NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships – Men's 5,000 meter run

This is a list of the NCAA indoor champions in a long distance event. It is the longest race on the NCAA indoor track program. Generally that was the 3 mile run until 1982, and after 6 years of dormancy, the 5000 meters being contested since 1989. Hand timing was used until 1975, starting in 1976 fully automatic timing was used.

Champions

Key

y=yards

w=wind aided

A=Altitude assisted

Three mile run

Year	Name, (Country)	Team	Time
1974	John Ngeno Kenya	Wash St	13:20.8y
1975	John Ngeno Kenya	Wash St	13:14.4y
1976	John Ngeno Kenya	Wash St	13:20.34y
1977	Luis Hernández Mexico	Brigham Y	13:20.55y
1978	John Treacy Ireland	Providence	13:10.20y
1979	Mike Musyoki Kenya	UTEP	13:21.64y
1980	Solomon Chebor Kenya	FDU-Teaneck	13:20.94y
1981	Mike Musyoki Kenya	UTEP	13:25.03y
1982	Gabriel Kamau Kenya	UTEP	13:07.81y

5000 Meters

Year	Name, (Country)	Team	Time
1989	John Scherer	Michigan	14:18.05
1990	Jonah Koech Kenya	Iowa St	13:37.94
1991	Jonah Koech Kenya	Iowa St	13:36.64
1992	Jon Brown United Kingdom	Iowa St	13:42.93
1993	Jonah Koech Kenya	Iowa St	13:47.18
1994	Jason Bunston	Arkansas	13:48.07
1995	Mark Carroll Ireland	Providence	13:55.15
1996	Jason Casiano	Wisconsin	13:50.08
1997	Mebrahtom Keflezighi	UCLA	13:52.72
1998	Brad Hauser	Stanford	13:58.50
1999	Brad Hauser	Stanford	13:52.79
2000	David Kimani Kenya	South Alabama	13:52.58
2001	David Kimani Kenya	Alabama	13:42.32
2002	Alistair Cragg South Africa	Arkansas	13:49.80
2003	Alistair Cragg Ireland	Arkansas	13:28.93
2004	Alistair Cragg Ireland	Arkansas	13:39.63
2005	Ian Dobson	Stanford	13:43.36
2006	Josphat Boit Kenya	Arkansas	13:49.93
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2021	Wesley Kiptoo	Iowa St	13:23.77 MR