Courtesy: USATF

The #1 ranked University of Colorado Buffaloes lived up to expectations Monday in winning the NCAA Division I Cross Country men's championship for the first time in the school's history. The Championships were held at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina.

With his second place finish (29:06), junior Jorge Torres led the Buffaloes to the team win with a total of 90 points, edging Stanford University by a single point. Three-time defending team champion Arkansas was third with 118 points, followed by Northern Arizona (193) and Wisconsin (245).

Eastern Michigan's Boaz Chboiywo of Kenya won the men's race in 28:47. Other top finishers were Alistair Cragg of Arkansas (3rd-29:10), Dathan Ritzenhein of Colorado (4th-29:11) and Luke Watson of Notre Dame (5th- 29:19). Other notable finishers included Ryan Shay of Notre Dame (6th-29:23), Donald Sage of Stanford (7th-29:24), Wisconsin's Matt Tegenkamp (8th-29:26), and Josh Spiker (9th-29:29). University of Michigan freshman phenom Alan Webb was 11th in 29:38.

Brigham Young captured the women's team title with a total of 62 points, followed by North Carolina State (148), Georgetown (180), Arizona (194) and Stanford with 206 points. The BYU women also captured the women's team title in 1997 and 1999.

Arizona's Tara Chaplin captured the women's individual crown in 20:24. Georgia Tech's Renee Metivier was the runner-up in 20:31, followed by Stanford's Lauren Fleshman (3rd-20:35), North Carolina State's Kristin Price (4th-20:36) and Michaela Manova of Brigham Young, who led the national champs with a fifth-place finish in 20:42.

Other top placers included Virginia's Jennifer Owens (6th- 20:43), Brigham Young's Jessie Kindschi (7th-20:49), Colorado's Molly Austin (8th-20:51), Brigham Young's Tara Northcutt (9th-20:55) and Boston College's Maggie Guiney (10th-20:56).