NCAA Division III women's cross country championships

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.

NCAA Division III women's cross country championships

Association	NCAA
Sport	Cross country
Founded	1981; 44 years ago (1981)
Division	Division III
Country	United States
Most recent champion(s)	MIT (1st)
Most titles	Johns Hopkins (8)
Broadcaster(s)	FloTrack Media
Official website	https://www.ncaa.com/sports/cross-country-women/d3

The most successful program is Johns Hopkins, with eighth national titles.

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

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 FinishTiming.com	[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 Results	[13][14]
2013	Hanover, IN (Hanover)		Johns Hopkins (2)	85	Williams	137		Chelsea Johnson (St. Scholastica)	21:11.70	TFRRS Delta Timing	[15][16][17]
2014	Wilmington, OH (Wilmington)		Johns Hopkins (3)	87	MIT	112		Amy Regan (Stevens)	20:51.90	TFRRS FinishTimingResults.com	[18][19][20]
2015	Winneconne, WI (UW–Oshkosh)		Williams	81	Geneseo State	179		Abrah Masterson (Cornell College)	21:23.10	TFRRS Boxscore	[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 Delta Timing	[24][25][26]
2017 Details	Elsah, IL (Principia)		Johns Hopkins (5)	96	UW–Eau Claire	191		Khia Kurtenbach (Chicago)	20:39.20	TFRRS TRXC Timing	[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 Delta Timing Official Meet Report	[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 Leone Timing	[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 Leone Timing	[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)

• 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
MIT	1	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)