NCAA XC Men’s Individual Champions 1938–1949 Click on any photo to click through and view in lightbox mode 1938 Gregory Rice (Notre Dame) with Coach John Nicholson courtesy Notre Dame Media Relations1939 Walter Mehl (Wisconsin) courtesy Wisconsin Athletic Communications1940 Gil Dodds (Ashland)1941 Fred Wilt (Indiana) courtesy Indiana Athletic Media Relations1942 Oliver Hunter (Notre Dame) courtesy Notre Dame Media Relations1944 Fred Feiler (Drake) courtesy Drake Sports Information1945 Fred Feiler (Drake) courtesy Drake Sports Information1946 Quentin Brelsford (Ohio Wesleyan)1947 Jack Milne (North Carolina) courtesy North Carolina Athletics Communications1948 Robert Black (Rhode Island) with Coach Fred Tootell, University Archives and Library Special Collections – Univ. of Rhode Island1949 Robert Black (Rhode Island) courtesy University Archives and Library Special Collections – Univ. of Rhode Island