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NCAA Division I Cross Country Archive Covers Results From 1938 to 2025
The NCAA Division I cross country championships bring college runners together each autumn to compete for team and individual titles.
The men’s championship began in 1938, and the women’s in 1981.
An archive now covers both competitions through 2025, with full results, statistics and photos of individual winners.
The season’s regular, conference and regional meets lead toward the national championships.
Formal qualification through district, later regional, meets began in 1972.
The races have changed distance over time, and since 2012 the championship has been held on the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
The 2020 meet was postponed until March 15, 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Track & Field News has published an archive of NCAA Division I cross-country championship results covering 1938 to 2025.
The archive includes full results for every competition, photo galleries of individual winners and statistics.
The men’s championship began in 1938, while the women’s championship began in 1981.
Kirk Reynolds of Pomona-Pitzer Colleges and Track & Field News editor Sieg Lindstrom compiled the archive.
The 2020 championship was postponed to March 15, 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Who
- Track & Field News published an archive compiled by Kirk Reynolds and editor Sieg Lindstrom.
- What
- The archive covers NCAA Division I cross-country championship results from 1938 to 2025.
- When
- Published October 8, 2026.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- The archive documents the history of the NCAA Division I championship, including results, photos and statistics.
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The men’s NCAA Division I cross-country championship began.
Formal qualification through District, later Regional, meets began.
The women’s championship began.
The meet moved to the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
The 2020 championship was held after being postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Track & Field News published the archive as the season ramped up.
- Archive coverage
- 1938–2025
- Men’s championship began
- 1938
- Women’s championship began
- 1981
- Archive compilers
- Kirk Reynolds and Sieg Lindstrom
- 2020 championship date
- March 15, 2021
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