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.
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. 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.
Oregon was initially declared the team champion, but the title was later given to Villanova after video evidence placed their runner Les Nagy in 62nd rather than 67th place as originally recorded.
Men's title Distance: 6 miles (9.7 kilometers)
Individual Result (Top 10) +RankIndividualSchoolTimeSteve PrefontaineOregon28:00.2Donald WalshVillanova28:08Donald KardongStanford28:104Gregory FredericksPenn St28:125John BednarskiUTEP28:146Keith MunsonOregon St28:227Bob BertelsonOhio28:288Sidney SinkBowling Green28:309Marty LiquoriVillanova28:3710Scott BringhurstUtah28:40
Team Result (Top 10) Rank Team Points Villanova 85 Oregon 86 UTEP 124 Indiana 195 Western Michigan 214 Missouri 237 Michigan State 248 Bowling Green 324 San Diego State 356 William & Mary 366
See also NCAA Men's Division II Cross Country Championship
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