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

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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.

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Women's 3000 meters

Key
A=Altitude assisted
YearName, (Country)TeamTime
1982 Ceci Hopp Stanford9:28.92
1983 Alison Wiley Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Stanford09:03.5
1984 Cathy Branta Wisconsin08:59.6
1985 Cathy Branta Wisconsin09:08.3
1986 Lisa Breiding Kentucky09:11.4
1987 Vicki Huber Villanova08:54.4
1988 Vicki Huber Villanova08:47.4
1989 Vicki Huber Villanova9:06.96
1990 Sonia O'Sullivan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Villanova08:56.3
1991 Sonia O'Sullivan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Villanova08:56.7
1992 Nnenna Lynch Villanova09:24.6
1993 Clare Eichner Wisconsin09:03.1
1994 Karen Hecox UCLA09:22.6
1995 Kathy Butler Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Wisconsin09:09.0
1996 Kathy Butler Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Wisconsin09:16.2
1997 Kathy Butler Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Wisconsin09:01.2
1998 Monal Chokshi Stanford09:20.2
1999 Carrie Tollefson Villanova09:26.5
2000 Kara Wheeler Colorado09:02.2

Men's two miles

Key
y=yards
A=Altitude affected
YearName, (Country)TeamTime
1921 John Romig Penn St09:31.0
1922 Lloyd Rathbun Iowa St09:32.1
1923 Verne Booth Johns Hopkins09:32.2
1924not held
1925 John Devine Wash St09:32.8
1926 Arnold Gillette Montana09:40.3
1927 Melvin Shimek Marquette09:34.4
1928 David Abbott Illinois09:28.8
1929 David Abbott Illinois09:30.0
1930 Harold Manning Wichita St09:18.1
1931 Clark Chamberlain Michigan St09:23.0
1932 Charles Shugert Miami Ohio09:16.7
1933 Michael Pilbrow Grinnell09:22.8
1934 Ray Crowley Manhattan09:22.4
1935 Floyd Lochner Oklahoma09:26.8
1936not held
1937 Greg Rice Notre Dame09:14.2
1938 Walter Mehl Wisconsin09:11.1
1939 Greg Rice Notre Dame09:02.6
1940 Roy Fehr Michigan St09:18.9
1941 Fred Wilt Indiana09:14.4
1942 Art Cazares Fresno St09:10.0
1943 Jerry Thompson Texas09:29.9
1944 Francis Martin Notre Dame09:38.4
1945 Francis Martin New York09:25.5
1946 Francis Martin New York09:38.3
1947 Jerry Thompson Texas9:22.9A
1948not held
1949 Horace Ashenfelter Penn St09:03.9
1950 Don McEwen Michigan09:01.9
1951 Don McEwen Michigan09:03.2
1952not held
1953 Rich Ferguson Iowa09:02.7
1954 Kikuo Moriya Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Wheaton IL09:22.7
1955 Ken Reiser Oregon09:04.5
1956not held
1957 Charles "Deacon" Jones Iowa08:57.0
1958 Alex Henderson Arizona St08:46.3

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