The Division I championship race has been run at different distances. From 1938 to 1964 the race was four miles; from 1965 to 1975, six miles; and from 1976 to the present the race has been 10,000 meters (6.21 miles).
| Year |
Team Champion |
Individual Champion |
| 1938 |
Indiana |
Greg Rice, Notre Dame |
| 1939 |
Michigan State |
Walter Mehl, Wisconsin |
| 1940 |
Indiana |
Gilbert Dodds, Ashland |
| 1941 |
Rhode Island |
Fred Wilt, Indiana |
| 1942 |
Indiana/Penn State |
Oliver Hunter, Notre Dame |
| 1943 |
No meet |
| 1944 |
Drake |
Fred Feiler, Drake |
| 1945 |
Drake |
Fred Feiler, Drake |
| 1946 |
Drake |
Quentin Brelsford, Ohio Wesleyan |
| 1947 |
Penn State |
Jack Milne, North Carolina |
| 1948 |
Michigan State |
Robert Black, Rhode Island |
| 1949 |
Michigan State |
Robert Black, Rhode Island |
| 1950 |
Penn State |
Herb Semper, Kansas |
| 1951 |
Syracuse |
Herb Semper, Kansas |
| 1952 |
Michigan State |
Charles Capozzoli, Georgetown |
| 1953 |
Kansas |
Wes Santee, Kansas |
| 1954 |
Oklahoma A&M |
Allen Frame, Kansas |
| 1955 |
Michigan State |
Charles Jones, Iowa |
| 1956 |
Michigan State |
Walter McNew, Texas |
| 1957 |
Notre Dame |
Max Truex, Southern California |
| 1958 |
Michigan State |
Crawford Kennedy, Michigan State |
| 1959 |
Michigan State |
Al Lawrence, Houston |
| 1960 |
Houston |
Al Lawrence, Houston |
| 1961 |
Oregon State |
Dale Story, Oregon State |
| 1962 |
San Jose State |
Tom O'Hara, Loyola (Ill.) |
| 1963 |
San Jose State |
Victor Zwolak, Villanova |
| 1964 |
Western Michigan |
Elmore Banton, Ohio |
| 1965 |
Western Michigan |
John Lawson, Kansas |
| 1966 |
Villanova |
Gerry Lindgren, Washington State |
| 1967 |
Villanova |
Gerry Lindgren, Washington State |
| 1968 |
Villanova |
Michael Ryan, Air Force |
| 1969 |
UTEP |
Gerry Lindgren, Washington State |
| 1970 |
Villanova |
Steve Prefontaine, Oregon |
| 1971 |
Oregon |
Steve Prefontaine, Oregon |
| 1972 |
Tennessee |
Neil Cusack, East Tennessee State |
| 1973 |
Oregon |
Steve Prefontaine, Oregon |
| 1974 |
Oregon |
Nick Rose, Western Kentucky |
| 1975 |
UTEP |
Craig Virgin, Illinois |
| 1976 |
UTEP |
Henry Rono, Washington State |
| 1977 |
Oregon |
Henry Rono, Washington State |
| 1978 |
UTEP |
Alberto Salazar, Oregon |
| 1979 |
UTEP |
Henry Rono, Washington State |
| 1980 |
UTEP |
Suleiman Nyambui, UTEP |
| 1981 |
UTEP |
Mathews Motschwarateu, UTEP |
| 1982 |
Wisconsin |
Mark Scrutton, Colorado |
| 1983 |
UTEP (vacated) |
Zakarie Barie, UTEP |
| 1984 |
Arkansas |
Ed Eyestone, Brigham Young |
| 1985 |
Wisconsin |
Timothy Hacker, Wisconsin |
| 1986 |
Arkansas |
Aaron Ramirez, Arizona |
| 1987 |
Arkansas |
Joe Falcon, Arkansas |
| 1988 |
Wisconsin |
Bob Kennedy, Indiana |
| 1989 |
Iowa State |
John Nuttall, Iowa State |
| 1990 |
Arkansas |
Jonah Koech, Iowa State |
| 1991 |
Arkansas |
Sean Dollman, Western Kentucky |
| 1992 |
Arkansas |
Bob Kennedy, Indiana |
| 1993 |
Arkansas |
Josephat Kapkory, Washington State |
| 1994 |
Iowa State |
Martin Keino, Arizona |
| 1995 |
Arkansas |
Godfrey Siamusiye, Arkansas |
| 1996 |
Stanford |
Godfrey Siamusiye, Arkansas |
| 1997 |
Stanford |
Mebrahtom Keflezighi, UCLA |
| 1998 |
Arkansas |
Adam Goucher, Colorado |
| 1999 |
Arkansas |
David Kimani, South Alabama |
| 2000 |
Arkansas |
Keith Kelly, Providence |
| 2001 |
Colorado |
Boaz Cheboiywo, Eastern Michigan |
| 2002 |
Stanford |
Jorge Torres, Colorado |
| 2003 |
Stanford |
Dathan Ritzenhein, Colorado |
| 2004 |
Colorado |
Simon Bairu, Wisconsin |
| 2005 |
Wisconsin |
Simon Bairu, Wisconsin |
| 2006 |
Colorado |
Josh Rohatinsky, Brigham Young |
| 2007 |
Oregon |
Josh McDougal, Liberty |
The Division II championship race has been run at different distances. From 1958 to 1967 the race was four miles; from 1968 to 1975, 5 miles; and from 1976 to the present the race has been 10,000 meters (6.21 miles).
| Year |
Team Champion |
Individual Champion |
| 1958 |
Northern Illinois |
Paul Whiteley, Emporia State |
| 1959 |
South Dakota State |
Paul Whiteley, Emporia State |
| 1960 |
Central State (Ohio) |
John Mulholland, Loras |
| 1961 |
Southern Illinois |
John Mulholland, Loras |
| 1962 |
Central State (Ohio) |
Leslie Hegedus, Central State |
| 1963 |
Emporia State |
John Camien, Emporia State |
| 1964 |
Kentucky State |
Ed Schneider, Northeast Missouri State |
| 1965 |
San Diego State |
Gene Takle, Luther |
| 1966 |
San Diego State |
Bob Fitts, Cortland State |
| 1967 |
San Diego State |
Arjan Gelling, North Dakota |
| 1968 |
Eastern Illinois |
Dave Robbins, Portland State |
| 1969 |
Eastern Illinois |
Ron Stonitsch, C.W. Post |
| 1970 |
Eastern Michigan |
Mark Covert, Cal State Fullerton |
| 1971 |
Cal State Fullerton |
Mike Slack, North Dakota State |
| 1972 |
North Dakota State |
Mike Slack, North Dakota State |
| 1973 |
South Dakota State |
Garry Bentley, South Dakota State |
| 1974 |
Southwest Missouri State |
Garry Bentley, South Dakota State |
| 1975 |
UC Irvine |
Ralph Serna, UC Irvine |
| 1976 |
UC Irvine |
Ralph Serna, UC Irvine |
| 1977 |
Eastern Illinois |
Michael Bollman, North Dakota State |
| 1978 |
Cal Poly |
James Schankel, Cal Poly |
| 1979 |
Cal Poly |
James Schankel, Cal Poly |
| 1980 |
Humboldt State |
Garry Henry, UNC Pembroke |
| 1981 |
Millersville |
Mark Conover, Humboldt State |
| 1982 |
Eastern Washington |
Greg Beardsley, Edinboro |
| 1983 |
Cal Poly Pomona |
Brian Ferrari, California (Pa.) |
| 1984 |
Southeast Missouri State |
Michael Vanatta, Southeast Missouri State |
| 1985 |
South Dakota State |
Samson Obwocha, Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 1986 |
Edinboro |
Samson Obwocha, Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 1987 |
Edinboro |
Charles Cheruiyot, Mount St. Mary's (Md.) |
| 1988 |
Edinboro, Mankato State |
Doug Hanson, North Dakota State |
| 1989 |
South Dakota State |
Rob Edson, Keene State |
| 1990 |
Edinboro |
Doug Hanson, North Dakota State |
| 1991 |
UMass-Lowell |
Martin Lyons, Edinboro |
| 1992 |
Adams State |
Phillip Castillo, Adams State |
| 1993 |
Adams State |
Shane Healy, Adams State |
| 1994 |
Adams State |
Charles Mulinga, Lewis |
| 1995 |
Western State |
Charles Mulinga, Lewis |
| 1996 |
South Dakota State |
Alexandr Alexin, Central Missouri State |
| 1997 |
South Dakota |
Elly Rono, Southern Indiana |
| 1998 |
Adams State |
Yi Min Wu, Edinboro |
| 1999 |
Western State |
Michael Aish, Western State |
| 2000 |
Western State |
Alfred Rugema, Abilene Christian |
| 2001 |
Western State |
Michael Aish, Western State |
| 2002 |
Western State |
Alfred Rugema, Abilene Christian |
| 2003 |
Adams State |
Celedonio Rodriguez, Adams State |
| 2004 |
Western State |
Nicodemus Naimadu, Abilene Christian |
| 2005 |
Western State |
Nicodemus Naimadu, Abilene Christian |
| 2006 |
Abilene Christian |
Nicodemus Naimadu, Abilene Christian |
| 2007 |
Abilene Christian |
Nicodemus Naimadu, Abilene Christian |
The Division III championship race has been run at different distances. From 1973 to 1975 the race was 5 miles, and since 1976 it has been 8,000 meters (4.97 miles).
| Year |
Team Champion |
Individual Champion |
| 1973 |
Ashland |
Steve Foster, Ashland |
| 1974 |
Mount Union |
David Moller, Rochester |
| 1975 |
North Central (Ill.) |
Vin Fleming, Lowell |
| 1976 |
North Central (Ill.) |
Dale Kramer, Carleton |
| 1977 |
Occidental |
Dale Kramer, Carleton |
| 1978 |
North Central (Ill.) |
Dan Henderson, Wheaton (Ill.) |
| 1979 |
North Central (Ill.) |
Steve Hunt, Boston State |
| 1980 |
Carleton |
Jeff Milliman, North Central (Ill.) |
| 1981 |
North Central (Ill.) |
Mark Whalley, Principia |
| 1982 |
North Central (Ill.) |
Nicholas Manciu, St. Thomas (Minn.) |
| 1983 |
Brandeis |
Tony Bluell, North Central (Ill.) |
| 1984 |
St. Thomas (Minn.) |
Mark Beeman, Brandeis |
| 1985 |
Luther |
James White, UMass-Dartmouth |
| 1986 |
St. Thomas (Minn.) |
Arnie Schraeder, Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
| 1987 |
North Central (Ill.) |
Jukka Tammisuo, St. Lawrence |
| 1988 |
Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
David Terronez, Augustana (Ill.) |
| 1989 |
Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
David Terronez, Augustana (Ill.) |
| 1990 |
Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
Seamus McElligott, Haverford |
| 1991 |
Rochester |
Sandu Rebenciuc, Augustana (Ill.) |
| 1992 |
North Central (Ill.) |
Gary Wasserman, Nebraska Wesleyan |
| 1993 |
North Central (Ill.) |
Dan Mayer, North Central (Ill.) |
| 1994 |
Williams |
Jeremie Perry, Williams |
| 1995 |
Williams |
John Weigel, North Central (Ill.) |
| 1996 |
Wisconsin-La Crosse |
Matt Brill, North Central (Ill.) |
| 1997 |
North Central (Ill.) |
Brett Altergott, Wisconsin-La Crosse |
| 1998 |
North Central (Ill.) |
Erik Dieckman, North Central (Ill.) |
| 1999 |
North Central (Ill.) |
Dave Davis, Puget Sound |
| 2000 |
Calvin |
Tim McCoskey, North Central (Ill.) |
| 2001 |
Wisconsin-La Crosse |
J.B. Haglund, Haverford |
| 2002 |
Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
Ryan Bak, Trinity (Conn.) |
| 2003 |
Calvin |
Josh Moen, Wartburg |
| 2004 |
Calvin |
Josh Moen, Wartburg |
| 2005 |
Wisconsin-La Crosse |
Neal Holtschulte, Williams |
| 2006 |
Calvin |
Macharia Yout, Widener |
| 2007 |
New York |
Tyler Sigl, Wisconsin-Platteville |
