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1962 NCAA University Division Cross Country Championships

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Organisers
  
NCAA

Date
  
November 26, 1962

Edition
  
24th

Athletes participating
  
136

Host city
  
East Lansing, MI Michigan State University

Location
  
Forest Akers East Golf Course

The 1962 NCAA University Division Cross Country Championships were the 24th 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 26, 1962, 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).

All NCAA University Division members were eligible to qualify for the meet. In total, 14 teams and 136 individual runners contested this championship.

The team national championship was won by the San José State Spartans, their first. The individual championship was won by Tom O'Hara, from Loyola–Chicago, with a time of 19:20.30.

Men's title

  • Distance: 4 miles (6.4 kilometers)
  • References

    1962 NCAA University Division Cross Country Championships Wikipedia