1944 NCAA Men's Cross Country Championships

1944 NCAA Men's Cross Country Championships
Organisers NCAA
Edition 6th
Date November 25, 1944
Host city East Lansing, MI
Michigan State University
Location Forest Akers East Golf Course
Athletes participating 43
Distances 4 miles (6.4 km)
1942
1945

The 1944 NCAA Men's Cross Country Championships were the sixth annual cross country meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate cross country running in the United States.

Since the current multi-division format for NCAA championship did not begin until 1973, all NCAA members were eligible. In total, 9 teams and 43 individual runners contested this championship.[1]

The meet was hosted by Michigan State University at the Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing, Michigan for the sixth consecutive time. Additionally, the distance for the race was 4 miles (6.4 kilometers). This was the first championship since 1942 after the 1943 race was cancelled due to World War II.

The team national championship was won by the Drake Bulldogs, their first. The individual championship was won by Fred Feiler, also from Drake, with a time of 21:04.2.[2]

Men's title

Team Result

Rank Team Points
1st Drake 25
2nd Notre Dame 64
3rd Ohio State 72
4 Oberlin College 88
5 Michigan State 109
6 Wayne State (MI) 167

References

  1. "1944 NCAA DI Cross Country Championships". MileSplit.com. Mile Split US. Archived from the original on 2015-01-01. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  2. "NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 7–9. Retrieved December 25, 2014.