2009 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships


The 2009 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 71st annual NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 29th 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.
Held on November 23, 2009, the combined meet was the sixth of eight consecutive meets hosted by Indiana State University at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Indiana. The distance for the men's race was 10 kilometers while the distance for the women's race was 6 kilometers.
The men's team championship was won by Oklahoma State, the Cowboys' second overall and first since 1954. The women's team championship was won by Villanova, the Wildcats' eighth overall and first since 1998.
The two individual champions were, for the men, Samuel Chelanga and, for the women, Angela Bizzarri.

Men's title

Men's Individual Result (Top 10)

RankNameTeamTime
Samuel ChelangaLiberty28:41.3
David McNeillNorthern Arizona29:06.5
Chris DerrickStanford29:14.8
Barnabas KiruiMississippi29:24.1
Jordan ChipangamaNorthern Arizona29:33.1
Dorian UlreyArkansas29:37.9
Brandon BethkeArizona State29:38.3
Andrew BumbaloughGeorgetown29:39.1
Ryan VailOklahoma State29:40.7
Colby LoweOklahoma State29:42.4

Women's title

Women's Individual Result (Top 10)

RankNameTeamTime
Angela BizzarriIllinois19:46.8
Kendra SchaafWashington19:51.6
Susan KuijkenFlorida State19:57.7
Catherine WhiteVirginia19:59.5
Allie McLaughlinColorado20:01.1
Amanda MarinoVillanova20:02.4
Megan DuwellMinnesota20:06.9
Emily InfeldGeorgetown20:07.9
Risper KimaiyoUTEP20:10.9
Cecily LemmonBYU20:11.9