INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana State University has been chosen to host the 2026 NCAA Men's and Women's Cross Country National Championships, which will take place Nov. 21, 2026 at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course.
Indiana State and the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course have previously hosted 13 NCAA Division I Cross Country National Championships, all of which have come since 2002. LaVern Gibson has hosted the national meet in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016 and most recently in 2019.
In addition, the course has also been the host of the NCAA Division I Great Lakes Regional seven times (1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2017, 2018, 2022) and was the site of the 2012 NCAA Division III Cross Country National Championships.