Molly Sequin | NCAA.com | November 19, 2018 NCAA cross country championships: Colorado, Northern Arizona claim team titles Northern Arizona wins the 2018 DI men's cross country championship Share The 2018 DI and DIII men’s and women’s cross country championships were held in Wisconsin on November 17. DI teams raced in Madison while DIII squads traveled to Winneconne. You can see the final results here. The DII men and women will race as a part of the DII Festival on Saturday, December 1 in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania. The action started with the DI women at 11:45 a.m. ET. Colorado took the team title with 65 points. They went into the championships ranked No. 3 and were able to hold off No. 1 New Mexico for the title. New Mexico came in second with 103 points, followed by No Oregon and No. 6 Michigan. Colorado wins the 2018 DI women's cross country championship Team Points Colorado 65 New Mexico 103 Oregon 160 Michigan 213 Individually, Colorado's Dani Jones took first place to help the Buffaloes win their first national championship since 2014. CONGRATULATIONS COLORADO BUFFALOES! 2018 WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! pic.twitter.com/iqBKuUm2D2— NCAA Track & Field (@NCAATrackField) November 17, 2018 DIII women ran at 12:15 p.m. ET just north of the DI races in Winneconne. No. 2 Washington (Mo.) took the team title, with No. Johns Hopkins, No. 4 MIT and No. 7 Wisconsin Eau-Claire finishing out the top four. Team Points Washington (Mo.) 98 Johns Hopkins 99 MIT 247 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 265 Paige Lawler came in first place with a final time of 20:55.0, helping her team to the one-point win over Johns Hopkins for the team title. Paige Lawler of @WASHU_XCTF is the women’s individual champion in @NCAADIII Cross Country. pic.twitter.com/iTO58cT7un— USTFCCCA (@USTFCCCA) November 17, 2018 The DI men's race was next, with a start time of 12:45 p.m. No. 1 Northern Arizona went for its third consecutive team title with 33 less points than the next finisher. No. 2 BYU took second with 116 points, followed by No. 4 Portland and No. 8 Colorado. Team Points Northern Arizona 83 BYU 116 Portland 160 Colorado 178 CONGRATULATIONS NAU LUMBERJACKS! 2018 MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! pic.twitter.com/BShfTu8eT7— NCAA Track & Field (@NCAATrackField) November 17, 2018 Individually, Wisconsin's Morgan McDonald took the DI men's title. MdDonald won in front of the home crowd with a final time of 29:08:22. WE HAVE AN NCAA CHAMPION 🥇 pic.twitter.com/WdJPB8djE0— Wisconsin Track & Field (@BadgerTrackXC) November 17, 2018 The DIII men closed out the day with their 1:15 p.m. race. No. 1 North Central took the team lead with the top two individual finishers in the race. No. 2 Washington (Mo.), No. 4 Wisconsin LaCrosse and No. 7 Haverford rounded out the top teams. Team Points North Central 43 Washington (Mo.) 110 Wisconsin-La Crosse 127 Haverford 213 North Central's Dhruval Patel was the men's DIII individual winner. His teammate Al Baldonado came in just behind Patel, helping North Central to the title. North Central wins the 2018 DIII cross country championship 10 memorable NCAA DII sports moments from fall 2021 The much-awaited return to NCAA DII fall sports certainly didn't disappoint. First time champions, upsets galore and record-setting runs highlight the first half of the 2021-22 athletics year. READ MORE NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships qualifiers announced The NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Track and Field and Cross Country Committee has announced the participants for the 2021 NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships. READ MORE 2021 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Cross Country Championship qualifiers announced The field for the 2021 DI Men's and Women's Cross Country Championship has been announced. The championship will take place Nov. 20 at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Florida. READ MORE