The 2018 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships was the 46th annual NCAA Men's Division III Cross Country Championship and the 38th annual NCAA Women's Division III Cross Country Championship to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division III 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.
The women's race team title was won by Washington University, their 2nd title. Washington narrowly edged out defending champion Johns Hopkins by a single point, making it the narrowest margin of victory since 1987. The women's individual title was won by junior Paige Lawler of Washington University, becoming the first cross country individual champion in program history. In the men's race, the team title was won by North Central, their 19th title (and 3rd in a row). The Cardinals 43 point victory was the 3rd lowest winning score in the history of the men's race (and the lowest score since 2006). The men's individual title went to Dhruvil Patel of North Central, the 8th Cardinal to win the individual men's title in program history, and the first since 2000.
Women's title Distance: 6,000 meters
Women's Team Result (Top 10)
PL Team Total Time Average Time Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Washington 1:47:52 21:34 98 1 6 10 23 58 79 102 Johns Hopkins 1:48:33 21:42 99 5 16 18 27 33 37 71 MIT 1:51:11 22:14 247 14 41 54 65 73 93 157 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 1:51:35 22:19 265 22 43 52 53 95 123 139 SUNY Geneseo 1:51:22 22:16 277 17 19 31 103 107 115 136 Brandeis 1:51:09 22:13 277 4 48 51 60 114 160 202 Williams 1:51:54 22:22 283 36 44 46 76 81 172 184 Middlebury 1:51:47 22:21 301 21 28 67 77 108 130 203 Wisconsin-La Crosse 1:51:35 22:19 313 9 15 74 88 127 134 168 Carleton 1:52:18 22:27 326 34 45 50 78 119 163 164
Women's Individual Result (Top 10)
Rank Name Team Time Paige Lawler Washington 20:55.0 Claire Lamb Otterbein 20:58.7 Annie Rodenfels Centre 20:58.9 Kaitlyn Mooney Coast Guard 21:04.2 Emily Bryson Brandeis 21:08.3 Caelyn Reilly Johns Hopkins 21:11.3 Aly Wayne Washington 21:12.6 Natalie Cooper TCNJ 21:14.3 Emily Forner Allegheny 21:16.7 Cassie Vince Albion 21:21.2
Men's title Distance: 8,000 meters
Men's Team Result (Top 10)
PL Team Total Time Average Time Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 North Central 2:03:15 24:39 43 1 2 7 9 24 50 63 Washington 2:04:33 24:54 110 6 8 23 32 41 56 153 Wisconsin-La Crosse 2:04:45 24:57 127 4 11 22 31 59 83 166 Haverford 2:05:55 25:11 213 12 14 21 61 105 183 208 Wartburg 2:06:16 25:15 227 19 29 40 54 85 87 122 Amherst 2:06:37 25:19 253 18 37 51 53 94 170 205 Pomona-Pitzer 2:06:56 25:23 298 3 42 70 84 99 114 142 Williams 2:06:52 25:22 300 5 30 75 92 98 124 133 Johns Hopkins 2:07:18 25:27 308 10 65 72 80 81 132 146 SUNY Geneseo 2:07:29 25:29 329 17 46 73 86 107 110 216
Men's Individual Result (Top 10)
Rank Name Team Time Dhruvil Patel North Central 24:24.5 Al Baldonado North Central 24:29.7 Andy Reischling Pomona-Pitzer 24:32.9 Josh Schraeder Wisconsin-La Crosse 24:34.2 Ian McVey Ohio Northern 24:37.1 Ryan Cox Williams 24:37.2 Brad Hodkinson Washington 24:39.1 Chris Buechner North Central 24:41.2 Zach Lee Wisconsin-Platteville 24:42.4 Nick Matteucci Washington 24:43.9
See also NCAA Women's Division III Cross Country Championship NCAA Men's Division III Cross Country Championship
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