1949 NCAA Cross Country Championships
# 1949 NCAA Cross Country Championships

The 1949 NCAA Cross Country Championships were the 11th annual cross country meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate cross country running in the United States.

Since the current multi-division format for NCAA championship did not begin until 1973, all NCAA members were eligible. In total, 18 teams and 131 individual runners contested this championship.

The meet was hosted by Michigan State College on November 28, 1949, at the Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing, Michigan. The distance for the race was 4 miles (6.4 kilometers).

The team national championship was retained by the host Michigan State Spartans, their third. The individual championship was retained by Robert Black, from Rhode Island, with a time of 20:25.94 after setting the distance record the previous year.

## Men's title

* Distance: 4 miles (6.4 kilometers)

### Team Result (Top 10)

| Rank | Team | Points |
| - | - | - |
| | Michigan State College | 59 |
| | Syracuse | 81 |
| | Manhattan | 86 |
| 4 | Penn State | 93 |
| 5 | Army | 133 |
| 6 | Kansas | 147 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | 207 |
| 8 | Illinois | 244 |
| 9 | Purdue | 255 |
| 10 | Notre Dame | 265 |
