1980 NCAA Division I Men's Cross Country Championships

1980 NCAA Division I Men's Cross Country Championships
Organisers NCAA
Edition 42nd
Date November 24, 1980
Host city Park City, KS
Wichita State University
Location Echo Hills Golf Course
Athletes participating 243
Distances 10 km (6.21 mi)
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The 1980 NCAA Division I Men's Cross Country Championships were the 42nd annual cross country meet to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division I men's collegiate cross country running in the United States. Held on November 24, 1980 the meet was hosted by Wichita State University at the Echo Hills Golf Course in Park City, Kansas. The distance for this race was 10 kilometers (6.21 miles).

This was the final year of a singular men's championship. Starting in 1981, the NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship was added and held at the same site as the men's championship each subsequent year.

All Division I cross country teams were eligible to qualify for the meet through their placement at various regional qualifying meets. In total, 29 teams and 243 individual runners contested this championship.[1]

The team national championship was retained again by the UTEP Miners, their sixth, and third consecutive, overall title. The individual championship was won by Suleiman Nyambui, also from UTEP, with a time of 20:04.00.[2]

Men's title

Team Result (Top 10)

Rank Team Points
1st UTEP 58
2nd Arkansas 152
3rd Penn State 153
4 East Tennessee State 189
5 UCLA 207
6 Western Kentucky 233
7 Michigan 243
8 Clemson 287
9 Villanova 298
10 Iowa State 303

Individual Result (Top 10)

Rank Name Nationality Time
1st Tanzania Suleiman Nyambui UTEP 29:04.00
2nd South Africa Matthews Motshwarateu UTEP 29:06.40
3rd Kenya Solomon Chebor Fairleigh Dickinson 29:08.40
4 United States James Rotich UTEP 29:13.90
5 United States Garry Henry Pembroke State 29:14.60
6 United Kingdom Mark Scrutton Colorado 29:20.70
7 United States Alan Scharsu Penn State 29:25.20
8 United States Mark Andersen Arkansas 29:27.40
9 United States Dan Heikkinen Michigan 29:28.00
10 United States David Taylor Arkansas 29:32.80

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1980 NCAA DI Cross Country Championships". MileSplit.com. Mile Split US. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 7–9. Retrieved January 21, 2015.