1982 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships

The 1982 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 44th annual NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 2nd annual NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division I men's and women's collegiate cross country running in the United States. In all, four different titles were contested: men's and women's individual and team championships.

Held on November 22, 1982 the combined meet was hosted by Indiana University at the IU Championship Cross Country Course in Bloomington, Indiana. The distance for the men's race was 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) while the distance for the women's race was 5 kilometers (3.11 miles).

The men's team national championship was retained again by Wisconsin Badgers, their first overall title. The individual championship was won by English runner Mark Scrutton, from Colorado, with a time of 30:12.60.^[1]

The women's team national championship was again won by the Virginia Cavaliers, their second. The individual championship was won by Lesley Welch, also from Virginia, with a time of 16:39.7.^[2]

Qualification

• All Division I cross country teams were eligible to qualify for the meet through their placement at various regional qualifying meets. In total, 22 teams and 176 runners contested the men's championship while 16 teams and 132 runners contested the women's title.^{[3] [4]}

Men's title

• Distance: 10,000 meters (6.21 miles)

Team Result (Top 10) Rank Team Points 01 ! Wisconsin 59 02 ! Providence 138 03 ! Arkansas 142 04 !4 East Tennessee State 158 05 !5 UTEP 173 06 !6 Michigan 177 07 !7 Colorado 219 08 !8 Clemson 238 09 !9 UCLA 250 10 !10 Oregon 266

Individual Result (Top 10) Rank Name Nationality Time 01 ! Mark Scrutton Colorado 30:12.60 02 ! Zakarie Barie UTEP 30:14.80 03 ! Hans Koeleman Clemson 30:23.90 04 !4 Tim Hacker Wisconsin 30:26.90 05 !5 Scott Jenkins Wisconsin 30:30.80 06 !6 Joseph Kipsang Iowa State 30:30.90 07 !7 Gerard Donakowski Michigan 30:31.00 08 !8 Ed Eyestone BYU 30:31.80 09 !9 Kevin Johnson East Tennessee State 30:31.90 10 Gidamis Shahanga UTEP 30:32.80

Women's title

• Distance: 5,000 meters (3.11 miles)

Team Result (Top 10) Rank Team Points 01 ! Virginia 48 02 ! Stanford 105 03 ! Oregon 83 04 !4 Harvard 122 05 !5 Clemson 152 06 !6 Penn State 249 07 !7 NC State 123 08 !8 Iowa State 182 09 !9 Michigan 234 10 !10 Wisconsin 169

Individual Result (Top 10) Rank Name Nationality Time 01 ! Lesley Welsh Virginia 16:39.70 02 ! Regina Joyce Washington 17:07.00 03 ! Ceci Hopp Stanford 17:10.50 04 !4 Jill Haworth Margaret Davis Virginia Iowa State 17:12.00 05 !5 Wendy Van Hierlo Illinois State 17:13.80 06 !6 Kathy Hadler Tennessee 17:14.00 07 !7 Kate Wiley Harvard 17:16.20 08 !8 Allison Wiley Stanford 17:20.50 09 !9 Nanette Doak Iowa 17:21.00 10 Beth Farmer Florida 17:22.30

See also

• NCAA Men's Division II Cross Country Championship
• NCAA Women's Division II Cross Country Championship
• NCAA Men's Division III Cross Country Championship
• NCAA Women's Division III Cross Country Championship

References