# 5000 meters at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships

The 5000 meters or its imperial 3 miles equivalent have been contested at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships since 1974. It is the longest race on the NCAA indoor track program. The imperial distance was contested until 1982. The distance was not contested from 1983 to 1988, and then the metric 5000 meters was run since 1989. Hand timing was used until 1975, while starting in 1976 fully automatic timing was used. In 1986 and 1987, the 1⁄10-mile track that the races were run on was 25 inches (640 mm) per lap short, making the actual race distance less than 5000 meters those years.

## Winners
### Key

    y=yards
    A=Altitude assisted
Women's 5000 m winners :
| Year | Athlete | Team | Time |
| 1989 | Jackie Goodman | Oklahoma State Cowgirls | 15:52.77 |
| 1990 | Valerie McGovern | Kentucky Wildcats | 15:48.17 |
| 1991 | Sonia O'Sullivan | Villanova Wildcats | 15:49.46 |
| 1992 | Tracy Dahl | Iowa Hawkeyes | 15:56.27 |
| 1993 | Tracy Dahl | Iowa Hawkeyes | 15:49.52 |
| 1994 | Brenda Sleeuwenhoek | Arizona Wildcats | 16:46.54 |
| 1995 | Jen Rhines | Villanova Wildcats | 15:41.12 |
| 1996 | Marie McMahon | Providence Friars | 15:42.71 |
| 1997 | Amy Skieresz | Arizona Wildcats | 15:39.75 |
| 1998 | Amy Skieresz | Arizona Wildcats | 15:54.58 |
| 1999 | Leigh Daniel | Texas Tech Red Raiders | 16:01.11 |
| 2000 | Amy Yoder | Arkansas Razorbacks | 15:46.89 |
| 2001 | Jodie Hughes | Colorado Buffaloes | 16:08.61 |
| 2002 | Siri Alfheim | Oklahoma State Cowgirls | 16:12.28 |
| 2003 | Sara Gorton | Colorado Buffaloes | 15:39.25 |
| 2004 | Kim Smith | Providence Friars | 15:14.18 |
| 2005 | Ida Nilsson | Northern Arizona Lumberjacks | 15:50.20 |
| 2006 | Amy Cragg | Arizona State Sun Devils | 15:51.63 |
| 2007 | Sally Kipyego | Texas Tech Red Raiders | 15:27.42 |
| 2008 | Sally Kipyego | Texas Tech Red Raiders | 15:31.91 |
| 2009 | Sally Kipyego | Texas Tech Red Raiders | 15:51.14 |
| 2010 | Lisa Koll | Iowa State Cyclones | 15:39.65 |
| 2011 | Jackie Areson | Tennessee Volunteers | 16:04.16 |
| 2012 | Betsy Saina | Iowa State Cyclones | 15:38.83 |
| 2013 | Abbey Cooper | Dartmouth Big Green | 15:28.11 |
| 2014 | Abbey Cooper | Dartmouth Big Green | 16:20.39 A |
| 2015 | Emily Sisson | Providence Friars | 15:32.15 |
| 2016 | Molly Seidel | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 15:15.21 |
| 2017 | Karissa Schweizer | Missouri Tigers | 15:19.14 |
| 2018 | Karissa Schweizer | Missouri Tigers | 15:43.23 |
| 2019 | Alicia Monson | Wisconsin Badgers | 15:31.26 |
| 2021 | Joyce Kimeli | Auburn Tigers | 15:48.98 |
| 2022 | Courtney Wayment | BYU Cougars | 15:30.17 |
| 2023 | Katelyn Tuohy | NC State Wolfpack | 16:09.65 A |
| 2024 | Parker Valby | Florida Gators | 14:52.79 |
| 2025 | Doris Lemngole | Alabama Crimson Tide | 15:05.93 |
Men's 5000 m / 3 mi winners :
| Year | Athlete | Team | Time |
| 1974 | John Ngeno (KEN) | Wash St | 13:20.8 y |
| 1975 | John Ngeno (KEN) | Wash St | 13:14.4 y |
| 1976 | John Ngeno (KEN) | Wash St | 13:20.34 y |
| 1977 | Luis Hernández (MEX) | Brigham Y | 13:20.55 y |
| 1978 | John Treacy (IRL) | Providence | 13:10.20 y |
| 1979 | Mike Musyoki (KEN) | UTEP | 13:21.64 y |
| 1980 | Solomon Chebor (KEN) | FDU-Teaneck | 13:20.94 y |
| 1981 | Mike Musyoki (KEN) | UTEP | 13:25.03 y |
| 1982 | Gabriel Kamau (KEN) | UTEP | 13:07.81 y |
| 1989 | John Scherer | Michigan | 14:18.05 |
| 1990 | Jonah Koech [d] (KEN) | Iowa St | 13:37.94 |
| 1991 | Jonah Koech [d] (KEN) | Iowa St | 13:36.64 |
| 1992 | Jon Brown (GBR) | Iowa St | 13:42.93 |
| 1993 | Jonah Koech [d] (KEN) | Iowa St | 13:47.18 |
| 1994 | Jason Bunston | Arkansas | 13:48.07 |
| 1995 | Mark Carroll (IRL) | Providence | 13:55.15 |
| 1996 | Jason Casiano | Wisconsin | 13:50.08 |
| 1997 | Mebrahtom Keflezighi | UCLA | 13:52.72 |
| 1998 | Brad Hauser | Stanford | 13:58.50 |
| 1999 | Brad Hauser | Stanford | 13:52.79 |
| 2000 | David Kimani (KEN) | South Alabama | 13:52.58 |
| 2001 | David Kimani (KEN) | Alabama | 13:42.32 |
| 2002 | Alistair Cragg (RSA) | Arkansas | 13:49.80 |
| 2003 | Alistair Cragg (IRL) | Arkansas | 13:28.93 |
| 2004 | Alistair Cragg (IRL) | Arkansas | 13:39.63 |
| 2005 | Ian Dobson | Stanford | 13:43.36 |
| 2006 | Josphat Boit (KEN) | Arkansas | 13:49.93 |
| 2007 | Chris Solinsky | Wisconsin Badgers | 13:38.61 |
| 2008 | Shadrack Songok | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders | 13:51.26 |
| 2009 | Galen Rupp | Oregon Ducks | 13:41.45 |
| 2010 | David Mcneill | Northern Arizona Lumberjacks | 13:36.41 |
| 2011 | Leonard Korir | Iona Gaels | 13:26.01 |
| 2012 | Lawi Lalang | Arizona Wildcats | 13:25.11 |
| 2013 | Kennedy Kithuka | Texas Tech Red Raiders | 13:25.38 |
| 2014 | Edward Cheserek | Oregon Ducks | 13:46.67 A |
| 2015 | Eric Jenkins | Oregon Ducks | 13:48.36 |
| 2016 | Edward Cheserek | Oregon Ducks | 13:47.89 |
| 2017 | Edward Cheserek | Oregon Ducks | 13:41.20 |
| 2018 | Justyn Knight | Syracuse Orange | 14:14.47 |
| 2019 | Morgan McDonald | Wisconsin Badgers | 13:41.76 |
| 2021 | Wesley Kiptoo | Iowa State Cyclones | 13:23.77 MR |
| 2022 | Abdihamid Nur | Northern Arizona Lumberjacks | 13:19.01 |
| 2023 | Dylan Jacobs | Tennessee Volunteers | 13:37.59 A |
| 2024 | Nico Young | Northern Arizona Lumberjacks | 13:25.29 |
| 2025 | Brian Musau | Oklahoma State Cowboys | 13:11.34 |