The Knights have enjoyed great success in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, winning back-to-back titles in 2004 and 2005 before posting runner-up finishes in 2006 and 2007, the closest three-team finish in MIAC history. The program has earned top-three finishes in 11 of the last 15 conference meets.

The Knights have been nationally ranked the last six seasons and earned team berths to the NCAA Division III Championships six times:

Carleton has received the All-Academic Team Award every year since the program began in 1993.