NCAA Division I 5000m Championships (USA)
Men (90 runnings)
5000m
11 Jun 2011 Des Moines IA 13:29.30 Samuel Chelanga (Liberty)
12 Jun 2010 Eugene OR 13:44.81 David McNeill (Northern Arizona)
12 Jun 2009 Fayetteville AR 14:04.12 Galen Rupp (Oregon)
13 Jun 2008 Des Moines IA 13:33.93 Robert Curtis (Villanova)
08 Jun 2007 Sacramento CA 13:35.12 Chris Solinsky-2
09 Jun 2006 Sacramento CA 14:11.71 Chris Solinsky (Wisconsin)
11 Jun 2005 Sacramento CA 13:22.32 Ryan Hall (Stanford)
12 Jun 2004 Austin TX 13:49.85 Robert Cheseret Kipkurgat (Arizona)
14 Jun 2003 Sacramento CA 13:47.87 Alistair Cragg (Arkansas)
01 Jun 2002 Baton Rouge LA 13:59.30 David Kimani Murage (Alabama)
01 Jun 2001 Eugene OR 13:42.51 Jonathan Riley (Stanford)
03 Jun 2000 Durham NC 13:48.80 Brad Hauser (Stanford)
04 Jun 1999 Boise ID 14:01.09 Bernard Lagat (Washington State)
06 Jun 1998 Buffalo NY 13:31.64 Adam Goucher (Colorado)
07 Jun 1997 Bloomington IN 13:44.17 Mebrahtom Keflezighi (California at Los Angeles)
01 Jun 1996 Eugene OR 13:47.26 Alan Culpepper (Colorado)
1995 Knoxville TN 14:36.78 Martin Keino (Arizona)
1994 Boise ID 14:22.09 Brian Baker (Arkansas)
1993 New Orleans LA 13:59.00 Jon Dennis-2
1992 Austin TX 14:02.40 Jon Dennis (South Florida)
1991 Eugene OR 13:41.61 Shannon Butler (Montana State)
1990 Durham NC 14:07.47 John Trautmann (Georgetown)
1989 Provo UT 14:07.88 Marc Davis (Arizona)
04 Jun 1988 Eugene OR 13:55.94 Matt Giusto (Arizona)
06 Jun 1987 Baton Rouge LA 13:43.30 Dean Crowe (Boston University)
07 Jun 1986 Indianapolis IN 13:56.64 Terry Brahm (Indiana)
01 Jun 1985 Austin TX 13:56.72 Ed Eyestone (Brigham Young)
02 Jun 1984 Eugene OR 13:47.77 Julius Korir (Washington State)
04 Jun 1983 Houston TX 13:54.13 Gidamis Shahanga (Texas at El Paso)
05 Jun 1982 Provo UT 13:54.09 Suleiman Nyambui-3
06 Jun 1981 Baton Rouge LA 13:38.8 Suleiman Nyambui-2
1980 Austin TX 13:44.43 Suleiman Nyambui (Texas at El Paso)
02 Jun 1979 Urbana IL 13:20.63 Sydney Maree (Villanova)
1978 Eugene OR 13:35.29 Rudy Chapa (Oregon)
04 Jun 1977 Urbana IL 13:38.14 Joshua Kimeto-2
1976 Philadelphia PA 13:47.84 Joshua Kimeto (Washington State)
3 miles
1975 Provo UT 13:22.73 John Ngeno (Washington State)
1974 Austin TX 13:38.89 Paul Geis (Oregon)
1973 Baton Rouge LA 13:05.3 Steve Prefontaine-4
5000m
1972 Eugene OR 13:31.4 Steve Prefontaine-3
3 miles
Jun 1971 Seattle WA 13:20.1 Steve Prefontaine-2
20 Jun 1970 Des Moines IA 13:22.0 Steve Prefontaine (Oregon)
1969 Knoxville TN 13:42.0 Ole Oleson (Southern California)
5000m
1968 Berkeley CA 13:47.2 Gerry Lindgren-3
3 miles
1967 Provo UT 13:47.8 Gerry Lindgren-2
Jun 1966 Bloomington IN 13:33.7 Gerry Lindgren (Washington State)
19 Jun 1965 Berkeley CA 13:40.2 Doug Brown (Montana)
5000m
1964 Eugene OR 14:12.3 Bill Straub (Army) + Jim Murphy (Air Force)
3 miles
1963 Albuquerque NM 14:24.9 Julio Marin (Southern California)
15 Jun 1962 Eugene OR 13:51.6 Pat Clohessy-2
16 Jun 1961 Philadelphia PA 13:47.7 Pat Clohessy (Houston)
5000m
Jun 1960 Berkeley CA 14:19.8 Allan Lawrence (Houston)
3 miles
1959 Lincoln NE 13:59.0 Paul Whiteley (Emporia State)
2 miles
14 Jun 1958 Berkeley CA 8:46.3 Alex Henderson (Arizona State)
1957 Austin TX 8:57.0 Charles Jones (Iowa)
5000m
1956 Berkeley CA 14:48.5 William Dellinger (Oregon)
2 miles
1955 Los Angeles CA 9:04.5 Ken Reiser (Oregon)
1954 Ann Arbor MI 9:22.7 Kikuo Moriya (Wheaton, IL)
1953 Lincoln NE 9:02.7 Rich Ferguson (Iowa)
5000m
1952 Berkeley CA 14:36.3 Wes Santee (Kansas)
2 miles
1951 Seattle WA 9:03.2 Don McEwen-2
1950 Minneapolis MN 9:01.9 Don McEwen (Michigan)
1949 Los Angeles CA 9:03.9 Horace Ashenfelter (Penn State)
5000m
1948 Minneapolis MN 15:04.5 Jerry Thompson-3
2 miles
1947 Salt Lake City UT 9:22.9 Jerry Thompson-2
1946 Minneapolis MN 9:38.3 Francis Martin-3
1945 Milwaukee WI 9:25.5 Francis Martin-2
1944 Milwaukee WI 9:38.4 Francis Martin (Notre Dame)
1943 Evanston IL 9:29.9 Jerry Thompson (Texas)
1942 Lincoln NE 9:10.0 Art Cazares (Fresno State)
1941 Palo Alto CA 9:14.4 Fred Wilt (Indiana)
1940 Minneapolis MN 9:18.9 Roy Fehr (Michigan State)
1939 Los Angeles CA 9:02.6 Greg Rice-2
1938 Minneapolis MN 9:11.1 Walter Mehl (Wisconsin)
1937 Berkeley CA 9:14.2 Greg Rice (Notre Dame)
5000m
1936 Chicago IL 14:58.5 Donald Lash (Indiana)
2 miles
1935 Berkeley CA 9:26.8 Flord Lochner (Oklahoma)
1934 Los Angeles CA 9:22.4 Ray Crowley (Manhattan)
1933 Chicago IL 9:22.8 Michael Pilbrow (Grinnell)
1932 Chicago IL 9:16.7 Charles Shugert (Miami of Ohio)
1931 Chicago IL 9:23.0 Clark Chamberlain (Michigan State)
1930 Chicago IL 9:18.1 Harold Manning (Wichita State)
1929 Chicago IL 9:30.0 David Abbott-2
1928 Chicago IL 9:28.8 David Abbott (Illinois)
1927 Chicago IL 9:34.4 Melvin Shimek (Marquette)
1926 Chicago IL 9:40.3 Arnold Gillette (Montana)
1925 Chicago IL 9:32.8 John Devine (Washington State)
.... not held
1923 Chicago IL 9:32.2 Verne Booth (Johns Hopkins)
1922 Chicago IL 9:32.1 Lloyd Rathbun (Iowa State)
1921 Chicago IL 9:31.0 John Romig (Penn State)
Women (30 runnings)
5000m
10 Jun 2011 Des Moines IA 15:37.57 Sheila Reid (Villanova)
11 Jun 2010 Eugene OR 15:23.80 Lisa Koll (Iowa State)
12 Jun 2009 Fayetteville AR 16:17.94 Angela Bizzarri (Illinois)
13 Jun 2008 Des Moines IA 15:15.08 Sally Kipyego (Texas Tech)
08 Jun 2007 Sacramento CA 15:16.76 Michelle Sikes (Wake Forest)
09 Jun 2006 Sacramento CA 16:01.39 Mary Teresa Cullen (Providence)
11 Jun 2005 Sacramento CA 16:31.88 Megan Metcalfe (West Virginia)
12 Jun 2004 Austin TX 15:48.86 Kimberley Smith (Providence)
14 Jun 2003 Sacramento CA 15:24.06 Lauren Fleshman-3
31 May 2002 Baton Rouge LA 15:53.91 Lauren Fleshman-2
02 Jun 2001 Eugene OR 15:52.21 Lauren Fleshman (Stanford)
02 Jun 2000 Durham NC 15:54.30 Kara Wheeler (Goucher) (Colorado)
05 Jun 1999 Boise ID 16:09.51 Carrie Tollefson (Villanova)
05 Jun 1998 Buffalo NY 15:37.77 Amy Skieresz (Wilson)-2
07 Jun 1997 Bloomington IN 15:46.76 Amy Skieresz (Wilson) (Arizona)
01 Jun 1996 Eugene OR 16:05.85 Jennifer Rhines-3
1995 Knoxville TN 15:56.18 Jennifer Rhines-2
1994 Boise ID 16:21.60 Jennifer Rhines (Villanova)
1993 New Orleans LA 16:31.02 Kay Gooch (Oklahoma)
1992 Austin TX 16:18.72 Monique Ecker (Oklahoma)
1991 Eugene OR 16:07.96 Laurie Gomez (Henes) (North Carolina State)
1990 Durham NC 15:47.72 Valerie McGovern (Young)-2
1989 Provo UT 16:17.20 Valerie McGovern (Young) (Kentucky)
04 Jun 1988 Eugene OR 15:38.47 Annette Hand (Peters) (Oregon)
06 Jun 1987 Baton Rouge LA 15:46.00 Annie Schweitzer (Texas)
07 Jun 1986 Indianapolis IN 15:42.36 Stephanie Herbst (Lucke) (Wisconsin)
1985 Austin TX 15:42.22 Sabrina Dornhoefer (Missouri)
02 Jun 1984 Eugene OR 15:39.38 PattySue Plumer (Stanford)
04 Jun 1983 Houston TX 15:51.97 Betty Jo Springs (Geiger) (North Carolina State)
1982 Provo UT 16:10.41 Kathy Bryant (Hadler) (Tennessee)
Women (19 runnings)
3000m
03 Jun 2000 Durham NC 9:02.15 Kara Wheeler (Goucher) (Colorado)
04 Jun 1999 Boise ID 9:26.51 Carrie Tollefson (Villanova)
06 Jun 1998 Buffalo NY 9:20.18 Monal Chokshi (Stanford)
06 Jun 1997 Bloomington IN 9:01.23 Kathy Butler-3
31 May 1996 Eugene OR 9:16.19 Kathy Butler-2
1995 Knoxville TN 9:09.02 Kathy Butler (Wisconsin)
1994 Boise ID 9:22.63 Karen Hecox (Candaele) (California at Los Angeles)
1993 New Orleans LA 9:03.06 Clare Eichner (Taylor) (Wisconsin)
1992 Austin TX 9:24.59 Nnenna Lynch (Villanova)
1991 Eugene OR 8:56.74 Sonia O'Sullivan-2
1990 Durham NC 8:56.27 Sonia O'Sullivan (Villanova)
03 Jun 1989 Provo UT 9:06.96 Vicki Huber (Butler)-3
03 Jun 1988 Eugene OR 8:47.35 Vicki Huber (Butler)-2
04 Jun 1987 Baton Rouge LA 8:54.41 Vicki Huber (Butler) (Villanova)
1986 Indianapolis IN 9:11.39 Lisa Breiding (Kentucky)
31 May 1985 Austin TX 9:08.32 Cathy Branta (Easker)-2
01 Jun 1984 Eugene OR 8:59.57 Cathy Branta (Easker) (Wisconsin)
03 Jun 1983 Houston TX 9:03.51 Alison Wiley (Stanford)
1982 Provo UT 9:28.92 Cecilia Hopp (St Geme) (Stanford)
Most Titles
Men
(1921-date)
4
Steve Prefontaine (Oregon)
1970-73
Women- 5000m (1982-date)
3
Jennifer Rhines (Villanova)
1994-96
Lauren Fleshman (Stanford)
2001-03
Women- 3000m (1982-2000)
3
Vicki Huber (Butler) (Villanova)
1987-89
Kathy Butler (Wisconsin)
1995-97
Prize Money
(ADR qualified runners)
No prize money is awarded at these championships.
Race Time Bias (sec/km)
Year Men Women 2011 -1.3 -4.0 2010 -1.0 -2.8 2009 +2.9 +4.0 2008 -3.8 -3.2 2007 -2.5 -3.6 2006 +3.4 -0.3 2005 -3.7 +5.0 2004 +3.4 +1.8 2003 -0.3 -2.1 2002 +2.6 n/c 2001 +0.2 -0.0 2000 +0.8 +0.1 1999 +3.6 +1.5 1998 n/c +0.1 .... +0.8 n/h 1966 +0.8 n/h Competitive Level (1990-date)
Year Men Women 2011 607 479 2010 622 516 2009 622 425 2008 544 434 2007 515 498 2006 568 438 2005 555 468 2004 516 462 2003 568 495 2002 619 392 2001 565 438 2000 500 422 1999 456 424
Quality Performances
Men <13:30 7 <13:40 23 <13:50 87 <14:00 200 Women <15:20 2 <15:40 12 <16:00 71 <16:20 249
Last Updated on 14 Jun 2011
Contributor: David Monti (50)