The 2000 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 62nd annual NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 20th 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 20, 2000, the combined meet was hosted by Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. The distance for the men's race was while the distance for the women's race was . This championship was one of the coldest on record with winds holding wind chills around at race time.
The men's team championship was won by Arkansas (83 points), the Razorbacks' third consecutive and eleventh overall. The women's team championship was won by Colorado (117 points), the Buffaloes' first.
The two individual champions were, for the men, Keith Kelly (Providence, 30:14.5) and, for the women, Kara Grgas-Wheeler (Colorado, 20:30.5).
Men's title Distance: 10,000 meters
Men's Team Result (Top 10)
Rank Team Points Arkansas 83 Colorado 94 Providence 121 Stanford 149 Wisconsin 167 Villanova 181 Georgetown 269 Northern Arizona 269 Notre Dame 276 William & Mary 363
Men's Individual Result (Top 10)
Rank Name Team Time Keith Kelly Providence 30:14.5 Stephen Ondieki Fairleigh Dickinson 30:16.3 Jorge Torres Colorado 30:21.4 David Kimani Alabama 30:21.6 Franklyn Sanchez Georgetown 30:26.9 Ian Connor Ohio State 30:29.0 Luke Watson Notre Dame 30:29.4 Jason Vanderhoof Wisconsin 30:30.2 Adrian Blincoe Villanova 30:32.0 Jonathon Riley Stanford 30:40.6
Women's title Distance: 6,000 meters
Women's Team Result (Top 10)
Rank Team Points Colorado 117 BYU 167 Stanford 198 Boston College 214 Georgetown 247 Arizona State 266 Yale 285 Wisconsin 298 Providence 310 Kansas State 325
Women's Individual Result (Top 10)
Rank Name Team Time Kara Grgas-Wheeler Colorado 20:30.5 Sabrina Monroe Montana 20:37.8 Erica Palmer Wisconsin 20:39.9 Shalane Flanagan North Carolina 20:42.7 Lisa Aguilera Arizona State 20:46.3 Amy Mortimer Kansas State 20:50.1 Sheela Agrawal Duke 20:50.4 Sara Gorton Colorado 20:51.3 Bethany Brewster Wisconsin 20:53.3 Larissa Kleinmann Arkansas 20:54.0
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