NAIA women's cross country championship

The NAIA Women's cross country championship is the annual cross country meet to determine the national champions of NAIA women's cross country running in the United States and Canada. It has been held annually since 1980 (two years before the NCAA began to sponsor women's sports).

NAIA women's cross country championship

Sport	Cross country running
Founded	1980
No. of teams	35
Country	United States
Most recent champion(s)	The Master's (1)
Official website	NAIA.com

A team and individual championship are contested each year.^[1]

The most successful program are Simon Fraser, who have won 10 national titles.

The current champions are The Master's, who won their first title in 2024.

The race distance for the women's competition was increased to 6000 meters (3.73 miles) in 2023. All previous championships had been contested over 5000 meters (3.11 miles).

Results

NAIA women's cross country championship
Year	Site		Championship results					Individual champion(s)
			Winner	Points	Runners-up	Points		Winner (team)	Time
1980	Salina, KS		Wisconsin–Parkside	52	Emporia State	100		Wendy Burman (Wisconsin–Parkside)	17:54
1981	Kenosha, WI		Adams State	25	Berry	71		Mary Jaqua (Adams State)	18:34
1982			Marquette	48	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	109		Kate Webb (Marquette)	17:41
1983			Simon Fraser	58	Marquette	79		Cindy Grant (Simon Fraser)	17:32
1984			Wisconsin–Eau Claire	91	Portland	99		Katie Somers (Wisconsin–Eau Claire)	17:36
1985			Portland	64	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	95		Val Hilden (Pacific Lutheran)	18:53
1986			Wisconsin–Parkside	121	Emporia State	151		Gina Van Laar (Hillsdale)	17:40
1987			Simon Fraser	60	Adams State	169		Leah Pells (Simon Fraser)	16:59
1988			Pacific Lutheran	44	Adams State	69		Valerie Hilden (Pacific Lutheran)	17:41
1989			Adams State	79	Western State	132		Wanda Howlett (Puget Sound)	17:55
1990			Western State	58	Adams State	70		Sarah Howell (Simon Fraser)	17:44
1991			Adams State	66	Simon Fraser	87		Amy Giblin (Adams State)	17:37
1992			Puget Sound	76	George Fox	111		Aundrea Bertoia (Simon Fraser)	18:44
1993			Puget Sound	38	Doane Simon Fraser	169		Elizabeth Onyambu (Biola)	17:35
1994			Puget Sound	51	Simon Fraser	74		Cari Rampersad (Simon Fraser)	17:51
1995			Puget Sound	82	Simon Fraser	91			18:02
1996			Simon Fraser	75	Puget Sound	114			17:14
1997			Simon Fraser	56	Puget Sound	118		Heather deGeest (Simon Fraser)	18:33
1998			Simon Fraser	22	Malone	146			17:06
1999			Malone	77	Spring Arbor	160		Melissa Clement (Simon Fraser)	17:39
2000			Concordia (CA)	133	Concordia (NE)	188		Everlyne Lagat (Malone)	18:01
2001			Cedarville	147	Concordia (NE)	169		Emile Mondo (Simon Fraser)	17:24
2002			Northwest (WA)	77	Concordia (NE)	116			16:43
2003	Louisville, KY		Simon Fraser	93	Northwest (WA)	114		Mirriam Kaumba (Oklahoma Baptist)	17:13.9
2004			Simon Fraser	95	Concordia (NE)	129			16:53.7
2005			Simon Fraser	74	Black Hills State	190		Julia Howard (Simon Fraser)	17:24.15
2006			Simon Fraser	73	Cedarville	92		Genevieve Binsfeld (Minot State)	17:38.2
2007	Kenosha, WI		Simon Fraser	99	Cedarville	145		Jaime Canterbury (Azusa Pacific)	17:10.8
2008			Azusa Pacific	66	Cedarville	97		Alissa McKaig (Indiana Tech)	16:41.4
2009	Fort Vancouver, WA		Cal State San Marcos	137	Biola	140		Justyna Mudy (Shorter)	17:30
2010			Cal State San Marcos	88	Biola	127			17:42
2011			Cal State San Marcos	82	Azusa Pacific	91		Obsie Birru (Grand View)	17:15
2012			British Columbia	98	College of Idaho	112		Hillary Holt (College of Idaho)	17:00
2013	Lawrence, KS		British Columbia	56	College of Idaho	97			16:48.13
2014			British Columbia	53	Lewis-Clark State	96		Maria Bernard (British Columbia)	17:03.8
2015	Charlotte, NC		Northwest Christian	98	British Columbia	118		Kellian Hunt (Biola)	17:16.7
2016	Elsah, IL		British Columbia	90	Northwest Christian	135		Aminat Olowora (Oklahoma City)	16.24.28
2017	Fort Vancouver, WA		British Columbia	109	Wayland Baptist	125			16:50
2018	Cedar Rapids, IA		Oregon Tech	125	Madonna	132		Anna Shields (Point Park)	17:15
2019	Fort Vancouver, WA		Madonna	111	College of Idaho	147		Hannah Stoffel (Huntington–IN)	17:18
2020	Cedar Rapids, IA		St. Francis (IL)	111	College of Idaho	146		Emma Wilson (Huntington–IN)	17:02.86
2021	Fort Vancouver, WA		Milligan	122	St. Francis (IL)	141		Alyssa Bearzi (Milligan)	18:14.9
2022	Tallahassee, FL		Taylor	50	Milligan	177		Lina May William Carey	16:50.9
Race distance changes from 5,000 meters to 6,000 meters
2023	Fort Vancouver, WA	College of Idaho	68	The Master's	92	Addy Wiley (Huntington–IN)	21:04.2
2024	Columbia, MO	The Master's	92	Taylor	93	Jaynie Halterman (Taylor)	20:24.7
2025	Tallahassee, FL
2026	Fort Vancouver, WA
2027	Columbia, MO

Champions

Team titles

School	Titles	Years
British Columbia	5	2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
The Master's	1	2024
College of Idaho	1	2023
Taylor	1	2022
Milligan	1	2021
St. Francis (IL)	1	2020
Madonna	1	2019
Oregon Tech	1	2018
Northwest Christian	1	2015
Northwest (WA)	1	2002

Former programs

School	Titles	Years
Simon Fraser	10	1983, 1987, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Puget Sound	4	1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
Adams State	3	1981, 1989, 1991
Cal State San Marcos	3	2009, 2010, 2011
Wisconsin–Parkside	2	1980, 1986
Azusa Pacific	1	2008
Cedarville	1	2001
Concordia Irvine	1	2000
Malone	1	1999
Western Colorado	1	1990
Pacific Lutheran	1	1988
Portland	1	1985
Wisconsin–Eau Claire	1	1984
Marquette	1	1982

See also

• NAIA men's cross country championship
• NCAA women's cross country championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
• NCAA Men's cross country championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)