Complete Results | Women's Results

WINNECONE, Wis. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's cross country team had two finishers in the first 100 and the Engineers equaled the school record with a 13th place spot at the NCAA Division III Championship, which was held at Lake Breeze Golf Club. RPI, which had 399 points, equaled the the 2016 squad for the best in Rensselaer history.

Senior Grant O'Connor was first on the team and 23rd overall to earn his third career National All-America certificate. He ran the 8K course in 24:52.9, which was just over a second from a top 20 finish (24:51.4). His mile pace was 5:00.4. Classmate Sean O'Connor had a 48th place finish with a time of 25:04.8 and junior Noah Falasco was 131st in 25:46.9.

Junior Joe Domanico was 25 places behind Falasco with a time of 25:54.7 and Jake Davis finished 191st in 26:04.9. Henry Jaques (26:24.7) and Jake Kloman (26:55.5) also ran for the Engineers, who were only nine points behind the University of Chicago.

North Central won the title with 43 points, led by Dhruvil Patel, who ran in a 4:54.7 pace for a 24:24.5 finishing time. Al Baldonado, also of North Central, was second with a time of 24:29.7.

Men's Team Scores (Top 5 of 32)
1. North Central College (Ill.) 43
2. Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.) 110
3. University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 127
4. Haverford College (Pa.) 213
5. Wartburg College (Iowa) 227
 
* - North Central College wins third straight title, 19th overall
* - North Central College also won national titles in Winneconne in 1999 & 2011.
* - North Central College records the lowest winning score since 2006 (Calvin College - 37).
* - University of Wisconsin-La Crosse finishes second for second straight year.
* - University of Wisconsin-La Crosse records the lowest second-place score since 2013.
* - This year marks the 46th edition of the championship.
 
Men's Individual Results (Top 5 of 280)
1. Dhruvil Patel (North Central College), 24:24.5
2. Al Baldonado (North Central College), 24:29.7
3. Andy Reischling (Pomona-Pitzer Colleges), 24:32.9
4. Josh Schraeder (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse), 24:34.2
5. Ian McVey (Ohio Northern University), 24:37.1
 
* - Dhruvil Patel becomes North Central College's eighth individual champion.
* - North Central College's Dhruvil Patel also finished 77th in 2015, 18th in 2016 and 3rd in 2017.
* - First time since 1996 that one school owned the first and second-place finishers.