2000 NCAA Division I cross country championships

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.[1][2]

1999 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
OrganisersNCAA
Edition62nd–Men
20th–Women
DateNovember 20, 2000
Host cityIowa Ames, IA
VenueIowa State University
Distances10 km–Men
5 km–Women
Participation253–Men
252–Women
505–Total athletes
1999
2001

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 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) while the distance for the women's race was 6 kilometres (3.7 mi). This championship was one of the coldest on record with 20 miles per hour (32 km/h) winds holding wind chills around 0 °F (−18 °C) 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).[3][4]

Men's title

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  • Distance: 10,000 meters

Women's title

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  • Distance: 6,000 meters

References

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  1. ^ "NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  2. ^ "NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  3. ^ "2000 NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship Results". NCAA. Archived from the original on November 18, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  4. ^ "2000 NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship Results". USTFCCCApublisher=NCAA. Archived from the original on November 18, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.