Despite NCAA team titles in 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1970, to say nothing of numerous team top-ten finishes and dozens of All-Americans since then, only one Villanova male harrier has ever won the NCAA cross country individual title. Vic Zwolak won that title in 1963, a year when the Villanova men finished 9th in the team competition (going 1-23-57-59-87-(112)-(117)). Zwolak led the 4-mile race from start to finish: he was in first place at 1 mile (4:34), 2 miles (9:39), and 3 miles (14:46), before ultimately winning the race in 19:35. Zwolak also won two NCAA titles (1963 and 1964) in the 3000 meter steeplechase.
Villanova Running highlighted Zwolak previously HERE.
Here are the top finishers in that 1963 cross country national championship race:
FINAL RESULTS Twenty-fifth Annual National Collegiate Athletic Association University Division Cross Country Championships held at Michigan State University, East Lansing, on Tuesday, November 26, 1963, at 11:30 a.m. l. Victor Zwolak Villanova 19:35 2. John Camien Kansas State 19:38 3. Jeffrey M. Fishback San Jose State 19:48 4. Geoff Walker Houston 19:53 5. Danny L . Murphy San Jose State 19:56 6. G. Douglas Brown Montana State 19:59 7. Richard A. Schramm Miami 20:04 8. Ben F. Tucker San Jose State 20:06 9. Arthur Scott Idaho State 20:07 10. Richard Sharkey Michigan State 20:08 11. Clayton Steinke Oregon 20:09 12. Walter Hewlett Harvard 20:10 13. Bill Clark Notre Dame 20:11 l4. Ken Moore Oregon 20:14 15. David Highton Colorado 20:16 16. Frank Carver Notre Dame 20:19 l7. Jack Bacheler Miami 20:20 18. Herman E. Gurule San Jose State 20:21 19. Ralph A. Lingle Missouri 20:23 20. William J. Straub Army 20:25
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