1991 NCAA Division I cross country championships

1991 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
Organisers	NCAA
Edition	53rd–Men 11th–Women
Date	November 25, 1991
Host city	Tucson, AZ University of Arizona
Venue	El Conquistador Country Club
Distances	10 km–Men 5 km–Women
Participation	177–Men 179–Women 356–Total athletes
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The 1991 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 53rd annual NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 11th 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 25, 1991, the combined meet was hosted by the University of Arizona at El Conquistador Country Club in Tucson, Arizona. 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 again won by Arkansas, their fifth (and second consecutive) team national title. The individual championship was won by Sean Dollman, from Western Kentucky, with a time of 30:17.1.^[1]

The women's team national championship was likewise retained by Villanova, their third national title. Villanova's Sonia O'Sullivan also repeated as individual national champion with a time of 16:30.3.^[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 177 runners contested the men's championship while 22 teams and 179 runners contested the women's title.

Men's title

• Distance: 10,000 meters (6.21 miles)
• Competitors: 22 teams, 177 runners
• Full Results: MileSplit.com^[3]

Men's Team Result (Top 10) Rank Team Points Scorers Avg. Time Arkansas 51 1 + 2 + 6 + 10 + 32 30:57 Wisconsin 148 19 + 20 + 22 + 41 + 46 31:38 Iowa State 228 4 + 9 + 25 + 55 + 135 31:58 4 Weber State 229 21 + 26 + 31 + 75 + 76 31:57 5 Arizona (H) 231 3 + 30 + 37 + 54 + 107 31:56 6 Michigan 239 13 + 28 + 50 + 61 + 87 31:55 7 Kansas State 245 18 + 51 + 56 + 57 + 63 31:59 8 Texas 258 23 + 33 + 59 + 60 + 83 32:05 9 Penn State 280 17 + 35 + 68 + 72 + 88 32:07 10 NC State 284 14 + 38 + 66 + 73 + 93 32:09 (H) – Host team

Men's Individual Result (Top 10) Runners in italics were not competing with their full team Rank Name Team Time Sean Dollman Western Kentucky 30:17.1 Niall Bruton Arkansas 30:35.3 Brian Baker Arkansas 30:36.9 4 Martin Keino Arizona 30:39.6 5 Jonah Koech Iowa State 30:39.7 6 Anthony Hamm Michigan State 30:42.6 7 Graham Hood Arkansas 30:44.9 8 Josephat Kapkory Washington State 30:49.8 9 Richard Wemple Yale 30:50.3 10 Steve Holman Georgetown 30:53.2

Women's title

• Distance: 5,000 meters (3.11 miles)
• Competitors: 22 teams, 179 runners
• Full Results: MileSplit.com^[4]

Women's Team Result (Top 10) Rank Team Points Scorers Avg. Time Villanova 85 1 + 2 + 10 + 23 + 49 17:05 Arkansas 168 20 + 21 + 29 + 30 + 68 17:40 Northern Arizona 184 14 + 19 + 25 + 44 + 82 17:42 4 Cornell 189 6 + 9 + 46 + 55 + 73 17:40 5 Oregon 191 3 + 8 + 33 + 54 + 93 17:39 6 Georgetown Wisconsin 193 13 + 16 + 36 + 56 + 59 24 + 26 + 28 + 35 + 80 17:46 17:48 7 NC State 202 4 + 34 + 42 + 60 + 62 17:46 8 Providence 212 7 + 12 + 57 + 61 + 75 17:47 9 Baylor 258 5 + 43 + 53 + 66 + 91 17:57 10 Arizona (H) 294 47 + 48 + 51 + 52 + 96 18:05 (H) – Host team

Women's Individual Result (Top 10) Runners in italics were not competing with their full team Rank Name Team Time Sonia O'Sullivan Villanova 16:30.3 Carole Zajac Villanova 16:34.9 Lisa Karnopp Oregon 16:47.3 4 Laurie Gomez-Henes NC State 16:49.9 5 Natalie Nalepa Baylor 16:53.2 6 Pamela Hunt Cornell 16:56.7 7 Geraldine Hendricken Providence 16:58.0 8 Lucy Nusrala Oregon 16:59.3 9 Jennifer Cobb Cornell 17:00.4 10 Sandy Ham Colorado State 17:02.1

References

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