NCAA Division III women's cross country championships
American collegiate cross country tournament
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The NCAA Division III women's cross country championships are contested at an annual cross country meet hosted by the NCAA to determine the individual and team national champions of women's intercollegiate cross country running among its Division III programs in the United States.[1] It is held every fall, usually on the Saturday before Thanksgiving in November.
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| Association | NCAA |
|---|---|
| Sport | Cross country |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Division | Division III |
| Country |  United States |
Most recent champion | NYU (1st) |
| Most titles | Johns Hopkins (8) |
| Broadcaster | FloTrack Media |
| Website | https://www.ncaa.com/sports/cross-country-women/d3 |
The most successful program is Johns Hopkins, with eight national titles.
The current champions are NYU, who won their first title in 2025.
Format
The race included 9 teams in 1981, 12 teams from 1982 to 1986, 14 teams from 1987 to 1992, 21 teams from 1993 to 1998 and 24 teams from 1999 to 2005. Beginning in 2006, the national championship race has included 32 teams. Teams compete in one of eight regional championships to qualify. In addition to the 32 teams, 56 individual runners qualify for the national championship.[2]
Results
- The race distance was 5,000 meters (5 kilometers) from 1981 to 2001 and 6,000 meters (6 kilometers) from 2002 to the present.[3]
| NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Championship | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Finals Site (Host Team) |
Team Championship | Individual Championship | Records | Refs | ||||||
| Winner | Points | Runner-up | Points | Winner (Team) |
Time | ||||||
| 1981 | Kenosha, WI (Carthage) |
Central (IA) | 26 | Glassboro State | 70 | Cynthia Sturm (Westfield State) |
18:43.30† | Pomona-Pitzer Athletics | |||
| 1982 | Fredonia, NY (Fredonia) |
St. Thomas (MN) | 44 | UW–La Crosse | 83 | Tori Neubauer (UW–La Crosse) |
18:45.00 | Pomona-Pitzer Athletics | |||
| 1983 | Newport News, VA (Christopher Newport) |
UW–La Crosse | 45 | St. Thomas (MN) | 70 | 16:29.00 | Pomona-Pitzer Athletics | ||||
| 1984 | Delaware, OH (Ohio Wesleyan) |
St. Thomas (MN) (2) | 50 | UW–La Crosse | 64 | Julia Kirtland (Macalester) |
17:23.55 | Pomona-Pitzer Athletics | |||
| 1985 | Atlanta, GA (Emory) |
Franklin & Marshall | 73 | St. Thomas (MN) | 81 | Dorcas Denhartog (Middlebury) |
18:05.00 | Pomona-Pitzer Athletics | |||
| 1986 | Fredonia, NY (Fredonia) |
St. Thomas (MN) (3) | 45 | Ithaca | 73 | Lisa Koelfgen (St. Thomas–MN) |
19:14.00 | Pomona-Pitzer Athletics | |||
| 1987 | Holland, MI (Hope) |
St. Thomas (MN) (4) UW–Oshkosh |
81 | Ithaca | 85 | Shelley Scherer (Carleton) |
17:36.00 | Pomona-Pitzer Athletics | |||
| 1988 | St. Louis, MO (WashU) |
UW–Oshkosh (2) | 69 | St. Thomas (MN) | 73 | Anna Prineas (Carleton) |
17:38.60 | Pomona-Pitzer Athletics | |||
| 1989 | Rock Island, IL (Augustana–IL) |
Cortland State | 29 | UW–Oshkosh | 62 | Marybeth Crawley (Cortland State) |
17:19.00 | Pomona-Pitzer Athletics | |||
| 1990 | Grinnell, IA (Grinnell) |
Cortland State (2) | 43 | UW–Oshkosh | 48 | Vicki Mitchell (Cortland State) |
17:24.71 | Pomona-Pitzer Athletics | |||
| 1991 | Newport News, VA (Christopher Newport) |
UW–Oshkosh (2) | 98 | Cortland State | 103 | Laura Horejs (UW–Oshkosh) |
17:21.00 | Pomona-Pitzer Athletics | |||
| 1992 | Schenectady, NY (Union) |
Cortland State (3) | 18 | Calvin | 108 | Sarah Edmonds (Gustavus Adolphus) |
18:09.80 | Pomona-Pitzer Athletics | |||
| 1993 | Grinnell, IA (Grinnell) |
Cortland State (4) | 61 | Calvin | 93 | Renea Bluekamp (Calvin) |
17:46.70 | Pomona-Pitzer Athletics | |||
| 1994 | Bethlehem, PA (Moravian) |
Cortland State (5) | 54 | Calvin | 115 | Michelle LaFleur (Cortland State) |
17:47.20 | Pomona-Pitzer Athletics | |||
| 1995 | La Crosse, WI (UW–La Crosse) |
Cortland State (6) | 46 | UW–Oshkosh | 83 | Jessica Caley (Williams) |
17:24.50 | Pomona-Pitzer Athletics | |||
| 1996 | Rock Island, IL (Augustana–IL) |
UW–Oshkosh (3) | 62 | St. Thomas (MN) | 113 | Turena Johnson (Luther) |
17:40.00 | Pomona-Pitzer Athletics | |||
| 1997 | Cambridge, MA (MIT) |
Cortland State (7) | 148 | UW–Eau Claire | 167 | Tiffany Speckman (UW–Oshkosh) |
18:29.00 | Pomona-Pitzer Athletics | |||
| 1998 | Carlisle, PA (Dickinson) |
Calvin | 124 | TCNJ | 170 | Cheryl Smith (Cortland State) |
17:48.39 | Pomona-Pitzer Athletics | |||
| 1999 | Oshkosh, WI (UW–Oshkosh) |
Calvin (2) | 85 | Middlebury | 119 | Rhaina Echols (Chicago) |
16:46.20 | Pomona-Pitzer Athletics | |||
| 2000 | Spokane, WA (Whitworth) |
Middlebury | 103 | Williams | 123 | Johanna Olson (Luther) |
17:54.40 | Pomona-Pitzer Athletics | |||
| 2001 | Rock Island, IL (Augustana–IL) |
Middlebury (2) | 98 | Williams | 166 | Dana Boyle (Puget Sound) |
16:46.00 | ||||
| The race distance changes from 5 kilometers to 6 kilometers | |||||||||||
| 2002 | Northfield, MN (St. Olaf) |
Williams | 42 | Middlebury | 145 | Missy Buttry (Wartburg) |
20:17.30† | ||||
| 2003 | Hanover, IN (Hanover) |
Middlebury (3) | 135 | Trinity (CT) | 174 | 20:00.20 | |||||
| 2004 | Eau Claire, WI (UW–Eau Claire) |
Williams (2) | 110 | Middlebury | 129 | 20:22.00 | |||||
| 2005 | Delaware, OH (Ohio Wesleyan) |
SUNY Geneseo | 88 | Williams | 107 | Hailey Harren (Gustavus Adolphus) |
21:51.90 | ||||
| 2006 | Wilmington, OH (Wilmington) |
Middlebury (4) | 144 | Amherst | 145 | Sarah Zerzan (Willamette) |
22:31.00 | ||||
| 2007 | Northfield, MN (St. Olaf) |
Amherst | 120 | Plattsburgh State | 159 | 20:54.00 | Results | [4][5] | |||
| 2008 | Hanover, IN (Hanover) |
Middlebury (5) | 179 | Calvin | 237 | Marie Borner (Bethel) |
20:43.91 | Results | [6][7] | ||
| 2009 | Berea, OH (Baldwin Wallace) |
UW–Eau Claire | 171 | St. Lawrence | 180 | Wendy Pavlus (St. Lawrence) |
21:28.00 | Results | [8] | ||
| 2010 | Waverly, IA (Wartburg) |
Middlebury (6) | 185 | Washington University in St. Louis | 193 | 20:49.30 | Results | [9][10] | |||
| 2011 | Oshkosh, WI (UW–Oshkosh) |
Washington University in St. Louis | 70 | Middlebury | 111 | Chiara Del Piccolo (Williams) |
20:52.08 | Results | [11][12] | ||
| 2012 | Terre Haute, IN (Rose-Hulman) |
Johns Hopkins | 158 | Wartburg | 221 | Christy Cazzola (UW–Oshkosh) |
20:53.30 | Delta Timing | [13][14] | ||
| 2013 | Hanover, IN (Hanover) |
Johns Hopkins (2) | 85 | Williams | 137 | Chelsea Johnson (St. Scholastica) |
21:11.70 | TFRRS | [15][16][17] | ||
| 2014 | Wilmington, OH (Wilmington) |
Johns Hopkins (3) | 87 | MIT | 112 | Amy Regan (Stevens) |
20:51.90 | TFRRS | [18][19][20] | ||
| 2015 | Winneconne, WI (UW–Oshkosh) |
Williams | 81 | Geneseo State | 179 | Abrah Masterson (Cornell College) |
21:23.10 | TFRRS | [21][22][23] | ||
| 2016 | Louisville, KY (Louisville) |
Johns Hopkins (4) | 128 | Washington University in St. Louis | 202 | Amy Regan (Stevens Tech) |
20:16.40 | TFRRS | [24][25][26] | ||
| 2017 Details |
Elsah, IL (Principia) |
Johns Hopkins (5) | 96 | UW–Eau Claire | 191 | Khia Kurtenbach (Chicago) |
20:39.20 | TFRRS | [27][28][29] | ||
| 2018 Details |
Winneconne, WI (UW–Oshkosh) |
Washington University in St. Louis (2) | 98 | Johns Hopkins | 99 | Paige Lawler (Washington University in St. Louis) |
20:55.00 | TFRRS | [30][31][32] | ||
| 2019 Details |
Louisville, KY (Spalding) |
Johns Hopkins (6) | 125 | Washington University in St. Louis | 138 | Parley Hannan Ithaca College |
20:53.8 | TFRRS | [33][34][35] | ||
| 2020 | Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic[36] | ||||||||||
| 2021 | Louisville, KY (Spalding) |
Johns Hopkins (7) | 130 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 132 | Kassie Rosenblum (Loras) |
20:11.1 | TFRRS | [37][38][39] | ||
| 2022 | Lansing, MI (Olivet) |
Johns Hopkins (8) | 144 | Chicago | 147 | Kassie Rosenblum Parker (Loras) |
21:06.5 | TFRRS | [40] | ||
| 2023 | Carlisle, PA (Dickinson) |
Carleton | 151 | NYU | 154 | Fiona Smith (Saint Benedict) |
19:54.1 | ||||
| 2024 | Terre Haute, IN (Rose–Hulman) |
MIT | 128 | Chicago | 138 | Faith Duncan (Wilmington (OH)) |
20:16.5 | ||||
| 2025 | Spartanburg, SC (Converse) |
NYU | 79 | Williams | 106 | Audrey Maclean (Middlebury) |
20:16.8 | ||||
- A † indicates a then-NCAA record-setting time for that particular distance.
- A time highlighted in ██ indicates the all-time NCAA championship record for that distance.
Champions
Team titles
| Team | Titles | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins | 8 | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 |
| Cortland | 7 | 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997 |
| Middlebury | 6 | 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010 |
| Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 4 | 1987, 1988, 1991, 1996 |
| Williams | 3 | 2002, 2004, 2015 |
| Washington University | 2 | 2011, 2018 |
| Calvin | 1998, 1999 | |
| NYU | 1 | 2025 |
| MIT | 2024 | |
| Carleton | 2023 | |
| Wisconsin–Eau Claire | 2009 | |
| Amherst | 2007 | |
| Geneseo | 2005 | |
| Franklin & Marshall | 1985 | |
| Wisconsin–La Crosse | 1983 | |
| Central (IA) | 1981 |
Former programs
| Team | Titles | Years |
|---|---|---|
| St. Thomas (MN) | 4 | 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987 |
See also
- NCAA Women's Cross Country Championships (Division I, Division II)
- NCAA Men's Cross Country Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
- Pre-NCAA Cross Country Champions
- NAIA Cross Country Championships (Men, Women)