The New York State Collegiate Track and Field Association (NYSCTFA) was founded in 1949. The charter members were Alfred University, Champlain College (closed in 1952), Hartwick College, Ithaca College, RPI, SUNY Cortland, Triple Cities College (renamed Harpur College in 1950, then SUNY Binghamton in 1965), US Merchant Marine Academy, SUNY Brockport, Union.
1950 RPI 37 Per Anderson, Alfred 25:08 Cortland
1951 Alfred 46 Harold Snyder, Alfred 21:46 Alfred
1952 Buffalo St 53 Harold Snyder, Alfred 28:56 Ithaca
1953 Buffalo St 15 Phil Ellsworth, Buffalo St 27:49 Delaware Park, Buffalo (only four teams due to heavy snowfall)
1954 Buffalo St 59 Al Shaler, Hamilton 23:50 Oneonta (Hartwick)
1955 Buffalo St 49 John Parillo, Union 21:09 Endicott (Harpur)
1956 Alfred 58 Frank Finnerty, Alfred 23:13 Clinton (Hamilton)
1957 Hamilton 51 Fred Best, RPI 26:01 Delaware Park, Buffalo
1958 Hamilton 60 Tom Hoffman, Union 19:41 Troy (RPI)
1959 Alfred 20 Frank Finnerty, Alfred 21:32 Alfred
1960 Alfred 41 Larry Sweet, Alfred 20:55 Churchville Park (Roberts Wesleyan)
1961 Alfred 43 Tim Burns, Buffalo St 22:50 Harpur
1962 Roberts Wesleyan 61 Jim Webb, Roberts Wesleyan 27:09 Ithaca
1963 Roberts Wesleyan 46 Robert Lalley, Cortland 23:07 Delaware Park, Buffalo
1964 Roberts Wesleyan 80 Robert Lalley, Cortland 22:51 Oswego
1965 Roberts Wesleyan 57 Pat Glover, Hartwick 21:55.7 Churchville Park (Roberts Wesleyan)
1966 Roberts Wesleyan 72 Robert Fitts, Cortland 20:29.4 Alfred
1967 Buffalo St 83 Ken Demster, Roberts Wesleyan 28:53.5 LeMoyne
1968 Brockport St 77 Bill Pollack, RPI 27:44 Oswego
1969 Buffalo St 65 Ed Fuchs, U Buffalo 25:53 Harpur
1970 Brockport St 56 Rod Williams, Brockport 29:11 Grover Cleveland GC, Buffalo
1971 Hamilton 85 Fran Verdoliva, Oswego 24:41.1 Frear Park GC, Troy
1972 Colgate 49 Dave Moller, U Rochester Churchville Park (Roberts Wesleyan)
1973 Colgate 39 Dave Moller, U Rochester 26:03.8 Fredonia
1974 Colgate 50 Bruce Carter, Hamilton 25:24 Syracuse (LeMoyne)
1975 Hamilton 92 Bruce Carter, Hamilton 26:25 Clinton (Hamilton)
1976 U Rochester 64 Bill Orlando, Oswego 26:52.2 Colgate
1977 U Rochester 43 Dick Cartwright, Hartwick 26:07 Genesee Valley Park (Rochester)
1978 Fredonia St 58 Jim Hallgren, Fredonia Central Park, Schenectady
1979 Fredonia St 52 Tom Dalton, Siena 25:40 Binghamton
1980 Siena 63 Tom Dalton, Siena 26:17 Fredonia
1981 Fredonia 46 Bernie Prabucki, Fredonia 25:33 Albany
1982 Siena 54 Bernard Prabucki, Fredonia 25:24.3 LeMoyne
1983 Siena 31 Mark Gosselin, St Lawrence 25:28.4 Amherst (U Buffalo)
1984 Siena 72 Jukka Tammisuo, St Lawrence 27:15 Siena
1985 St Lawrence 84 Tom Tuori, Rochester 24:58 Rochester
1986 Siena 58 Jukka Tammisuo, St Lawrence 33:00 Geneseo
1987 U Rochester 32 Jukka Tammisuo, St Lawrence 25:24.5 Schenectady Municipal GC (Union)
1988 U Rochester 27 John Trowse, Brockport 26:23 Binghamton
1989 U Rochester 35 Petri Aho, St Lawrence Rochester
1990 U Rochester 39 Frank Minosh, RPI 25:17 Saratoga St Park (Union)
1991 U Rochester 31 Todd Orvis, Albany St 25:02 Saratoga St Pk (union)
1992 U Rochester 36 Todd Reeser, Rochester 27:16 Fredonia
1993 U Rochester 34 Jeff Lyndaker, St Lawrence 27:16 Binghamton
1994 U Rochester 23 Jeff Lyndaker, St Lawrence 25:27 Saratoga St Pk (Union)
1995 U Rochester 25 Todd Reeser, Rochester 25:49 St Lawrence
1996 U Rochester 25 Jeff Totten, Rochester 26:03 Mendon Ponds St Pk (Rochester)
1997 St Lawrence 31 Lawton Redman, St Lawrence 25:14 Brockport