1957 NCAA cross country championships

1957 cross-country running meet of the NCAA January 2025 1957 NCAA Cross Country Championships NCAA 19th November 25, 1957 East Lansing, MIMichigan State University Forest Akers East Golf Course 124 4 miles (6.4 km) 1956 1958−University1958−College The 1957 NCAA Cross Country Championships were the 19th 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 25, 1957, the meet was hosted by Michigan State University at the Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing, Michigan. The distance for the race was 4 miles (6.4 kilometers). With the NCAA establishing a College Division championship the following year in 1958, this was the final NCAA cross country championship for which all NCAA members were eligible. In total, 17 teams and 124 individual runners contested this championship.1957 NCAA DI Cross Country Championships http://usa.milesplit.com/meets/177799/results/310949 MileSplit.com Mile Split US January 1, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150101185500/http://usa.milesplit.com/meets/177799/results/310949 January 1, 2015 live The team national championship was won by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, their first. The individual championship was won by Max Truex, from USC, with a record time of 19:12.30. Truex's event distance record would remain in place until the distance for the championship race was changed to 6 miles in 1965.NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_cross_country_champs_records/2013-14/DIMCC.pdf NCAA NCAA.org January 1, 2015 7–9 Men's title Distance: 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) Team Result (Top 10) Rank Team Points Notre Dame 121 Michigan State 127 Houston 131 04 4 Syracuse 140 05 5 Kansas 158 06 6 Western Michigan 168 07 7 Cornell 172 08 8 Colorado 198 09 9 Penn State 206 10 10 Miami (OH) 215 References Category:NCAA cross country championships NCAA Cross Country Championships NCAA University Division Cross Country Championships Category:Sports competitions in East Lansing, Michigan Category:College track and field in Michigan NCAA University Division Cross Country Championships Category:Michigan State University