NCAA Cross Country Men’s Smallest Victory Margins

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Team Appearances In Rank Order	Champions By School
Team Championships By School	Individual Top-10 Finishes By School
Individual Top-10 Finishes In One Year	3- & 4-Time Top 10 Finishers

Smallest Victory Margins
Margin	Year	Winner & Runner-up
0.1 secs	1955	Charles Jones (Iowa) 19:57.4; Henry Kennedy (Michigan St) 19:57.5
0.5 secs	2018	Morgan McDonald (Wisconsin) 29:08.3; Grant Fisher (Stanford) 29:08.8
0.7 secs	2017	Justyn Knight (Syracuse) 29:00.1; Matthew Baxter (No. Ariz.) 29:00.8
0.8 secs	1981	Mathews Motshwarateu (UTEP) 28:45.6; Michael Musyoki (UTEP) 28:46.4
0.9 secs	2022	Charles Hicks (Stanford) 28:43.6; Nico Young (NAU) 28:44.5
1 sec	1988	Bob Kennedy (Indiana) 29:20; Yehezkel Halifa (Clemson) 29:21
1.0 secs	2007	Josh McDougal (Liberty) 29:22.4; Galen Rupp (Oregon) 29:23.4
1.1 secs	1946	Quentin Brelsford (Ohio Wesleyan) 20:22.9; Curtis Stone (Penn St) 20:24