NAIA men's outdoor track and field championship

The NAIA men's outdoor track and field championship is the annual track meet to determine the national champions of NAIA men's outdoor track and field in the United States and Canada. It has been held annually since 1952.^[1]

NAIA men's outdoor track and field championship

Sport	Outdoor track and field
Founded	1952
Country	United States  Canada
Most recent champion(s)	Cumberlands (1st)
Official website	NAIA.com

The most successful program has been Azusa Pacific, with fifteen NAIA national titles. Among active NAIA programs, Life have the most, with six.

The current champions are Cumberlands, who won their first national title in 2024.

Results

NAIA men's outdoor track and field championships
Year	Site		Championship results
			Winner	Points	Runners-Up	Points
1952 Details	Abilene, TX		Abilene Christian	74	San Diego State	45
1953 Details			South Dakota State	48	Abilene Christian	42
1954 Details			Abilene Christian (2)	39	Texas Southern	33
1955 Details			Abilene Christian (3)	68	Kansas State Teachers	44
1956 Details	San Diego, CA		Occidental	89½	Abilene Christian	56
1957 Details			Occidental (2)	148½	Abilene Christian	34
1958 Details			Occidental (3)	93	Winston-Salem State	62
1959 Details	Sioux Falls, SD		Winston-Salem State	56	East Texas State	55
1960 Details			Winston-Salem State (2)	58	East Texas State	45
1961 Details			Texas Southern	49	Tennessee State	47
1962 Details			Texas Southern (2)	72½	Kansas State Teachers	46
1963 Details	Sioux Falls, SD		Maryland State	82	Omaha	33
1964 Details			Kansas State Teachers	60	North Carolina College	50
1965 Details			Southern–Baton Rouge	77	North Carolina College	40
1966 Details			Southern–Baton Rouge (2)	92	Texas Southern	69
1967 Details			Southern–Baton Rouge (3)	77	Texas Southern	63
1968 Details	Billings, MT		Prairie View A&M	47	Arkansas AM&N	45
1969 Details			Prairie View A&M (2)	69½	Southern–Baton Rouge	68
1970 Details			Eastern Michigan	75	Texas Southern	50
1971 Details			Eastern Michigan (2)	65	North Carolina Central	43
1972 Details			North Carolina Central	68	Dallas Baptist	51
1973 Details	Arkadelphia, AR		Texas Southern (3)	81	Eastern New Mexico	55
1974 Details			Eastern New Mexico	67	Southern California College	58
1975 Details			Southeastern Louisiana	68	Eastern New Mexico	63
1976 Details			Eastern New Mexico (2)	56	Northwestern State (LA)	52
1977 Details			Jackson State	56	Adams State	31
1978 Details	Abilene, TX		Abilene Christian (4)	67	Adams State	42
1979 Details			Texas Southern (4)	87	Abilene Christian	53
1980 Details			Mississippi Valley State	66	Abilene Christian	61
1981 Details	Houston, TX		Mississippi Valley State (2)	62	Texas Southern	59
1982 Details	Charleston, WV		Abilene Christian (5)	80	Azusa Pacific	64
1983 Details			Azusa Pacific	94	Saginaw Valley State	36
1984 Details			Azusa Pacific (2)	93	Saginaw Valley State	77
1985 Details	Hillsdale, MI		Azusa Pacific (3)	94	Wayland Baptist	76
1986 Details	Russellville, AR		Azusa Pacific (4)	112	Wayland Baptist	86
1987 Details			Azusa Pacific (5)	108	Wayland Baptist	82
1988 Details	Azusa, CA		Azusa Pacific (6)	112	Prairie View A&M	63
1989 Details			Azusa Pacific (7)	115	Adams State	70
1990 Details	Stephenville, TX		Oklahoma Baptist	57	Azusa Pacific	53
1991 Details			Azusa Pacific (8)	87	Central State (OH) Lubbock Christian	42
1992 Details	Abbotsford, BC		Azusa Pacific (9)	93	Central State (OH)	76
1993 Details			Central State (OH)	99	Prairie View A&M	70
1994 Details	Azusa, CA		Azusa Pacific (10)	82	Central State (OH)	66
1995 Details			Azusa Pacific (11)	105⅓	Lubbock Christian	104
1996 Details	Marietta, GA		Lubbock Christian	59	Azusa Pacific	54
1997 Details			Life	94	Prairie View A&M	54.6
1998 Details	Tulsa, OK		Life (2)	82	Southern–New Orleans	79
1999 Details	Palm Beach Gardens, FL		Life (3)	102	Lindenwood	80
2000 Details	Abbotsford, BC		Life (4)	90	Taylor Point Loma Nazarene	53
2001 Details			Azusa Pacific (12)	97	Life	50
2002 Details	Olathe, KS		Azusa Pacific (13)	54	Life	50
2003 Details			Lindenwood	65	Dickinson State	61
2004 Details	Louisville, KY		Dickinson State	91	Lindenwood	72
2005 Details			Dickinson State (2)	99	Virginia Intermont	83
2006 Details	Fresno, CA		Dickinson State (3)	102	Lindenwood	89
2007 Details			Oklahoma Baptist (2)	77	Dickinson State	58
2008 Details	Edwardsville, IL		Azusa Pacific (14)	61	Dickinson State	57
2009 Details			Azusa Pacific (15)	80	Dickinson State	71
2010 Details	Marion, IN		Wayland Baptist	70	Dickinson State	51
2011 Details			Shorter	66	Doane	59
2012 Details			Shorter (2)	93	Azusa Pacific	69
2013 Details			Indiana Tech	72	Oklahoma Baptist	68
2014 Details	Gulf Shores, AL		Indiana Tech (2)	105	Wayland Baptist	93
2015 Details			Concordia Nebraska	59	Wayland Baptist	55
2016 Details		Indiana Tech (3)	86	Concordia (NE)	52
2017 Details		British Columbia	71	Indiana Tech	64
2018 Details		Wiley	92	Indiana Tech	62
2019 Details		British Columbia (2)	80	William Carey	53
2020	Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Details	Gulf Shores, AL		Madonna Doane	44	Indiana Tech	43
2022 Details			Life (5)	52	Southeastern University	47
2023 Details	Marion, IN		Life (6)	55	British Columbia	41
2024 Details			Cumberlands	64	Marian (IN)	62

Champions

Active programs

Team	Titles	Years
Life	6	1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2022, 2023
Dickinson State	3	2004, 2005, 2006
Indiana Tech	3	2013, 2014, 2016
Cumberlands	1	2024
Doane	1	2021*
Madonna	1	2021*
Wiley	1	2018
Concordia Nebraska	1	2015
Wayland Baptist	1	2010

Former programs

Team	Titles	Years
Azusa Pacific	15	1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009
Abilene Christian	5	1952, 1954, 1955, 1978, 1982
Texas Southern	4	1961, 1962, 1973, 1979
Southern	3	1965, 1966, 1967
Occidental	3	1956, 1957, 1958
British Columbia	2	2017, 2019
Shorter	2	2011, 2012
Oklahoma Baptist	2	1990, 2007
Mississippi Valley State	2	1980, 1981
Eastern New Mexico	2	1974, 1976
Eastern Michigan	2	1970, 1971
Prairie View A&M	2	1968, 1969
Winston-Salem State	2	1959, 1960
Lindenwood	1	2003
Lubbock Christian	1	1996
Central State (OH)	1	1993
Jackson State	1	1977
Southeastern Louisiana	1	1975
North Carolina Central	1	1972
Emporia State	1	1964
UMES	1	1963
South Dakota State	1	1953

See also

• NAIA track and field
  • NAIA women's outdoor track and field championship
  • NAIA men's indoor track and field championship
  • NAIA women's indoor track and field championship
• NCAA track and field
  • NCAA men's outdoor track and field championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
  • NCAA women's outdoor track and field championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
  • NCAA men's indoor track and field championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
  • NCAA women's indoor track and field championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)