After winning team titles in 1996 and 1997, Stanford did not suffer much of a decline in the Division I Men's Cross Country Championships. The Cardinal placed second on two occasions, including finishing only a point behind Colorado last year, and ended up fourth in 1999 and 2000.

This year, Stanford had four finishers in the top 10 to secure its third crown November 25 at Indiana State. The Cardinal's team score of 47 points gave them a comfortable 60-point margin over second-place Wisconsin.

"This was a fantastic performance by our men's team," said Stanford director of track and field/cross country Vin Lananna. "This NCAA title brought our entire season into focus. I haven't seen a team dominate like this at this level in quite a while."

Grant Robison was Stanford's leader, placing third with a time of 29 minutes, 36.7 seconds for 10,000 meters. Louis Luchini was fifth and Donald Sage sixth for the Cardinal, with Ian Dobson rounding out the top-10 quartet in ninth place.

"We had high expectations going into the season, but this was amazing for us," said Robison. "Having such a strong team took a lot of the individual pressure off of me."

Matt Tegenkamp led Wisconsin's effort by finishing 12th. Boaz Cheboiywo of Eastern Michigan, the 2001 individual champion, came in seventh and the Eagles placed third in the team standings.

Jorge Torres of Colorado became the Buffaloes' third individual winner with a time of 29 minutes, 4.7 seconds. Torres was second to Cheboiywo last year, and also was runner-up in the 5,000-meter runs at the 2002 Division I indoor and outdoor track and field championships.

"I'm speechless," said Torres, whose brother, Ed, was 10th in this year's race. "I can't put this into words. I'm glad to say that I'm finally a national champion."

Alistair Cragg of Arkansas finished only 1.3 seconds behind Torres, but there was a 30-second gap between Cragg and Robison.

Team results

1. Stanford, 47; 2. Wisconsin, 107; 3. Eastern Mich., 165; 4. Colorado, 190; 5. Oregon, 210; 6. Arkansas, 214; 7. Northern Ariz., 247; 8. Michigan, 309; 9. Central Mich., 337; 10. Iona, 376; 11. Montana St., 392; 12. Villanova, 398; 13. Providence, 406; 14. William & Mary, 407; 15. Weber St., 436; 16. Brigham Young, 443; 17. Minnesota, 449; 18. Georgetown, 458; 19. Butler, 496; 20. Ohio St., 499; 21. Southern Methodist, 526; 22. Notre Dame, 527; 23. (tie) North Carolina St. and Texas, 552; 25. Indiana, 565; 26. Texas A&M, 569; 27. Colorado St., 592; 28. Alabama, 598; 29. Iowa, 617; 30. Michigan St., 646; 31. Tennessee, 647.

Individual results

1. Jorge Torres, Colorado, 29:04.7; 2. Alistair Cragg, Arkansas, 29:06.0; 3. Grant Robison, Stanford, 29:36.7; 4. Mark Tucker, Butler, 29:37.5; 5. Louis Luchini, Stanford, 29:41.0; 6. Donald Sage, Stanford, 29:44.4; 7. Boaz Cheboiywo, Eastern Mich., 29:46.1; 8. Tom McArdle, Dartmouth, 29:46.3; 9. Ian Dobson, Stanford, 29:47.2; 10. Ed Torres, Colorado, 29:47.7.

11. David Kimani, Alabama, 29:48.0; 12. Matt Tegenkamp, Wisconsin, 29:49.1; 13. Gavin Thompson, Eastern Mich., 29:51.4; 14. Daniel Lincoln, Arkansas, 29:59.3; 15. Richard Kiplagat, Iona, 30:00.4; 16. Antony Ford, Montana, 30:01.0; 17. Mindaugas Pukstas, Southern Methodist, 30:15.5; 18. Seth Watkins, Northern Ariz., 30:16.2; 19. Lyle Weese, Montana St., 30:16.5; 20. Jason Hartmann, Oregon, 30:17.9.

21. Isaiah Festa, Wisconsin, 30:18.9; 22. Nate Brannen, Michigan, 30:20.4; 23. Bobby Lockhart, Wisconsin, 30:20.7; 24. Adam Wallace, Wisconsin, 30:21.3; 25. Westly Keating, Tex.-Pan American, 30:21.5; 26. Dusty Lieb, Pennsylvania, 30:21.5; 27. Adam Sutton, Providence, 30:22.6; 28. Nick Willis, Michigan, 30:24.7; 29. Adam Tenforde, Stanford, 30:25.2; 30. Ed Moran, William & Mary, 30:27.5.

31. Jason Sandfort, Arkansas, 30:29.1; 32. Andrew Carlson, Minnesota, 30:29.2; 33. Kip Kangogo, Brigham Young, 30:29.4; 34. Ryan Andrus, Oregon, 30:30.0; 35. Tristen Perlberg, Central Mich., 30:30.4; 36. Adrian Blincoe, Villanova, 30:30.7; 37. Ryan Hall, Stanford, 30:31.0; 38. Simon Bairu, Wisconsin, 30:34.0; 39. Jake Flynn, Central Mich., 30:35.1; 40. Joel David, Eastern Mich., 30:36.3.

41. Eric Logsdon, Oregon, 30:36.5; 42. Bill Nelson, Colorado, 30:37.1; 43. Brett Holts, Oregon, 30:37.8; 44. Jochen Dieckfoss, Boston U., 30:39.0; 45. Mike Smith, Georgetown, 30:39.5; 46. Andrew Marsh, Michigan St., 30:40.1; 47. Jordan Desilets, Eastern Mich., 30:40.5; 48. Jason Meany, Clemson, 30:40.9; 49. Casey Jermyn, Montana St., 30:41.2; 50. Devin Swann, North Carolina St., 30:41.8.

51. Nurani Sheikh, Northern Ariz., 30:42.9; 52. Jonathan Fasulo, Villanova, 30:43.8; 53. Jeremy Tolman, Weber St., 30:44.7; 54. Ryan Sheehan, St. Francis (Pa.), 30:45.0; 55. Fasil Bizuneh, Arizona St., 30:46.1; 56. Daniel Hocking, New Hampshire, 30:47.2; 57. Derrick Butler, Ohio St., 30:47.5; 58. David Patterson, North Carolina St., 30:48.2; 59. Chris Williams, Duke, 30:48.5; 60. Dalibor Balgac, Southern Methodist, 30:48.8.

61. Steve Sundell, Columbia, 30:49.4; 62. Mike Mwangong, Iowa St., 30:49.8; 63. Tim Moore. Notre Dame, 30:50.0; 64. Steve Slattery. Colorado, 30:50.7; 65. Christian Goy. Illinois St., 30:51.6; 66. Todd Witzleben, La Salle, 30:52.5; 67. Lewis Jones, Brigham Young, 30:53.4; 68. Mike Altieri, Wake Forest, 30:54.0; 69. Delfino Arevalo, Utah, 30:54.4; 70. Terah Kipchiris, Coastal Caro., 30:54.5.

71. Andy Weilacher, Northern Ariz., 30:54.7; 72. Tyler McCahe, Providence, 30:54.8; 73. Luke Humphrey. Central Mich., 30:55.6; 74. Ryan Malmin, Minnesota, 30:56.0; 75. Scott Shaw, Clemson, 30:56.8; 76. Ben Dawson, Texas, 30:57.0; 77. John Jefferson, Indiana, 30:57.4; 78. Silverus Kimeli, Arkansas, 30:57.6; 79. Kyle King, Baylor, 30:57.8; 80. Todd Mobley, Notre Dame, 30:58.9.

81. Joe McAlister, Iona, 30:59.2; 82. John O'Connor, William & Mary, 30:59.5; 83. Peter Kiprono, Alabama, 30:59.8; 84. James Bowler, Nebraska, 31:00.2; 85. Kjetil Ramstad, Drake, 31:00.6; 86. Travis Laird, Northern Ariz., 31:01.6; 87. Bashar Ibrahim, UTEP, 31:02.2; 88. Kevin Barra, Texas, 31:03.1; 89. Henrick Ahnstrom, Northern Ariz., 31:03.5; 90. Steve Crane, Eastern Mich., 31:03.8.

91. Sean Jefferson, Indiana, 31:04.0; 92. Kevin Murphy, Montana St., 31:04.2; 93. Andrew Cook, Texas A&M, 31:04.2; 94. Joel Atwater, Weber St., 31:05.0; 95. Jon Lewis, Texas A&M, 31:05.8; 96. Chris Toloff, Michigan St., 31:06.6; 97. Matt Esche, Iowa, 31:06.9; 98. Rod Koborsi, Georgetown, 31:07.1; 99. Peter Meindl, Stanford, 31:07.4; 100. Patrick Gildea, Tennessee, 31:07.6.

101. Matt Harriman, Portland, 31:08.0; 102. Kurtis Marlowe, North Carolina St., 31:08.3; 103. Thomas Greenless, Michigan, 31:08.6; 104. Joseph Duke, Arizona St., 31:08.8; 105. Brian Dunn, Butler, 31:09.3; 106. Mark Smyth, Iona, 31:09.9; 107. Joep Tigchelaar, Florida St., 31:10.1; 108. James Hower, Georgetown, 31:10.5; 109. Dylan Wykes, Providence, 31:11.2; 110. Javon Broderick, Georgetown, 31:11.8.

111. Mark Menefee, Kansas 31:12.5; 112. John Lucas, Oregon, 31:13.0; 113. Matt Keally, William & Mary, 31:13.5; 114. Will McComb, Minnesota, 31:14.5; 115. Tim Keller, Wisconsin, 31:15.5; 116. Jon Severy, Colorado, 31:16.5; 117. Andrew Smith, South Fla., 31:17.0; 118. Raegan Robb, Colorado St., 31:17.0; 119. Erick Too, Fairleigh Dickinson, 31:17.8; 120. Nic Stanko, Michigan, 31:18.1.

121. Sean Moore, Michigan, 31:18.2; 122. Tyler Williams, Northern Ariz., 31:18.7; 123. Rob Myers, Ohio St., 31:18.9; 124. Jacob Frey, William & Mary, 31:19.1; 125. Ryan Hayden, Villanova, 31:19.5; 126. Dave Ernsberger, Central Mich., 31:19.8; 127. Brent Corbitt, Ark.-Little Rock, 31:19.8; 128. Patrick Dunn, Villanova, 31:20.8; 129. Aaron Fisher, Ohio St., 31:21.2; 130. Nathan Long, Weber St., 31:21.9.

131. Ken Richardson, Weber St., 31:22.0; 132. Graeme Reid, Iona, 31:24.2; 133. Jonathan Gibson, Montana St., 31:24.3; 134. Chris Reis, Cincinnati, 31:25.6; 135. Andy Carman, Brigham Young, 31:26.4; 136. Gary Blackman, Butler, 31:26.7; 137. Eric Bell, Tennessee, 31:28.1; 138. Austin Vigil, Colorado St., 31:29.1; 139. Micah Vandenend, Iowa, 31:29.7; 140. Josh Glaab, Colorado St., 31:31.5.

141. Dylan Olchin, Colorado St., 31:31.5; 142. Robert Wade, Loyola (Ill.), 31:31.9; 143. Chris Mulvaney, Arkansas, 31:32.5; 144. Juan de Bastos, Texas A&M, 31:32.6; 145. Corbin Talley, Weber St., 31:32.6; 146. Jerry Claunch, Miami (Ohio), 31:33.3; 147. Peter Riley, Iona, 31:33.4; 148. Mike Olaque, Houston, 31:33.7; 149. Brendan Doyle, Iona, 31:34.1; 150. Jeff Davis, Central Mich., 31:34.3.

151. David Alber, Notre Dame, 31:35.1; 152. Jeff Wood, Texas, 31:35.8; 153. Andrew McKessock, Minnesota, 31:36.2; 154. Pat Moulton, Providence, 31:36.7; 155. Jason Bill, Illinois, 31:37.0; 156. Matt Gonzales, New Mexico, 31:37.8; 157. Chad Durham, Brigham Young, 31:39.2; 158. Pat Guidera, Providence, 31:40.3; 159, Marc Pelerin, Villanova, 31:41.3; 160. Noel Paulson, Oregon, 31:42.0.

161. Dan Glaz, Ohio St., 31:42.5; 162. Colin Steele, Wisconsin, 31:42.9; 163. Thomas Parlapiano, Villanova, 31:44.4; 164. Soeren Linder, Southern Methodist, 31:45.8; 165. Sjaan Gerth, Ohio St., 31:46.0; 166. Don Wilkins, Central Mich., 31:46.7; 167. Dan Haut, Iowa, 31:47.0; 168. Eric Redman, Indiana, 31:49.7; 169. Steve Barrus, Brigham Young, 31:50.9; 170. Charlie Hurt, William & Mary, 31:51.5.

171. Anthony Rakaric, Iowa, 31:51.8; 172. Paul Pobursky, Eastern Mich., 31:52.4; 173. Steve Vernon, Butler, 31:52.7; 174. Jon White, Ohio St., 31:53.0; 175. Adam Otstot, William & Mary, 31:53.0; 176. Tyler Stanfield, Alabama, 31:54.6; 177. Ed Davis, Tennessee, 31:54.8; 178. Tom Burns, Indiana, 31:55.2; 179. Eric Morrison, Notre Dame, 31:56.9; 180. Matt Penza, Ohio St., 31:57.5.

181. West Garrett, William & Mary, 31:58.2; 182. Graham Davidson, Southern Methodist, 31:58.6; 183. Ryan Hesselink, Michigan, 31:59.1; 184. Jason Mueller, Michigan St., 31:59.7; 185. Zach Zeller, Texas, 32:00.5; 186. Scott Defilippis, Tennessee, 32:01.4; 187. Payton Batliner, Colorado, 32:02.3; 188. Ryan Johnson, Notre Dame, 32:02.8; 189. Trent Hooper, Weber St., 32:03.3; 190. Brian McKiustry, Texas A&M, 32:03.8.

191. Michael Bialick, Minnesota, 32:03.9; 192. Tommy Bonn, Texas A&M, 32:04.2; 193. Kevin Clary, Montana St., 32:04.7; 194. Mark Floreani, Texas, 32:04.9; 195. Nigel Wray, Iona, 32:05.3; 196. Bart Phariss, Indiana, 32:05.5; 197. David Jackson, Cal Poly, 32:07.6; 198. Feder Estelus, Eastern Mich., 32:09.0; 199. Jayme D'Agnolo, Texas A&M, 32:10.5; 200. Riley Cook, Weber St., 32:11.5.

201. Dan Trainor, Iowa, 32:12.6; 202. Westley Alkin, Arkansas, 32:17.7; 203. Brad Bennett, Butler, 32:18.2; 204. Gediminas Banevicious, Chattanooga, 32:18.9; 205. Stephen Haas, Indiana, 32:19.4; 206. Steve Klein, Tennessee, 32:21.7; 207. Bret Schoolmeester, Colorado, 32:22.8; 208. Toby Henkels, Minnesota, 32:23.6; 209. Ammon Larsen, Colorado St., 32:26.7; 210. Pete Remein, Central Mich., 32:27.0.

211. Chris Lukezic, Georgetown, 32:27.8; 212. Shane Ahlers, Oregon, 32:28.2; 213. Matt Adams, Brigham Young, 32:30.7; 214. Nathan Robison, Brigham Young, 32:31.6; 215. Nathan Purcell, Indiana, 32:32.7; 216. Bill Michel, Colorado St., 32:35.4; 217. Todd Fayant, Alabama, 32:37.4; 218. Tim Kelly, Tennessee, 32:38.2; 219. Cleve Thorson, Michigan St., 32:40.0; 220. Jason Jabaut, Villanova, 32:41.7.

221. Jeremy Wolf, Montana St., 32:42.0; 222. Sebastian Hock, Southern Methodist, 32:44.3; 223. Brian Kerwin, Notre Dame, 32:44.5; 224. Bryce Ruiz, North Carolina St., 32:47.7; 225. Brian Rae, Iowa, 32:49.2; 226. Bill Peterman, Butler, 32:53.6; 227. Dylan Welsh, Georgetown, 32:54.8; 228. Matt Cainciulli, Colorado St., 32:56.8; 229. Joseph Welter, Iowa, 33:04.0; 230. Dean Bowker, North Carolina St., 33:04.7.

231. David Christian, North Carolina St., 33:05.1; 232. Amos Skinner, Southern Methodist, 33:05.8; 233. Lennon Wicks, Butler, 33:06.1; 234. Brian Turner, Michigan, 33:07.5; 235. Luis Bordes, Arkansas, 33:11.5; 236. Joe Dionne, Providence, 33:13.0; 237. Brian Wilson, Michigan St., 33:17.2; 238. Ricky Brookshire, North Carolina St., 33:19.3; 239. John Keane, Notre Dame, 33:21.0; 240. Kevin McDonough, Alabama, 33:21.6.

241. Martin Fagan, Providence, 33:26.7; 242. Rob Cloutier, Tennessee, 33:31.4; 243. Joe Lanzillotti, Texas A&M, 33:38.7; 244. Matthew Holcom, Montana St., 33:47.1; 245. Cameron Keel, Texas, 33:52.0; 246. Steve Greenwell, Southern Methodist, 33:59.9; 247. Aaron Norton, Alabama, 34:14.9; 248. Dan Tebbano, Georgetown, 34:29.1; 249. Charlie Koeppen, Northern Ariz., 34:29.9; 250. Steve Sherer, Michigan St., 34:55.7.

251. James Johnson, Michigan St., 35:46.6.