1970 NCAA University Division Men's Cross Country Championships
OrganisersNCAA
Edition32nd
DateNovember 23, 1970
Host cityVirginia Williamsburg, VA
College of William & Mary
VenueEastern State Hospital
Distances6 miles (9.7 km)
Participation307 athletes
1969
1971

The 1970 NCAA University Division Men's Cross Country Championships were the 32nd annual cross country meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate cross country running in the United States. Held on November 23, 1970, the meet was hosted by the College of William & Mary on the grounds of the Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia. The distance for this race was 6 miles (9.7 kilometers).

All NCAA University Division members were eligible to qualify for the meet. In total, 39 teams and 307 individual runners contested this championship.[1]

The team national championship was again won by the Villanova Wildcats, their fourth title. The individual championship was won by Steve Prefontaine, from Oregon, with a time of 28:00.2.[2] Prefontaine's time broke the event distance record, set the previous year by Gerry Lindgren. With the distance for the NCAA championships changing to 10,000 meters in 1976, his distance record would remain unbroken.

Men's title

  • Distance: 6 miles (9.7 kilometers)

Individual Result (Top 10)

Rank[3] Individual School Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Steve Prefontaine Oregon 28:00.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Donald Walsh Villanova 28:08
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Donald Kardong Stanford 28:10
4 Gregory Fredericks Penn St 28:12
5 John Bednarski UTEP 28:14
6 Keith Munson Oregon St 28:22
7 Bob Bertelson Ohio 28:28
8 Sidney Sink Bowling Green 28:30
9 Marty Liquori Villanova 28:37
10 Scott Bringhurst Utah 28:40

Team Result (Top 10)

RankTeamPoints
1st place, gold medalist(s)Villanova85
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Oregon86
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)UTEP124
4Indiana195
5Western Michigan214
6Missouri237
7Michigan State248
8Bowling Green324
9San Diego State356
10William & Mary366

See also

References

  1. "1970 NCAA DI Cross Country Championships". MileSplit.com. Mile Split US. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  2. "NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 7–9. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  3. "1970 NCAA Cross Country Championships". Track & Field News. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
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