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NCAA Division III women's cross country championships

Sport	Cross country
Founded	1981
Most recent champion(s)	MIT (1st)
TV partner(s)	FloTrack Media
Official website	https://www.ncaa.com/sports/cross-country-women/d3

The NCAA Division III women's cross country championships are contested at an annual cross country meet hosted by the NCAA to determine the team and individual national champions of women's intercollegiate cross country running among its Division III programs in the United States. It is held every fall, usually on the Saturday before Thanksgiving in November.

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.

Champions

• The race distance was 5,000 meters (5 kilometers) from 1981 to 2001 and 6,000 meters (6 kilometers) from 2002 to the present.

• 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.

Team titles

Former programs

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)

References

1. 2015 Division III Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships Handbook. NCAA. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
2. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_cross_country_champs_records/2012-13/d3wccchamps.pdf
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6. "NATIONAL CHAMPION!!! Borner is Top Runner at NCAA National Meet". Bethel University Athletics. 22 November 2008. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
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10. "Women 2nd, Men 13th At NCAA Cross Country Championship". Middlebury College. 19 November 2011. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
11. "Chiara Del Piccolo wins NCAA title, women place third". Williams College. 19 November 2011. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
12. "National Champs! Hopkins Soars to First NCAA Title". Johns Hopkins University Athletics. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
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15. "Repeat! Hopkins Claims Second Straight National Title!". Johns Hopkins University Athletics. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
16. "Johnson Wins National Title". The College of St. Scholastica Athletics. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
17. "Johns Hopkins wins the 2014 DIII Women's Cross Country Championship | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
18. "Three-Peat! Johns Hopkins Runs to Third Straight NCAA Championship". Johns Hopkins University Athletics. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
19. "Regan Wins Cross Country National Championship". Stevens Institute of Technology Athletics. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
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21. "Women's XC NCAA Champs". Williams College. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
22. "Masterson brings home the gold!". Cornell College. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
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24. "Johns Hopkins Wins Fourth NCAA National Championships". Johns Hopkins University Athletics. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
25. "Regan wins cross country national championship, Ducks finish 26th in first-ever NCAA appearance". Stevens Institute of Technology Athletics. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
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27. "Defended! Hopkins Claims Second Straight Title". Johns Hopkins University Athletics. 18 November 2017. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
28. "NATIONAL CHAMP: Kurtenbach Captures Second NCAA Cross Country Title in School History". 2017-11-18. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
29. "NCAA cross country championships: Colorado, Northern Arizona claim team titles | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
30. "WashU Bears WXC National Champs; MXC Runner-Ups". 2018-11-17. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
31. "Johns Hopkins Claims Silver at NCAA Cross Country Championships". Johns Hopkins University Athletics. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
32. "MEET RECAP: 2019 NCAA DIII Cross Country Championships ::: USTFCCCA". Retrieved 2021-11-21.
33. "Women's Cross Country Earns Sixth National Championship". Johns Hopkins University Athletics. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
34. "NATIONAL CHAMP! Hannan Becomes First-Ever Cross Country Runner to Win National Title". Ithaca College Athletics. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
35. "NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships". USTFCCCA.org. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
36. "Pomona-Pitzer men, Johns Hopkins women win 2021 NCAA DIII cross country championships | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
37. "NATIONAL CHAMPS - Blue Jays Tie Division III Record With Seventh Title". Johns Hopkins University Athletics. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
38. "Parker Makes History as Women's Cross Country's First National Champion". Loras College Athletics. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
39. MIT, Johns Hopkins take 2022 DIII men's and women's cross country national championships NCAA

External links

• NCAA Women's Cross Country
• Year-by-Year results (USTFCCCA)
• NCAA Div III Cross Country Historian's Report

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