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 -mile track that the races were run on was per lap short, making the actual race distance less than 5000 meters those years.GBR Athletics
Winners
Key y=yards A=Altitude assisted
+ Women's 5000 m winners Year Athlete Team Time 1989 Jackie Goodman 15:52.77 1990 Valerie McGovern 15:48.17 1991 Sonia O'Sullivan 15:49.46 1992 Tracy Dahl 15:56.27 1993 Tracy Dahl 15:49.52 1994 Brenda Sleeuwenhoek 16:46.54 1995 Jen Rhines 15:41.12 1996 Marie McMahon 15:42.71 1997 Amy Skieresz 15:39.75 1998 Amy Skieresz 15:54.58 1999 Leigh Daniel 16:01.11 2000 Amy Yoder 15:46.89 2001 Jodie Hughes 16:08.61 2002 Siri Alfheim 16:12.28 2003 Sara Gorton 15:39.25 2004 Kim Smith 15:14.18 2005 Ida Nilsson 15:50.20 2006 Amy Cragg 15:51.63 2007 Sally Kipyego 15:27.42 2008 Sally Kipyego 15:31.91 2009 Sally Kipyego 15:51.14 2010 Lisa Koll 15:39.65 2011 Jackie Areson 16:04.16 2012 Betsy Saina 15:38.83 2013 Abbey Cooper 15:28.11 2014 Abbey Cooper 16:20.39 2015 Emily Sisson 15:32.15 2016 Molly Seidel 15:15.21 2017 Karissa Schweizer 15:19.14 2018 Karissa Schweizer 15:43.23 2019 Alicia Monson 15:31.26 2021 Joyce Kimeli 15:48.98 2022 Courtney Wayment 15:30.17 2023 Katelyn Tuohy 16:09.65 2024 Parker Valby 14:52.79 2025 Doris Lemngole 15:05.93 2026 Jane Hedengren 15:00.12
+ Men's 5000 m / 3 mi winners Year Athlete Team Time1974 Wash St 13:20.8 1975 Wash St 13:14.4 1976 Wash St 13:20.34 1977 Brigham Y 13:20.55 1978 Providence 13:10.20 1979 UTEP 13:21.64 1980 FDU-Teaneck 13:20.94 1981 UTEP 13:25.03 1982 UTEP 13:07.81 1989 John SchererMichigan 14:18.051990 Iowa St 13:37.941991 Iowa St 13:36.641992 Iowa St 13:42.931993 Iowa St 13:47.181994 Jason BunstonArkansas 13:48.071995 Providence 13:55.151996 Jason CasianoWisconsin 13:50.081997 Mebrahtom KeflezighiUCLA 13:52.721998 Brad HauserStanford 13:58.501999 Brad HauserStanford 13:52.792000 South Alabama 13:52.582001 Alabama 13:42.322002 Arkansas 13:49.802003 Arkansas 13:28.932004 Arkansas 13:39.632005 Ian DobsonStanford 13:43.362006 Arkansas 13:49.93 2007 Chris Solinsky 13:38.61 2008 Shadrack Songok 13:51.26 2009 Galen Rupp 13:41.45 2010 David Mcneill 13:36.41 2011 Leonard Korir 13:26.01 2012 Lawi Lalang 13:25.11 2013 Kennedy Kithuka 13:25.38 2014 Edward Cheserek 13:46.67 2015 Eric Jenkins 13:48.36 2016 Edward Cheserek 13:47.89 2017 Edward Cheserek 13:41.20 2018 Justyn Knight 14:14.47 2019 Morgan McDonald 13:41.76 2021 Wesley Kiptoo 13:23.77 2022 Abdihamid Nur 13:19.01 2023 Dylan Jacobs 13:37.59 2024 Nico Young 13:25.29 2025 13:11.34 2026 13:36.58
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