1981 Men's Cross Country

1981 NCAA Division III National Champions

Paced by three individual All-Americans, North Central ran to its fifth NCAA Division III Cross Country Championship in the last seven years at Petrifying Springs State Park near Kenosha, Wis., Nov. 21, 1981. Posed with the Championship trophy are (first row, from left) junior All-American Bill O’Neill from Evergreen Park, freshman All-American Bob Dunphey from Grayslake, sophomore All-American Tony Bleull from Magnolia, junior Bill Wahl from Chicago, student manager Scott McCleary from Villa Park, (second row) Al Carius, senior captain Dale Koepnick from Northbrook, junior John Leal from Aurora, sophomore Ray Krauss from Tinley Park, sophomore Jay Rogers from Petersburg, and assistant coach Jim Nichols.   - excerpt from North Central NOW (Spring, 1982) information provided by the College Archives