The 2015 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 77th NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 35th NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship to determine the national champions of men's and women's NCAA Division I collegiate cross country running. It was held at E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Kentucky and was hosted by the University of Louisville on November 21, 2015. Four different championships were contested: men's and women's individual and team championships.
Syracuse won the men's team championship, their first since 1951. Oregon's Edward Cheserek won the men's individual event, his third consecutive championship. Cheserek joined Gerry Lindgren, Steve Prefontaine, and Henry Rono as the event's only three-time champions.
New Mexico won the women's team championship, their first. It was UNM's first women's team national championship in any sport. Notre Dame's Molly Seidel won the individual event.
Men's title Distance: 10,000 meters
Men's Team Result (Top 10) Rank Team Scorers Points Syracuse 3 + 7 + 8 + 29 + 35 82 Colorado 2 + 20 + 21 + 23 + 25 91 Stanford 5 + 6 + 14 + 50 + 76 151 Oregon 1 + 34 + 38 + 44 + 66 183 Iona 16 + 33 + 46 + 48 + 88 231 Arkansas 19 + 30 + 36 + 69 + 90 244 Louisville (H) 15 + 31 + 41 + 68 + 176 331 Washington 22 + 24 + 75 + 79 + 145 345 Michigan 52 + 56 + 64 + 72 + 104 348 10 Georgetown 4 + 37 + 82 + 103 + 126 352 (H) – Host team
Men's Individual Result (Top 10) Rank Name Team Time Points Edward Cheserek Oregon 28:45.7 1 Patrick Tiernan Villanova 29:11.1 – Pierce Murphy Colorado 29:37.0 2 Justyn Knight Syracuse 29:46.1 3 Jonathan Green Georgetown 29:49.5 4 Jim Rosa Stanford 29:52.7 5 Sean McGorty Stanford 29:53.4 6 Colin Bennie Syracuse 29:55.9 7 Martin Hehir Syracuse 29:59.5 8 10 Marc Scott Tulsa 30:02.6 9
Women's title Distance: 6,000 meters
Women's Team Result (Top 10) Rank Team Scorers Points New Mexico 4 + 5 + 11 + 12 + 17 49 Colorado 10 + 13 + 30 + 32 + 44 129 Oregon 18 + 19 + 21 + 77 + 79 214 Providence 15 + 25 + 42 + 68 + 81 231 NC StateMichigan 38 + 40 + 49 + 62 + 7514 + 36 + 60 + 67 + 87 264 Oklahoma State 22 + 27 + 48 + 88 + 89 274 Notre DameArkansas 1 + 6 + 64 + 101 + 1043 + 31 + 70 + 78 + 94 276 Washington 7 + 53 + 63 + 74 + 100 297 Boise State 2 + 8 + 34 + 127 + 159 330 10 Syracuse 35 + 37 + 46 + 107 + 134 359
Women's Individual Result (Top 10) Rank Name Team Time Points Molly Seidel Notre Dame 19:28.6 1 Allie Ostrander Boise State 19:33.6 2 Dominique Scott Arkansas 19:40.9 3 Courtney Frerichs New Mexico 19:48.0 4 Alice Wright New Mexico 19:53.1 5 Anna Rohrer Notre Dame 19:59.7 6 Allie Buchalski Furman 20:02.6 – Maddie Meyers Washington 20:03.1 7 Brenna Peloquin Boise State 20:04.3 8 10 Sharon Lokedi Kansas 20:04.9 9
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
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