NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships – Men's two-mile run

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This is a list of the NCAA outdoor champions in the 2 mile run until the event was terminated in 1958 in favor of the 5000 meters. Starting in 1936, the event was substituted for the 5000 meters Olympic distance. Hand timing was used throughout the duration of this event.

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Champions

Key
y=yards
A=Altitude affected
YearName, (Country)TeamTime
1921 John Romig Penn 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
1930 Harold Manning Wichita 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
1937 Greg Rice Notre Dame09:14.2
1938Walter MehlWisconsin09:11.1
1939 Greg Rice Notre Dame09:02.6
1940Roy FehrMichigan St09:18.9
1941 Fred Wilt Indiana09:14.4
1942Art CazaresFresno 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
1954Kikuo Moriya Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Wheaton IL09:22.7
1955Ken ReiserOregon09:04.5
1956not held
1957 Charles "Deacon" Jones Iowa08:57.0
1958Alex HendersonArizona St08:46.3

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