2007 NCAA XC All Americans Named
by USTFCCCA
November 20, 2007
*LetsRun.com recap of men's meet here, women's meet here

NEW ORLEANS – It was a Pac-10 Conference sweep at the 2007 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships as the Oregon Duck men and Stanford Cardinal women took home the team titles on Monday afternoon.   

The Ducks, who were ranked No. 1 heading into the meet, didn’t disappoint as they raced out to a hundred plus point lead early on in the men’s 10k race at the LaVern Gibson Cross Country course in Terre Haute, Indiana.  The team race tightened over the final half of the race, but Oregon prevailed to win its first men’s title since 1977, defeating second place Iona, 85-113. 

 
Oklahoma State finished third with Northern Arizona and Wisconsin rounding out the top five in the team results.   

Liberty’s Josh McDougal was the top men’s finisher as he completed the 10k course in a time of 29:22.4.  The championship was McDougal’s first and gave Liberty their second NCAA Division I national champion.  McDougal and Oregon’s Galen Rupp were running toe-to-toe through the last 1000 meters before McDougal pulled away for the win.   

Stanford, led by senior Arianna Lambie, won its third straight NCAA Division I cross country title.  Lambie finished ninth to help pace the Cardinal who scored 145 points, defeating both Oregon (177 points) and Florida State (236) on the afternoon.   

Texas Tech’s Sally Kipyego also successfully defended her 2006 title, breaking the course record in the process.  Kipyego clocked an impressive 19:30.9 to break the previous course record by 18 seconds.  Kipyego now has five national titles to her credit; 2006 cross country, 2007 indoor track (3,000 and 5,000 meters) and 2007 outdoor track (10,000 meters), and the 2007 cross country title.   

In addition to the team and individual titles that were decided on Monday, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced the All-American lists.   

The Pac-10 Conference placed ten women on the All-American list and eight on the men’s team.  The Big Ten had the second most on the women’s with seven, while the Big East had seven for the men.   

The 2007 USTFCCCA Division I Men’s Cross Country All-Americans:

The 2007 USTFCCCA Division I Women’s Cross Country All-Americans:

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