1993 NCAA Division I cross country championships

1993 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
Organisers	NCAA
Edition	55th–Men 13th–Women
Date	November 22, 1993
Host city	Bethlehem, PA
Venue	Lehigh University
Distances	10 km–Men 5 km–Women
Participation	182–Men 183–Women 365–Total athletes
← 1992 1994 →

The 1993 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 55th annual NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 13th 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.^[1][2]

Held on November 22, 1993, the combined meet was hosted by Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. 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).

Both team national championships were again retained by their respective defending champions: Arkansas for the men (their seventh overall and fourth consecutive) and Villanova for the women (their fifth overall and third consecutive). The two individual champions were Josephat Kapkory (Washington State, 39:32.4) and Carole Zajac (Villanova, 16:40.3); it was Zajac's second consecutive title as well.^[3][4]

Men's title

• Distance: 10,000 meters

Men's Team Result (Top 10) Rank Team Points Arkansas 31 BYU 153 Iowa State 156 4 Colorado 172 5 Notre Dame 200 6 US Military Academy 210 7 Georgetown 243 8 Washington 2269 9 Wisconsin 292 10 Michigan 296

Men's Individual Result (Top 10) Rank Name Team Time Joseph Kapkory Washington State 29:32.4 Jason Bunton Arkansas 29:40.2 Niall Bruton Arkansas 29:43.6 4 Kevin Sullivan Michigan 29:46.7 5 Seamus Power East Tennessee State 28:48.8 6 Connor Holt Oklahoma 29:50.2 7 Ray Appenheimer Colgate 29:51.3 8 Teddy Mitchell Arkansas 29:51.6 9 Solomon Kioni Oklahoma State 29:51.9 10 Simon Baines Washington 29:52.2

Women's title

• Distance: 5,000 meters

Women's Team Result (Top 10) Rank Team Points Villanova 66 Arkansas 71 Georgetown 199 4 Cornell 205 5 Providence 213 6 Michigan 224 7 Penn State 226 8 Oregon 238 9 North Carolina State 240 10 BYU 265

Women's Individual Result (Top 10) Rank Name Team Time Carole Zajac Villanova 16:40.3 Jennifer Rhines Villanova 16:44.4 Kay Gooch Oklahoma 16:47.7 4 Molly McClimon Michigan 16:48.4 5 Amy Rudolph Providence 16:51.8 6 Deena Drossin Arkansas 16:54.0 7 Becky Spies Villanova 16:54.6 8 Megan Flowers Arkansas 16:56.4 9 Shelly Taylor Arkansas 16:58.0 10 Karen Hecox UCLA 16:58.3

References