1970 NCAA University Division cross country championships

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).

1970 NCAA University Division Men's Cross Country Championships
Organisers	NCAA
Edition	32nd
Date	November 23, 1970
Host city	Williamsburg, VA College of William & Mary
Venue	Eastern State Hospital
Distances	6 miles (9.7 km)
Participation	307 athletes
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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
	Steve Prefontaine	Oregon	28:00.2
	Donald Walsh	Villanova	28:08
	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)

Rank	Team	Points
	Villanova	85
	Oregon	86
	UTEP	124
4	Indiana	195
5	Western Michigan	214
6	Missouri	237
7	Michigan State	248
8	Bowling Green	324
9	San Diego State	356
10	William & Mary	366

See also

• NCAA Men's Division II Cross Country Championship

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.