2000 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships


The 2000 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 62nd annual NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 20th 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 20, 2000, the combined meet was hosted by Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. The distance for the men's race was 10 kilometers while the distance for the women's race was 6 kilometers. This championship was one of the coldest on record with 20mph winds holding wind chills around 0 degrees Fahrenheit at race time.
The men's team championship was won by Arkansas, the Razorbacks' third consecutive and eleventh overall. The women's team championship was won by Colorado, the Buffaloes' first.
The two individual champions were, for the men, Keith Kelly and, for the women, Kara Grgas-Wheeler.

Men's title

RankTeamPoints
Arkansas58
Wisconsin185
NC State201
Stanford223
Michigan282
Oregon306
Colorado307
Notre Dame312
Iona338
Arizona346

Men's Individual Result (Top 10)

RankNameTeamTime
Keith KellyProvidence30:14.5
Stephen OndiekiFairleigh Dickinson30:16.3
Jorge TorresColorado30:21.4
David KimaniAlabama30:21.6
Franklyn SanchezGeorgetown30:26.9
Ian ConnorOhio State30:29.0
Luke WatsonNotre Dame30:29.4
Jason VanderhoofWisconsin30:30.2
Adrian BlincoeVillanova30:32.0
Jonathon RileyStanford30:40.6

Women's title

RankTeamPoints
Colorado117
BYU167
Stanford198
Boston College214
Georgetown247
Arizona State266
Yale285
Wisconsin298
Providence310
Kansas State325

Women's Individual Result (Top 10)

RankNameTeamTime
Kara Grgas-WheelerColorado20:30.5
Sabrina MonroeMontana20:37.8
Erica PalmerWisconsin20:39.9
Shalane FlanaganNorth Carolina20:42.7
Lisa AguileraArizona State20:46.3
Amy MortimerKansas State20:50.1
Sheela AgrawalDuke20:50.4
Sara GortonColorado20:51.3
Bethany BrewsterWisconsin20:53.3
Larissa KleinmannArkansas20:54.0