 ! rowspan="5" , , Isaac Harding
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, 29:58.3 , - , 2022
'' Details'' , Seattle, WA
( Seattle Pacific) , Colorado Mines (3) , 43 , Wingate Bulldogs , 177 , Dillon Powell
{ Colorado Mines) , 29:28.0 , - , 2023
'' Details'' , Joplin, MO
(Missouri Southern State) , , , , , , , - , 2024
'' Details'' , Sacramento, CA , , , , , , , - , 2025
'' Details'' , Kenosha, WI
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Champions


Team titles

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Individual titles by team

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Individual titles by runner

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, , align=left, 1973, 1974 , - , align=left, Ralph Serna , , UC Irvine , , align=left, 1975, 1976 , - , align=left, James Schankel , , Cal Poly , , align=left, 1978, 1979 , - , align=left, Samson Obwocha , , Texas A&M–Commerce
East Texas State , , align=left, 1985, 1986 , - , align=left, Doug Hanson , ,
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, , align=left, 1988, 1990 , - , align=left, Charles Mulinga , , Lewis , , align=left, 1994, 1995 , - , align=left, Michael Aish , , Western State , , align=left, 1999, 2001 , - , align=left, Alfred Rugema , , Abilene Christian , , align=left, 2000, 2002 , - , align=left, Tabor Stevens , , Adams State , , align=left, 2013, 2014 * Schools highlighted in pink are closed or no longer sponsor athletics. * Schools highlight in yellow have reclassified athletics from NCAA Division II.


See also

*NCAA Men's Cross Country Championships ( Division I, Division III) *NCAA Women's Cross Country Championships ( Division I, Division II, Division III) * Pre-NCAA Cross Country Champions *NAIA Cross Country Championships ( Men,
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References


External links


NCAA Division II Men's Cross Country
{{Cross country running in the United States Division II Cross country, men's Men's athletics competitions