2002 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The 2002 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 64th annual NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 22nd annual NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division I men's and women's collegiate cross country running in the United States. In all, four different titles were contested: men's and women's individual and team championships.
Held on November 25, 2002, the combined meet was hosted by Indiana State University at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Indiana. The distance for the men's race was 10 kilometers while the distance for the women's race was 6 kilometers.
The men's team championship was won by Stanford, the Cardinal's third. The women's team championship was won by BYU, the Cougars' second consecutive, fourth overall, and fourth in six years.
The two individual champions were, for the men, Jorge Torres and, for the women, Shalane Flanagan.Men's title
- Distance: 10,000 meters
Men's Team Result (Top 10)
Rank | Team | Points |
| Stanford | 47 |
| Wisconsin | 107 |
| Eastern Michigan | 165 |
| Colorado | 190 |
| Oregon | 210 |
| Arkansas | 214 |
| Northern Arizona | 247 |
| Michigan | 309 |
| Central Michigan | 337 |
| Iona | 376 |
Men's Individual Result (Top 10)
Rank | Name | Team | Time |
| Jorge Torres | Colorado | 29:04.7 |
| Alistair Cragg | Arkansas | 29:06.0 |
| Grant Robison | Stanford | 29:36.7 |
| Mark Tucker | Butler University | 29:37.5 |
| Louis Luchini | Stanford | 29:41.0 |
| Donald Sage | Stanford | 29:44.4 |
| Boaz Cheboiywo | Eastern Michigan | 29:46.1 |
| Tom McArdle | Dartmouth | 29:46.3 |
| Ian Dobson | Stanford | 29:47.2 |
| Edwardo Torres | Colorado | 29:47.7 |
Women's title
- Distance: 6,000 meters
Women's Team Result (Top 10)
Rank | Team | Points |
| BYU | 85 |
| Stanford | 113 |
| Notre Dame | 170 |
| Georgetown | 214 |
| Colorado | 220 |
| Providence | 235 |
| Arkansas | 251 |
| Villanova | 256 |
| Wake Forest | 328 |
| Northern Arizona | 333 |
Women's Individual Result (Top 10)
Rank | Name | Team | Time |
| Shalane Flanagan | North Carolina | 19:36.0 |
| Kate O'Neill | Yale | 19:45.9 |
| Alicia Craig | Stanford | 19:48.0 |
| Lauren Fleshman | Stanford | 19:48.3 |
| Michaela Manova | BYU | 19:49.5 |
| Molly Huddle | Notre Dame | 19:55.7 |
| Kassie Anderson | BYU | 19:56.1 |
| Ida Nilsson | Northern Arizona | 19:57.7 |
| Megan Metcalfe | West Virginia | 20:01.0 |
| Sara Gorton | Colorado | 20:01.4 |