NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS You can’t hold a collegiate cross country championship without the Razorbacks. Arkansas has an unbroken record of appearances at the NCAA Women’s Championships, starting with the 1982 meet. The Razorbacks joined the NCAA after membership in the AIAW in 1981. The 2000 meet at Iowa State marked the 10th-straight team appearance for Arkansas, a perfect record for the 1990s. The Razorbacks’ involvement with the NCAA Championship extends beyond its run of consecutive team and individual bids. Arkansas’ executive associate athletic director Bev Lewis served for six years as a member of the NCAA Division I Track and Field Committee, which administers the race. The Razorbacks hosted the championship in Fayetteville in 1994 and hosted the 2007 South Central Regional. NCAA All-Time Team Results YEAR CHAMPION 1981 Virginia (36) 1982 Virginia (48) 1983 Oregon (95) 1984 Wisconsin (63) 1985 Wisconsin (58) 1986 Texas (62) 1987 Oregon (97) 1988 Kentucky (75) 1989 Villanova (99) 1990 Villanova (82) 1991 Villanova (85) 1992 Villanova (123) 1993 Villanova (66) 1994 Villanova (75) 1995 Providence (68) 1996 Stanford (101) 1997 Brigham Young (100) 1998 Villanova (106) 1999 Brigham Young (72) 2000 Colorado (117) 2001 Brigham Young (62) 2002 Brigham Young (85) 2003 Stanford (120) 2004 Colorado (63) 2005 Stanford (146) 2006 Stanford (195) 2007 Stanford (145) 2008 Washington (79) 2009 Villanova (86) 2010 Villanova (120)
RUNNER-UP Oregon (83) Stanford (91) Stanford (98) Stanford (89) Iowa State (98) Wisconsin (64) NC State (99) Oregon (128) Kentucky (168) Providence (172) Arkansas (168) Arkansas (130) Arkansas (71) Michigan (108) Colorado (123) Villanova (106) Stanford (102) Brigham Young (110) Arkansas (125) Brigham Young (167) NC State (148) Stanford (113) Brigham Young (128) Duke (144) Colorado (181) Colorado (223) Oregon (177) Oregon (131) Florida State (133) Florida State (154)
ARKANSAS Did Not Compete 16th, 424 pts. Indiv. only 14th, 271 pts. Indiv. only 10th 9th, 222 pts. 15th, 299 pts. Indiv. only 6th, 224 pts. 2nd, 168 pts. 2nd, 130 pts. 2nd, 71 pts. 3rd, 110 pts. 12th, 324 pts. 14th, 347 pts. 13th, 311 pts. 6th, 311 pts. 2nd, 125 pts. 13th, 365 pts. 17th, 460 pts. 7th, 251 pts. Indiv. only 16th, 400 pts. 19th, 444 pts. 5th, 286 pts. 13th, 407 pts. 15th, 404 pts. Indiv. only Indiv. only
Razorback teams have started 21 of the 26 NCAA meets and an Arkansas runner has been present in all but one race.
1994: The Year America Came to Town The University of Arkansas became the first deep South host in the history of the NCAA Division I Women’s Cross Country Championship in November, 1994. Held on a specially constructed site in Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park, the 1994 NCAA Championship drew thousands of spectators. As a team, Arkansas finished third, marking the fourth consecutive NCAA trophy finish for the Razorbacks. Megan Flowers was fourth overall. As an institution, the Athletic Department scored high marks as the event set records for attendance and media participation, including the first national television coverage for the meet. Arkansas’ 1999 team was the last to bring The unique setting of the Prairie Grove course, run amongst 19th-century farm a trophy back to Fayetteville by finishing homes and across the pivotal areas of the Dec. 7, 1862, Battle of Prairie Grove, made second at the national meet. the 1994 championship a once-in-a-lifetime event. The NCAA was one of three championship events hosted in 1994. The Southeastern Conference elected to move Arkansas forward in its site rotation to hold its championship at Prairie Grove. The NCAA Preview Meet in early October doubled with the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival III, which also set records for participation and attendance.
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