3000 meters at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

This is a list of the NCAA Division I outdoor champions in the 3000 meters event or its imperial equivalent two miles. The two miles was a men's event contested from 1921 to 1958, though it was replaced by the 5000 meters in post-1936 Olympic years until its discontinuation after 1958. The women's 3000 meters was part of the program since the inception of women's events in 1982 until the event was removed after the 2000 season. In 2001, the 3000 meter steeplechase was introduced into the women's program. Hand timing was used throughout the duration of the two miles, while automatic timing was used for the 3000 meters.

Women's 3000 meters

Key
A=Altitude assisted
YearName, (Country)TeamTime
1982Ceci HoppStanford9:28.92
1983Alison Wiley  CanadaStanford09:03.5
1984Cathy BrantaWisconsin08:59.6
1985Cathy BrantaWisconsin09:08.3
1986Lisa BreidingKentucky09:11.4
1987Vicki HuberVillanova08:54.4
1988Vicki HuberVillanova08:47.4
1989Vicki HuberVillanova9:06.96
1990Sonia O'Sullivan  IrelandVillanova08:56.3
1991Sonia O'Sullivan  IrelandVillanova08:56.7
1992Nnenna LynchVillanova09:24.6
1993Clare EichnerWisconsin09:03.1
1994Karen HecoxUCLA09:22.6
1995Kathy Butler  CanadaWisconsin09:09.0
1996Kathy Butler  CanadaWisconsin09:16.2
1997Kathy Butler  CanadaWisconsin09:01.2
1998Monal ChokshiStanford09:20.2
1999Carrie TollefsonVillanova09:26.5
2000Kara WheelerColorado09:02.2

Men's two miles

Key
y=yards
A=Altitude affected
YearName, (Country)TeamTime
1921John RomigPenn St09:31.0
1922Lloyd RathbunIowa St09:32.1
1923Verne BoothJohns Hopkins09:32.2
1924not held
1925John DevineWash St09:32.8
1926Arnold GilletteMontana09:40.3
1927Melvin ShimekMarquette09:34.4
1928David AbbottIllinois09:28.8
1929David AbbottIllinois09:30.0
1930Harold ManningWichita St09:18.1
1931Clark ChamberlainMichigan St09:23.0
1932Charles ShugertMiami Ohio09:16.7
1933Michael PilbrowGrinnell09:22.8
1934Ray CrowleyManhattan09:22.4
1935Floyd LochnerOklahoma09:26.8
1936not held
1937Greg RiceNotre Dame09:14.2
1938Walter MehlWisconsin09:11.1
1939Greg RiceNotre Dame09:02.6
1940Roy FehrMichigan St09:18.9
1941Fred WiltIndiana09:14.4
1942Art CazaresFresno St09:10.0
1943Jerry ThompsonTexas09:29.9
1944Francis MartinNotre Dame09:38.4
1945Francis MartinNew York09:25.5
1946Francis MartinNew York09:38.3
1947Jerry ThompsonTexas9:22.9A
1948not held
1949Horace AshenfelterPenn St09:03.9
1950Don McEwenMichigan09:01.9
1951Don McEwenMichigan09:03.2
1952not held
1953Rich FergusonIowa09:02.7
1954Kikuo Moriya  JapanWheaton IL09:22.7
1955Ken ReiserOregon09:04.5
1956not held
1957Charles "Deacon" JonesIowa08:57.0
1958Alex HendersonArizona St08:46.3

References