The NCAA Division III women's cross country championships are contested at an annual cross country meet hosted by the NCAA to determine the individual and team national champions of women's intercollegiate cross country running among its Division III programs in the United States. It is held every fall, usually on the Saturday before Thanksgiving in November.

The most successful program is Johns Hopkins, with eight national titles.

The current champions are NYU, who won their first title in 2025.

Format The race included 9 teams in 1981, 12 teams from 1982 to 1986, 14 teams from 1987 to 1992, 21 teams from 1993 to 1998 and 24 teams from 1999 to 2005. Beginning in 2006, the national championship race has included 32 teams. Teams compete in one of eight regional championships to qualify. In addition to the 32 teams, 56 individual runners qualify for the national championship.2015 Division III Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships Handbook. NCAA. Retrieved November 14, 2015.

Results The race distance was 5,000 meters (5 kilometers) from 1981 to 2001 and 6,000 meters (6 kilometers) from 2002 to the present. NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country ChampionshipYear Finals Site(Host Team)Team ChampionshipIndividual ChampionshipRecordsRefsWinner PointsRunner-up PointsWinner(Team)Time 1981Kenosha, WI(Carthage)Central (IA)26Glassboro State70Cynthia Sturm(Westfield State)18:43.30†Pomona-Pitzer Athletics1982Fredonia, NY(Fredonia) St. Thomas (MN)44 UW–La Crosse83Tori Neubauer(UW–La Crosse)18:45.00Pomona-Pitzer Athletics1983Newport News, VA(Christopher Newport) UW–La Crosse45 St. Thomas (MN)70 16:29.00Pomona-Pitzer Athletics1984Delaware, OH(Ohio Wesleyan)St. Thomas (MN) (2)50 UW–La Crosse64 Julia Kirtland(Macalester)17:23.55Pomona-Pitzer Athletics1985Atlanta, GA(Emory) Franklin & Marshall73 St. Thomas (MN)81 Dorcas Denhartog(Middlebury)18:05.00Pomona-Pitzer Athletics1986Fredonia, NY(Fredonia)St. Thomas (MN) (3)45Ithaca73Lisa Koelfgen(St. Thomas–MN)19:14.00Pomona-Pitzer Athletics1987Holland, MI(Hope)St. Thomas (MN) (4)UW–Oshkosh81Ithaca85Shelley Scherer(Carleton) 17:36.00Pomona-Pitzer Athletics1988St. Louis, MO(WashU) UW–Oshkosh (2)69 St. Thomas (MN)73 Anna Prineas(Carleton) 17:38.60Pomona-Pitzer Athletics1989Rock Island, IL(Augustana–IL) Cortland State29 UW–Oshkosh62 Marybeth Crawley(Cortland State) 17:19.00Pomona-Pitzer Athletics1990Grinnell, IA(Grinnell)Cortland State (2)43 UW–Oshkosh48 Vicki Mitchell(Cortland State) 17:24.71Pomona-Pitzer Athletics1991Newport News, VA(Christopher Newport) UW–Oshkosh (2)98 Cortland State103 Laura Horejs(UW–Oshkosh) 17:21.00Pomona-Pitzer Athletics1992Schenectady, NY(Union)Cortland State (3)18 Calvin108 Sarah Edmonds(Gustavus Adolphus) 18:09.80Pomona-Pitzer Athletics1993Grinnell, IA(Grinnell)Cortland State (4) 61 Calvin 93 Renea Bluekamp(Calvin) 17:46.70Pomona-Pitzer Athletics1994Bethlehem, PA(Moravian)Cortland State (5) 54 Calvin 115 Michelle LaFleur(Cortland State) 17:47.20Pomona-Pitzer Athletics1995La Crosse, WI(UW–La Crosse)Cortland State (6) 46 UW–Oshkosh 83 Jessica Caley(Williams) 17:24.50Pomona-Pitzer Athletics1996Rock Island, IL(Augustana–IL) UW–Oshkosh (3) 62 St. Thomas (MN) 113 Turena Johnson(Luther) 17:40.00Pomona-Pitzer Athletics1997Cambridge, MA(MIT)Cortland State (7) 148 UW–Eau Claire 167 Tiffany Speckman(UW–Oshkosh) 18:29.00Pomona-Pitzer Athletics1998Carlisle, PA(Dickinson)Calvin 124TCNJ 170 Cheryl Smith(Cortland State) 17:48.39Pomona-Pitzer Athletics1999Oshkosh, WI(UW–Oshkosh)Calvin (2) 85Middlebury 119 Rhaina Echols(Chicago) 16:46.20Pomona-Pitzer Athletics2000Spokane, WA(Whitworth)Middlebury 103Williams 123 Johanna Olson(Luther) 17:54.40Pomona-Pitzer Athletics2001Rock Island, IL(Augustana–IL)Middlebury (2) 98Williams 166 Dana Boyle(Puget Sound) 16:46.00The race distance changes from 5 kilometers to 6 kilometers2002Northfield, MN(St. Olaf)Williams 42Middlebury 145 Missy Buttry(Wartburg) 20:17.30†2003Hanover, IN(Hanover)Middlebury (3) 135Trinity (CT) 174 20:00.202004Eau Claire, WI(UW–Eau Claire)Williams (2) 110Middlebury 129 20:22.002005Delaware, OH(Ohio Wesleyan)SUNY Geneseo 88Williams 107Hailey Harren(Gustavus Adolphus) 21:51.902006Wilmington, OH(Wilmington)Middlebury (4) 144Amherst 145 Sarah Zerzan(Willamette) 22:31.002007Northfield, MN(St. Olaf)Amherst 120Plattsburgh State 159 20:54.00Results2008Hanover, IN(Hanover)Middlebury (5) 179Calvin 237 Marie Borner(Bethel) 20:43.91Results FinishTiming.com2009Berea, OH(Baldwin Wallace)UW–Eau Claire 171St. Lawrence 180 Wendy Pavlus(St. Lawrence) 21:28.00Results2010Waverly, IA(Wartburg)Middlebury (6) 185Washington University in St. Louis 193 20:49.30Results2011Oshkosh, WI(UW–Oshkosh) Washington University in St. Louis 70 Middlebury 111 Chiara Del Piccolo(Williams) 20:52.08Results2012Terre Haute, IN(Rose-Hulman)Johns Hopkins 158Wartburg 221 Christy Cazzola(UW–Oshkosh) 20:53.30Delta Timing Results2013Hanover, IN(Hanover) Johns Hopkins (2) 85Williams 137 Chelsea Johnson(St. Scholastica) 21:11.70TFRRS Delta Timing2014Wilmington, OH(Wilmington) Johns Hopkins (3) 87MIT 112 Amy Regan(Stevens) 20:51.90TFRRS FinishTimingResults.com2015Winneconne, WI(UW–Oshkosh)Williams81Geneseo State179Abrah Masterson(Cornell College)21:23.10TFRRS Boxscore 2016 Louisville, KY(Louisville) Johns Hopkins (4) 128 Washington University in St. Louis 202 Amy Regan(Stevens Tech) 20:16.40TFRRS Delta Timing2017DetailsElsah, IL(Principia) Johns Hopkins (5) 96 UW–Eau Claire 191 Khia Kurtenbach(Chicago) 20:39.20TFRRS TRXC Timing2018DetailsWinneconne, WI(UW–Oshkosh) Washington University in St. Louis (2)98Johns Hopkins99Paige Lawler(Washington University in St. Louis)20:55.00TFRRS Delta Timing Official Meet Report 2019Details Louisville, KY(Spalding) Johns Hopkins (6) 125 Washington University in St. Louis 138 Parley Hannan Ithaca College 20:53.8TFRRS Leone Timing 2020Not held because of the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Louisville, KY(Spalding) Johns Hopkins (7) 130 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 132 Kassie Rosenblum<br/ >(Loras) 20:11.1TFRRS Leone Timing 2022 Lansing, MI(Olivet) Johns Hopkins (8) 144 Chicago 147 Kassie Rosenblum Parker(Loras) 21:06.5 TFRRS MIT, Johns Hopkins take 2022 DIII men's and women's cross country national championships NCAA 2023 Carlisle, PA(Dickinson) Carleton 151 NYU 154 Fiona Smith(Saint Benedict) 19:54.1 2024 Terre Haute, IN(Rose–Hulman) MIT 128 Chicago 138 Faith Duncan(Wilmington (OH)) 20:16.5 2025 Spartanburg, SC(Converse) NYU 79 Williams 106 Audrey Maclean(Middlebury) 20:16.8 A † indicates a then-NCAA record-setting time for that particular distance. A time highlighted in ██ indicates the all-time NCAA championship record for that distance.

Champions Team titles Team Titles Years 8 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 7 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997 6 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010 4 1987, 1988, 1991, 1996 3 2002, 2004, 2015 2 2011, 2018 1998, 1999 1 2025 2024 2023 2009 2007 2005 1985 1983 1981

Former programs Team Titles Years 4 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987

See also NCAA Women's Cross Country Championships (Division I, Division II) NCAA Men's Cross Country Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III) Pre-NCAA Cross Country Champions NAIA Cross Country Championships (Men, Women)

References

External links NCAA Women's Cross Country Year-by-Year results (USTFCCCA) NCAA Div III Cross Country Historian's Report