The 1944 NCAA Cross Country Championships were the sixth 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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. Since the current multi-division format for

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championship did not begin until 1973, all NCAA members were eligible. In total, 9 teams and 43 individual runners contested this championship. The meet was hosted by

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at the Forest Akers East Golf Course in

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for the sixth consecutive time. Additionally, the distance for the race was 4 miles (6.4 kilometers). This was the first championship since 1942 after the 1943 race was cancelled due to

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. The team national championship was won by the

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, their first. The individual champion was Fred Feiler, also from

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, with a time of 21:04.2.

Men's title

*Distance: 4 miles (6.4 kilometers)

Team Result

References

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