1940 NCAA Men's Cross Country Championships

1940 NCAA Men's Cross Country Championships
Organisers NCAA
Edition 3rd
Date November 25, 1940
Host city East Lansing, MI
Michigan State University
Location Forest Akers East Golf Course
Athletes participating 90
Distances 4 miles (6.4 km)
← 1939
1941 →

The 1940 NCAA Men's Cross Country Championships were the third 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, 21 teams and 90 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 third consecutive time. Additionally, the distance for the race was 4 miles (6.4 kilometers).

The team national championship was won by the Indiana Hoosiers, their second, while the individual championship was won by Gil Dodds, from Ashland, with a time of 20:30.2.[2]

Men's title

Team Result

Rank Team Points
1st Indiana 65
2nd Eastern Michigan 68
3rd Rhode Island 91
4 Michigan State 102
5 Notre Dame 115
6 Ohio State 123
7 Drake 168
8 Oberlin 193
9 Alfred 195
10 Earlham 288

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1940 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 24, 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, January 18, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.