The 3000 meters and its imperial two miles equivalent have been held at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships since its founding in 1965. The imperial distance was contested until 1983, while the metric distance has been run since 1984. 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 3000 meters those years.GBR Athletics
Winners
Key y=yards A=Altitude assisted
+ Women's 3000 m / 2 mi winners Year Athlete Team Time 1983 PattiSue Plumer 9:45.54 1984 Cathy Branta 9:04.81 1985 Christine McMiken 8:58.68 1986 Stephanie Herbst 8:54.98 1987 Vicki Huber 9:06.45 1988 Vicki Huber 9:05.67 1989 Vicki Huber 8:55.29 1990 Suzy Favor 9:02.30 1991 Patty Wiegand 9:09.83 1992 Geraldine Hendricken 9:14.57 1993 Clare Eichner 9:09.66 1994 Kay Gooch 8:58.85 1995 Sarah Schwald 9:19.90 1996 Melody Fairchild 9:07.25 1997 Kristine Jost 9:14.14 1998 Katie McGregor 9:24.68 1999 Carrie Tollefson 9:15.05 2000 Carrie Tollefson 9:13.68 2001 Shannon Smith 9:11.25 2002 Lauren Fleshman 9:07.45 2003 Shalane Flanagan 9:01.05 2004 Kim Smith 8:49.18 2005 Renee Metivier 9:22.81 2006 Johanna Nilsson 9:06.61 2007 Sally Kipyego 9:02.05 2008 Susan Krumins 8:58.14 2009 Jenny Barringer 8:42.03 2010 Angela Bizzarri 8:57.40 2011 Jordan Hasay 9:13.71 2012 Emily Infeld 9:15.44 2013 Abbey Cooper 9:01.08 2014 Abbey Cooper 9:14.47 2015 Dominique Scott 8:55.19 2016 Molly Seidel 8:57.86 2017 Dani Jones 9:09.20 2018 Karissa Schweizer 8:53.36 2019 Jessica Hull 9:01.14 2021 Courtney Wayment 9:01.47 2022 Taylor Roe 8:58.95 2023 Katelyn Tuohy 9:10.07 2024 Parker Valby 8:41.50 2025 Ceili McCabe 9:01.18 2026 Jane Hedengren 8:36.61
+ Men's 3000 m / 2 mi winners Year Athlete Team Time 1965 Herald Hadley 8:56.4 1966 Gerry Lindgren 8:41.3 1967 Gerry Lindgren 8:34.7 1968 Jim Ryun 8:38.9 1969 Ole Olseon 8:45.2 1970 Jerry Richey 8:39.2 1971 Marty Liquori 8:37.1 1972 Sid Sink 8:36.5 1973 Michael Keogh 8:38.7 1974 John Harnett 8:33.6 1975 Nick Rose 8:44.0 1976 Nick Rose 8:30.91 1977 Henry Rono 8:24.83 1978 Gerard Deegan 8:41.39 1979 8:37.87 1980 8:36.82 1981 Doug Padilla 8:26.52 1982 8:38.91 1983 Mark Scrutton 8:29.29 1984 Peter Koech 8:04.20 1985 Kevin King 7:51.46 1986 Paul Donovan 7:54.60 1987 Joe Falcon 7:56.79 1988 Joe Falcon 7:55.80 1989 Greg Whiteley 7:57.14 1990 Reuben Reina 7:56.62 1991 Reuben Reina 7:50.99 1992 Josephat Kapkory 7:59.04 1993 David Morris 8:04.17 1994 Josephat Kapkory 7:50.90 1995 Jason Bunston 8:06.81 1996 Ryan Wilson 7:51.66 1997 Adam Goucher 7:54.20 1998 Adam Goucher 7:46.03 1999 7:54.92 2000 David Kimani 7:52.64 2001 David Kimani 8:03.29 2002 Adrian Blincoe 8:01.76 2003 Alistair Cragg 7:55.68 2004 Alistair Cragg 7:55.29 2005 Chris Solinsky 7:53.59 2006 Chris Solinsky 7:59.68 2007 Lopez Lomong 7:49.74 2008 Kyle Alcorn 8:00.82 2009 Galen Rupp 7:48.94 2010 Dorian Ulrey 8:10.52 2011 Elliott Heath 8:03.71 2012 Lawi Lalang 7:46.64 2013 Lawi Lalang 7:45.94 2014 Edward Cheserek 8:11.59 2015 Eric Jenkins 7:58.81 2016 Edward Cheserek 8:00.40 2017 Edward Cheserek 7:55.91 2018 Andy Trouard 8:04.94 2019 Morgan McDonald 7:52.85 2021 Cole Hocker 7:46.15 2022 Abdihamid Nur 7:59.88 2023 Fouad Messaoudi 7:48.10 2024 Nico Young 7:41.01 2025 Ethan Strand 7:52.03 2026 Colin Sahlman 7:41.66
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