NCAA Division III men's outdoor track and field championships

The NCAA Division III men's outdoor track and field championships are contested at the annual track meet hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate outdoor track and field among its Division III members in the United States. It has been held annually since 1974.^[1]

NCAA Division III men's outdoor track and field championships

Association	NCAA
Sport	College outdoor track and field
Founded	1974; 51 years ago (1974)
Division	Division III
No. of teams	84
Country	United States
Most recent champion(s)	Wisconsin–La Crosse
Most titles	Wisconsin–La Crosse (17)
Broadcaster(s)	ESPNU
Official website	NCAA.com

Athletes' individual performances earn points for their institution and individual national titles while the team with the most points receives the NCAA team title for outdoor track and field.

Wisconsin–La Crosse have been the most successful program, with seventeen national titles.

Wisconsin–La Crosse are also the reigning national champions, winning their seventeenth national title in 2025.

Events

Track events

Sprint events 100 meter dash 200 meter dash 400 meter dash

Distance events 800 meter run 1500 meter run 3000 meter steeplechase 5000 meter run 10,000 meter run

Hurdle Events 110 meter hurdles 400 meter intermediate hurdles

Relay events 400 meter relay 1600 meter relay

Field events

Jumping events High jump Pole vault Long jump Triple jump

Throwing events Shot put Discus throw Hammer throw Javelin throw

Multi-events Decathlon

Discontinued events

Sprint events 100 yard dash 220 yard dash 440 yard dash 880 yard dash

Distance events Mile run Three-mile run Six-mile run

Hurdle events 120 yard high hurdles 440 yard intermediate hurdles

Relay events 440 yard relay Mile relay

Results

Scoring

• 1974–1981: the top 6 finishers scored for their team, with points being awarded 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1
• 1982–1984: the top 12 finishers scored for their team with points being awarded 15, 12, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
• 1985–present: the top 8 finishers scored, with points awarded 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. In the place of a tie of two or more people the total points for those accumulated places are added up and divided by the number of people.

Team Champions

NCAA Division III Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Year	Site		Championship Results
			Winner	Points	Runners-Up	Points
1974 Details[2]	Charleston, IL (Eastern Illinois)		Ashland	61	Southern–New Orleans	48
1975 Details[3]	Berea, OH (Baldwin Wallace)		Southern–New Orleans	66	Augustana (IL)	34
1976 Details[4]	Chicago, IL (Chicago)		Southern–New Orleans (2)	46	Brandeis	44
1977 Details[5]	Grand Rapids, MI (Calvin)		Southern–New Orleans (3)	50	Occidental	47
1978 Details[6]			Occidental	45	Glassboro State	35
1979 Details[7]	Berea, OH (Baldwin Wallace)		Slippery Rock	48	Glassboro State	44
1980 Details[8]	Naperville, IL (North Central)		Glassboro State	61	Stanislaus State	56
1981 Details[9]	Cleveland, OH (Case)		Glassboro State (2)	58	Augustana (IL)	42
1982 Details[10]	Naperville, IL (North Central)		Glassboro State (3)	119	Hamline	111½
1983 Details[11]			Glassboro State (4)	97	Hamline	94
1984 Details[12]	Northfield, MN (Carleton)		Glassboro State (5)	114	Mount Union	100
1985 Details[13]	Granville, OH (Denison)		Lincoln (PA)	61	Wisconsin–La Crosse	58
1986 Details[14]	La Crosse, WI (UW–La Crosse)		Frostburg State	61	Lincoln (PA) Wisconsin–La Crosse	58
1987 Details[15]	Naperville, IL (North Central)		Frostburg State (2)	66	Lincoln (PA)	56
1988 Details[16]	Northfield, MN (Carleton)		Wisconsin–La Crosse	54	Lincoln (PA)	47
1989 Details[17]	Naperville, IL (North Central)		North Central (IL)	66	Lincoln (PA)	58
1990 Details[18]			Lincoln (PA) (2)	49	Wisconsin–Oshkosh	45
1991 Details[19]	Berea, OH (Baldwin Wallace)		Wisconsin–La Crosse (2)	73	Lincoln (PA)	64
1992 Details[20]	Waterville, ME (Colby)		Wisconsin–La Crosse (3)	73½	Lincoln (PA)	51½
1993 Details[21]	Berea, OH (Baldwin Wallace)		Wisconsin–La Crosse (4)	97	Lincoln (PA)	76
1994 Details[22]	Naperville, IL (North Central)		North Central (IL) (2)	75	Wisconsin–La Crosse	74
1995 Details[23]	Northfield, MN (Carleton)		Lincoln (PA) (3)	80	Williams	61
1996 Details[24]	Naperville, IL (North Central)		Lincoln (PA) (4)	61	Williams	59
1997 Details[25]	La Crosse, WI (UW–La Crosse)		Wisconsin–La Crosse (5)	69½	Lincoln (PA)	58⅓
1998 Details[26]	St. Paul, MN (Macalester)		North Central (IL) (3)	91	Lincoln (PA)	73
1999 Details[27]	Berea, OH (Baldwin Wallace)		Lincoln (PA) (5)	62	Pacific Lutheran	47
2000 Details[28]	Naperville, IL (North Central)		Lincoln (PA) (6) North Central (IL) (4)	52	Central (IA)	38
2001 Details[29]	Decatur, IL (Millikin)		Wisconsin–La Crosse (6)	80	Lincoln (PA)	60
2002 Details[30]	St. Paul, MN (Macalester)		Wisconsin–La Crosse (7)	64	Calvin	41
2003 Details[31]	Canton, NY (St. Lawrence)		Wisconsin–La Crosse (8)	88	Lincoln (PA)	64
2004 Details[32]	Decatur, IL (Millikin)		Wisconsin–La Crosse (9)	88	Nebraska Wesleyan	64
2005 Details[33]	Waverly, IA (Wartburg)		Lincoln (PA) (7)	70	Wisconsin–La Crosse	67½
2006 Details[34]	Lisle, IL (Benedictine)		Wisconsin–La Crosse (10)	74½	Lincoln (PA)	54
2007 Details[35]	Oshkosh, WI (UW–Oshkosh)		Wisconsin–La Crosse (11)	99	SUNY Cortland	34
2008 Details[36]			McMurry	35	SUNY Cortland	33
2009 Details[37]	Marietta, OH (Marietta)		Wisconsin–Oshkosh	46	McMurry	40
2010 Details[38]	Berea, OH (Baldwin Wallace)		North Central (IL) (5)	53	Salisbury	36
2011 Details[39]	Delaware, OH (Ohio Wesleyan)		North Central (IL) (6)	58	Wisconsin–La Crosse	56
2012 Details[40]	Claremont, CA (Claremont–MS)		McMurry (2)	66	Wisconsin–La Crosse	47
2013 Details[41]	La Crosse, WI (UW–La Crosse)		Wisconsin–La Crosse (12)	66	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	64
2014 Details[42]	Delaware, OH (Ohio Wesleyan)		Mount Union	47	Wisconsin–La Crosse	42
2015 Details[43]	Canton, NY (St. Lawrence University)		Wisconsin–La Crosse (13)	71	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	46
2016 Details[44]	Waverly, Iowa (Wartburg College)		Wisconsin–La Crosse (14)	41	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	33
2017 Details[45]	Geneva, OH The Spire Institute		Wisconsin–La Crosse (15)	47	UW Whitewater	45
2018 Details[46]	La Crosse, WI (UW La Crosse)		Mount Union (2)	36	North Central (IL)	35
2019 Details[47]	Geneva, OH (NCAC)		Wisconsin–Eau Claire	68	MIT	38
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Details[48]	Greensboro, NC		Wartburg	54	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	49
2022 Details[49]	Geneva, OH (NCAC)		Wisconsin–Eau Claire (2)	73	John Carroll	48
2023 Details[50]	Rochester, NY (St. John Fisher)		MIT	60.5	Wisconsin–La Crosse	49
2024 Details	Myrtle Beach, SC (Coastal Carolina)		Wisconsin–La Crosse (16)	76	Wisconsin–Oshkosh	48
2025 Details	Geneva, OH (NCAC)		Wisconsin–La Crosse (17)	84	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	56
2026 Details	La Crosse, WI (UW–La Crosse)

Champions

Team titles

Active programs

Team	Titles	Years
Wisconsin–La Crosse	17	1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2024, 2025
North Central (IL)	6	1989, 1994, 1998, 2000*, 2010, 2011
Rowan (Glassboro State)	5	1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984
Wisconsin–Eau Claire	2	2019, 2022
Mount Union	2	2014, 2018
McMurry	2	2008, 2012
MIT	1	2023
Wartburg	1	2021
Wisconsin–Oshkosh	1	2009
Occidental	1	1978

Former programs

Team	Titles	Years
Lincoln (PA)	7	1985, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000*, 2005
Southern–New Orleans	3	1975, 1976, 1977
Frostburg State	2	1986, 1987
Ashland	1	1974
Slippery Rock	1	1979

Individual titles

• List updated through the 2019 Championships

Rank	Team	Titles
1	Wisconsin–La Crosse	58
2	Lincoln (PA)	57
3	North Central (IL)	37
4	Mount Union	34
5	Rowan (Glassboro State)	26
6	Southern–New Orleans	19
	Wisconsin–Oshkosh
	St. Thomas (MN)
7	Augustana (IL)	17
	Pomona–Pitzer
8	Frostburg State	16
	Wisconsin–Whitewater
9	Haverford	15
	McMurry
	Wisconsin–Eau Claire
10	Nebraska Wesleyan	14

• Schools highlighted in italics have reclassified athletics from NCAA Division III.

Event records

Source:^[51]

Event	Record	Athlete	University	Date	Meet	Ref.
Track events
100 m	10.13 (+1.9 m/s)	Sam Blaskowski	UW-La Crosse	27 May 2023	2023 Championships	[52]
200 m	20.25 (+1.6 m/s)	Cheickna Traore	Ramapo	27 May 2023	2023 Championships	[53]
400 m	45.29	Andrew Rock	UW-La Crosse	24 May 2003	2003 Championships
800 m	1:47.56	Clive Terrelonge	Lincoln (PA)	25 May 1991	1991 Championships
1500 m	3:44.50	Kevin Foley	Haverford	29 May 1982	1982 Championships
5000 m	13:55.0	Dan Henderson	Wheaton (IL)	26 May 1979	1979 Championships
10,000 m	28:37.89	Alex Phillip	John Carroll	25 May 2023	2023 Championships	[54]
110 m hurdles	13.72 (+0.9 m/s)	Taylor Rooney	Gustavus Adolphus	29 May 2021	2021 Championships
400 m hurdles	49.59	Edwin Moses	Morehouse	27 May 1977	1977 Championships
3000 m steeplechase	8:42.46	Christian Patzka	UW-Whitewater	27 May 2023	2023 Championships	[55]
4 × 100 m relay	39.66	Ryder Smith Sam Blaskowski Evan Maurud Lyndon Hemmrich-Hartman	UW-La Crosse	24 May 2025	2025 Championships	[56]
4 × 400 m relay	3:07.24	Jared Storm Tyler Gill Justin Knoch Matt Mcbride	Mount Union	27 May 2023	2023 Championships	[57]
Field events
High jump	2.20 m (7-2.5)	Raheim Greenridge	Wheaton (MA)	27 May 2000	2000 Championships
Pole vault	5.45 m (17-10.5)	Luke Winder	North Central (IL)	27 May 2017	2017 Championships
Long jump	7.88 m (25-10 1/4)	Kenneth Wei	MIT	26 May 2022	2022 Championships
Triple jump	17.68 m (54-4¾)	Jan Cado	North Central (IL)	27 May 1989	1989 Championships
Shot put	19.56 m (64-2¼)	Mike Manders	Hamline	28 May 1983	1983 Championships
Discus throw	60.38 m (198-1)	Carter Comito	Whitworth	25 May 2013	2013 Championships
Hammer throw	66.35 m (217-8)	Eric Flores	Cal Lutheran	27 May 2010	2010 Championships
Javelin throw	75.55 m (247 ft 10+1⁄4 in)	Tim Vanliew	Rutgers-Camden	25 May 2013	2013 Championships
Decathlon	7528 pts	Kip Janvrin	Simpson (Iowa)	23 May 1987	1987 Championships

See also

• NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship (Division I, Division II)
• NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship (Division I, Division II, Division III)
• NCAA Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship (Division I, Division II, Division III)
• NCAA Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
• NAIA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship
• Pre-NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Champions