1921‑1947 (event not contested) 1948 (Minneapolis, June 19) (16 entrants, ? contestants) 1. Browning Ross (Villanova)...... Jr...... 9:25.7 (MR) 2. Whitey Overton (Auburn)...... So...... 9:26.0 3. James Kittel (Notre Dame)...... So...... 9:50.4 4. Bill Berger (Columbia)...... Sr...... 9:51.4 5. Roy Good (Minnesota)...... So-Jr...... 10:11.9 6. James Miller (North Carolina)...... Jr-Sr...... 10:20.4 1949‑1951 (event not contested) 1952 (Berkeley, June 14) (10 started & finished) 1. Bob McMullen (San José State)...... Sr...... 9:31.2 2. Chuck Phillips (UCLA)...... So-Jr...... 9:33.8 3. Paul Jennings (San José State)...... Fr-So-Jr-Sr.. 9:44.5 4. Bill Hickman (Michigan)...... Sr...... 9:45.9 5. Walt Molineaux (Brown)...... Jr...... 9:45.9 6. Bob Broughton (Arizona State)...... Jr...... 10:00.9 7. Bob Fries (Fresno State)...... Sr...... 10:07.2 8. Bob Kelly (Loyola/Chicago)...... Jr...... 10:11.4 1953‑1955 (event not contested)

All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -270- 1956 (Berkeley, June 16) (8 started & finished) 1. Henry Kennedy' (Michigan State)...... So...... 9:16.5 (MR) 2. Ike Matza (NYU)...... Jr...... 9:17.2 (also under old MR) 3. Geert Kielstrup' (Michigan)...... So...... 9:34.4 4. Don Hubbard (San José State)...... Sr...... 9:42.7 5. David Peterson (South Dakota State)...... Jr-Sr...... 9:46.1 6. Russ Ferguson (Stanford)...... Sr...... 10:01.1 7. Jack Marden (Pacific)...... So...... 10:11.2 8. Dick Rodriguez (UCLA)...... So-Jr...... 11:10.8 1957‑1958 (event not contested) 1959 (Lincoln, June 13) (13 started, 10 finished) 1. John Macy' (Houston)...... So...... 9:19.1 2. Sam Holt (San José State)...... Sr...... 9:24.7 3. Gary Eliason (BYU)...... So...... 9:27.8 4. Jerry Smartt (Houston)...... Sr...... 9:32.8 5. Berry Crawford (Kansas)...... Sr...... 9:34.9 6. Press Whelan (Kentucky)...... Jr...... 9:49.2 7. Fred Kerr (Penn State)...... Jr...... 9:53.2 8. Ted Nelson (Michigan State)...... Sr...... 10:01.2

All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -271- 1960 (Berkeley, June 18) (16 started & finished) 1. Charlie Clark (San José State)...... Jr...... 9:02.1 (MR) 2. Steve Moorhead (Penn State)...... So...... 9:16.6 3. Mauri Jormakka' (Eastern Michigan)...... Sr...... 9:18.7 4. Ray Hughes (Arizona)...... Sr...... 9:20.6 5. John Macy (Houston)...... Jr...... 9:21.8 6. Bill Peck (Oxy)...... Jr...... 9:21.9 7. Don Tretheway' (Western Washington)...... Jr...... 9:21.9 8. Dave Martin (Michigan)...... Jr...... 9:23.0 1961 (Philadelphia, June 17) (23 started and 19 finished) 1. John Lawler' (Abilene Christian)...... So...... 9:01.1 (MR) 2. Pat Traynor (Villanova)...... So...... 9:01.6 (also under old MR) 3. Dave Martin (Michigan)...... Sr...... 9:07.5 4. Steve Moorhead (Penn State)...... Jr...... 9:12.0 5. Don Tretheway’(Western Washington)...... Sr...... 9:17.9 6. Ron Davis (San José State)...... So...... 9:17.9 7. Bob Mack (Yale)...... So...... 9:24.5 8. Bill Peck (Oxy)...... Sr...... 9:24.7 (defending champ Clark 2nd in 3M)

All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -272- 1962 (Eugene, June 16) (18 started, 15 finished) 1. Pat Traynor (Villanova)...... Jr...... 8:48.6 (MR) 2. (San José State)...... Jr...... 8:53.7 3. Mike Lehner (Oregon)...... So...... 8:54.4 (2–3 also under old MR) 4. Clayton Steinke (Oregon)...... So...... 9:03.1 5. Ron Davis (San José State)...... Jr...... 9:10.6 6. Harry McCalla (Stanford)...... So...... 9:16.5 7. Geoff Walker' (Houston)...... So...... 9:21.3 8. Jerry Bashaw (Western Michigan)...... Jr...... 9:23.4 (defending champ Lawler 13th) 1963 (Albuquerque, June 15)...... (A) (14 started, 7 finished) 1. Vic Zwolak (Villanova)...... Jr...... 9:10.1 2. Mike Lehner (Oregon)...... Jr...... 9:10.8 3. Jeff Fishback (San José State)...... Sr...... 9:19.9 4. Julio Marin' (USC)...... Sr...... 9:34.5 5. John Lawler' (Abilene Christian)...... Sr...... 9:35.0 6. Clayton Steinke (Oregon)...... Jr...... 9:44.2 7. Geoff Walker' (Houston)...... Jr...... 9:58.3 … also ran— Barry Adams' (Oregon)...... Jr...... nt Keith Forman (Oregon)...... Sr...... nt Harry McCalla (Stanford)...... Jr...... nt Archie San Romani Jr. (Oregon)...... Jr...... nt Ralph Trimble (Iowa)...... Sr...... nt Louis Van Dyck (Duke)...... Sr...... nt … dnf— Pat Traynor (Villanova)...... Sr

All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -273- 1964 (Eugene, June 20) (19 started, 17 finished) 1. Vic Zwolak (Villanova)...... Sr...... 8:42.0 (MR) (first 2-time winner) 2. Mike Lehner (Oregon)...... Sr...... 8:50.6 3. Bill Silverberg (Kansas)...... Sr...... 8:53.4 4. John Valiant' (Washington State)...... So...... 8:57.1 5. Clayton Steinke (Oregon)...... Sr...... 9:00.5 6. Kenny Moore (Oregon)...... So...... 9:02.8 7. Jack Bacheler (Miami/Ohio)...... So...... 9:03.2 8. Bruce Mortensen (Oregon)...... So...... 9:13.1 1965 (Berkeley, June 18) (15 started, 13 finished) 1. Bruce Mortenson (Oregon)...... Jr...... 9:00.8 2. Ray Barrus (BYU)...... Sr...... 9:02.9 3. Earl Clibborn (UCLA)...... Sr...... 9:05.7 4. Eamon O’Reilly (Georgetown)...... Jr...... 9:07.3 5. Jack Bacheler (Miami/Ohio)...... Jr...... 9:07.5 6. Tracy Smith (Oregon State)...... So...... 9:07.9 7. Bill Moore (Central Ohio)...... Sr...... 9:11.4 8. Dave Hyland (Villanova)...... Sr...... 9:12.5 1966 (Bloomington, June 17) (27 started, at least 23 finished) 1. Bob Richards (BYU)...... So...... 8:51.6 2. Jack Bacheler (Miami/Ohio)...... Sr...... 8:59.4 3. Bruce Mortenson (Oregon)...... Sr...... 9:00.2 4. Chris McCubbins (Oklahoma State)...... Jr...... 9:00.7 5. Jim McDermott (Georgetown)...... Jr...... 9:03.7 6. Kenny Moore (Oregon)...... Sr...... 9:08.8 7. Phil Hansen (Oregon)...... Sr...... 9:12.0 8. Bruce Johnson' (Abilene Christian)...... Sr...... 9:12.2

All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -274- 1967 (Provo, June 16)...... (A) (18 started, 16 finished) 1. Chris McCubbins (Oklahoma State)...... Sr...... 8:51.4 2. Conrad Nightingale (Kansas State)...... Sr...... 9:00.0 3. Web Loudat (New Mexico)...... Jr...... 9:06.6 4. Bob Williams (Oregon)...... Sr...... 9:08.6 5. Bob Price (Cal)...... Sr...... 9:09.5 6. Rollie Kitt (Iowa)...... So...... 9:25.0 7. Jim Dare (Navy)...... Jr...... 9:25.0 8. Tom Donnelly (Villanova)...... So...... 9:32.6 9. Bob Richards (BYU)...... Sr...... 9:33.6 1968 (Berkeley, June 14) (19 started & finished) 1. Kerry Pearce' (UTEP)...... So...... 8:50.8 2. Terry Donnelly (William & Mary)...... Sr...... 8:55.0 3. Jim Dare (Navy)...... Sr...... 8:56.8 4. Tom Donnelly (Villanova)...... Jr...... 8:56.8 5. John Celms (Washington)...... Sr...... 9:00.6 6. Adrian DeWindt (New Mexico)...... Jr...... 9:02.8 7. Mark Gibbons (Indiana)...... Jr...... 9:05.0 8. Gary Tuttle (Humboldt State)...... Jr...... 9:06.6 1969 (Knoxville, June 20) (23 started, 21 finished) 1. Jim Barkley (Oregon State)...... So...... 8:44.4 2. Steve Savage (Oregon)...... So...... 8:45.0 3. Tom Donnelly (Villanova)...... Sr...... 8:45.5 4. Sid Sink (Bowling Green)...... So...... 8:48.2 5. Ron Pettigrew (Pepperdine)...... Sr...... 8:49.7 6. Kerry Pearce' (UTEP)...... Jr...... 8:53.9 7. Darold Dent (San José State)...... Jr...... 9:00.7 8. Mark Gibbens (Indiana)...... Sr...... 9:01.9

All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -275- 1970 (Des Moines, June 20) (23 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—9:06.4) 1. Sid Sink (Bowling Green)...... Jr...... 8:40.9 (MR) 2. Jeromee Liebenberg (Western Michigan)...... Jr...... 8:44.5 3. Steve Savage (Oregon)...... Jr...... 8:45.6 4. Ken Silvious (Eastern Kentucky)...... Jr...... 8:50.4 5. Dave Hindley' (BYU)...... Fr...... 8:52.6 6. Dennis Bayham (Miami/Ohio)...... Jr...... 8:56.9 7. Don Timm (Minnesota)...... Jr...... 9:02.2 8. Des McCormack' (Villanova)...... Sr...... 9:09.2 (defending champ Barkley injured, redshirted) 1971 (Seattle, June 19) (26 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:57.4) 1. Sid Sink (Bowling Green)...... Sr...... 8:30.9 (MR) 2. Steve Savage (Oregon)...... Sr...... 8:33.9 3. Jeromee Liebenberg (Western Michigan)...... Sr...... 8:37.1 4. Don Timm (Minnesota)...... Sr...... 8:39.0 (2–4 also under old MR) 5. Ken Silvious (Eastern Kentucky)...... Sr...... 8:49.0 6. Joe Lucas (Georgetown)...... Jr...... 8:51.3 7. Mike Schurko (Pitt)...... Jr...... 8:54.5 8. Usaia Sotutu' (BYU)...... Fr...... 8:56.0

All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -276- 1972 (Eugene, June 03) (33 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:49.3) 1. Joe Lucas (Georgetown)...... Sr...... 8:30.1 (MR) 2. Jim Johnson (Washington)...... Sr...... 8:32.3 3. (Tennessee)...... So...... 8:33.5 4. Mark Larson (Wisconsin)...... Sr...... 8:34.9 5. Roger Beardmore (Duke)...... Jr...... 8:37.9 6. Rick Gross (Illinois)...... Sr...... 8:41.7 7. Bill Koss (Washington)...... Sr...... 8:43.2 8. Al Myers (Ball State)...... Sr...... 8:44.2 1973 (Baton Rouge, June 09) (14 started & finished; no heats) 1. Doug Brown (Tennessee)...... Jr...... 8:28.18 (MR; officially 8:28.1h MR) 2. Gary Cramer (BYU)...... Jr...... 8:45.38 3. Dean Clark (Washington State)...... Sr...... 8:46.11 4. Roger Beardmore (Duke)...... Sr...... 8:46.47 5. Ed Leddy' (East Tennessee)...... Jr...... 8:52.4h 6. Les Steele (Tennessee)...... So...... 8:56.8 7. Tom Wesseling (Miami/Ohio)...... Jr...... 9:06.2 8. Wayne Saunders' (Illinois–Chicago)...... Sr...... 9:15.0 1974 (Austin, June 08) (28 contestants, 14 finalists; Q—9:06.00) 1. Doug Brown (Tennessee)...... Sr...... 8:35.94 2. Ron Addison (Tennessee)...... So...... 8:36.76 3. Ed Leddy' (East Tennessee)...... Sr...... 8:46.37 4. Gordon Innes (UCLA)...... So...... 8:46.69 5. Bill Gillin (Massachusetts)...... Jr...... 8:51.00 6. Kent McDonald (Kansas)...... Jr...... 8:51.00 7. Tom Wilson (Massachusetts)...... Jr...... 8:54.50 8. Tony Staynings' (Western Kentucky)...... Fr...... 9:03.60

All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -277- 1975 (Provo, June 07)...... (A) (28 contestants, 14 finalits [9:12.12) 1. ' (UTEP)...... Fr...... 8:47.93 2. Randy Smith (Wichita State)...... Sr...... 8:57.69 3. Gary Barger (Oregon)...... Jr...... 9:00.54 4. Tony Staynings' (Western Kentucky)...... So...... 9:01.17 5. Mike Roche (Rutgers)...... Sr...... 9:02.28 6. Kent McDonald (Kansas)...... Sr...... 9:06.29 7. Ron Addison (Tennessee)...... Jr...... 9:12.17 8. Max Hadley (Kentucky)...... Sr...... 9:16.4h 1976 (Philadelphia, June 05) (27 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:54.85) 1. James Munyala' (UTEP)...... So...... 8:24.86 (MR) 2. (BYU)...... So...... 8:27.88 3. Ron Addison (Tennessee)...... Sr...... 8:29.47 4. George Malley (Penn State)...... Jr...... 8:30.33 5. Greg Meyer (Michigan)...... Jr...... 8:33.85 6. Bill Lundberg (Kansas)...... Sr...... 8:34.38 7. Bruce Bickford (Northeastern)...... Fr...... 8:38.67 8. Bob Christensen (Wichita State)...... Jr...... 8:41.20 1977 (Champaign, June 04) (32 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:48.00) 1. James Munyala' (UTEP)...... Jr...... 8:29.51 (first 3-time winner) 2. Henry Rono' (Washington State)...... Fr...... 8:31.12 3. Henry Marsh (BYU)...... Jr...... 8:32.06 4. Hillary Tuwei' (Richmond)...... Fr...... 8:41.46 5. Dean Erhard (Montana)...... Sr...... 8:42.03 6. George Mason (Kansas)...... Sr...... 8:42.23 7. Bruce Bickford (Northeastern)...... So...... 8:50.6h 8. Terrell Pendleton (Texas Tech)...... Sr...... 8:55.4h

All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -278- 1978 (Eugene, June 03) (40 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:57.68) 1. Henry Rono' (Washington State)...... So...... 8:12.39 (MR) 2. James Munyala' (UTEP)...... Sr...... 8:24.0h 3. Henry Marsh (BYU)...... Sr...... 8:30.04 4. Hillary Tuwei' (Richmond)...... So...... 8:30.53 5. Don Clary (Oregon)...... Jr...... 8:33.43 6. Harrison Koroso' (New Mexico)...... So...... 8:33.6h 7. Sam James (Tennessee)...... So...... 8:36.2h 8. Randy Jackson (Wisconsin)...... So...... 8:36.7h (Heats [June 01]: I–1. Rono 8:18.63 MR) 1979 (Champaign, June 02) (45 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:45.84) 1. Henry Rono' (Washington State)...... Jr...... 8:17.92 2. Amos Korir' (Villanova)...... Jr...... 8:23.13 3. Hillary Tuwei' (Richmond)...... Jr...... 8:24.46 4. Thom Hunt (Arizona)...... Jr...... 8:26.73 5. Sam James (Tennessee)...... Jr...... 8:30.26 6. Randy Jackson (Wisconsin)...... Jr...... 8:30.69 7. John Tuttle (Auburn)...... So...... 8:35.6h 8. Bruce Bickford (Northeastern)...... Sr...... 8:36.5h 1980 (Austin, June 07) (29 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:51.46) 1. Randy Jackson (Wisconsin)...... Sr...... 8:22.81 2. Ken Martin (Oregon)...... Sr...... 8:24.09 3. Amos Korir' (Villanova)...... Sr...... 8:26.41 4. Thom Hunt (Arizona)...... Sr...... 8:26.96 5. Hillary Tuwei' (Richmond)...... Sr...... 8:28.58 6. Dan Heikkinen (Minnesota)...... Sr...... 8:28.91 7. Sam Sitonik' (Texas)...... Fr...... 8:35.49 8. Julius Ogaro' (Clemson)...... Jr...... 8:49.68 (defending champ Rono returned to Kenya)

All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -279- 1981 (Baton Rouge, June 06) (25 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:42.92) 1. Solomon Chebor' (FDU)...... Jr...... 8:23.34 2. John Gregorek (Georgetown)...... Jr...... 8:24.66 3. Ricky Pittman (Tenn)...... Fr...... 8:27.62 4. Harrison Koroso' (Arizona)...... Sr...... 8:28.93 5. Julius Ogaro' (Clemson)...... Sr...... 8:32.75 6. Hans Koeleman' (Clemson)...... So...... 8:33.20 7. Eddie Wedderburn' (Murray State)...... Jr...... 8:37.92 8. Johnson Sirma' (Iowa State)...... Jr...... 8:40.76 1982 (Provo, June 04)...... (A) (18 contestants, 14 finalists; Q—9:05.55) 1. Richard Tuwei' (Washington State)...... Fr...... 8:42.73 2. Simeon Kigen' (Mississippi State)...... So...... 8:44.27 3. Dave Daniels (UCLA)...... Sr...... 8:48.70 4. Graeme Fell' (San Diego State)...... Sr...... 8:51.70 5. Sam Ngatia' (UTEP)...... Fr...... 8:52.97 6. Sam Sitonik' (Texas)...... Jr...... 8:54.11 7. Jeff Hess (Arizona)...... Jr...... 8:54.38 8. Hans Koeleman' (Clemson)...... Jr...... 8:55.79 (defending champ Chebor didn’t compete after May) 1983 (Houston, June 03) (26 contestants, 14 finalists; Q—8:43.19) 1. (Michigan)...... Sr...... 8:26.95 2. Julius Korir' (Washington State)...... Fr...... 8:28.95 3. Richard Tuwei' (Washington State)...... So...... 8:29.37 4. Farley Gerber (Weber State)...... Jr...... 8:32.58 5. Ricky Pittman (Tennessee)...... Jr...... 8:33.05 6. Tom Stevens (Illinois)...... Sr...... 8:33.41 7. Jeff Hess (Arizona)...... Sr...... 8:34.30 8. Ibrahim Hussein' (New Mexico)...... Sr...... 8:37.77

All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -280- 1984 (Eugene, June 01) (19 contestants, 14 finalists; Q—8:46.10) 1. Farley Gerber (Weber State)...... Sr...... 8:19.27 2. Julius Korir' (Washington State)...... So...... 8:19.85 3. Eddie Wedderburn' (Murray State)...... Sr...... 8:30.70 4. Patrick Sang' (Texas)...... So...... 8:31.90 5. Matt McGuirk (Oregon)...... So...... 8:33.03 6. Harold Kuphaldt (Oregon)...... So...... 8:34.86 7. Bob Ingram (Arizona)...... Sr...... 8:35.43 8. Sam Ngatia' (Texas)...... Jr...... 8:35.47 1985 (Austin, May 31) (26 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:45.66) 1. Peter Koech' (Washington State)...... Sr...... 8:19.84 2. Patrick Sang' (Texas)...... Jr...... 8:23.68 3. Ricky Pittman (Tennessee)...... Sr...... 8:23.97 4. Karl Van Calcar (Oregon State)...... So...... 8;28.25 5. Kieran Stack' (Iona)...... Jr...... 8:29.60 6. Joseph Chelelgo' (Texas)...... Jr...... 8:32.35 7. Richard Tuwei' (Washington State)...... Sr...... 8:35.49 8. Brian Abshire (Auburn)...... Jr...... 8:37.65 1986 (Indianapolis, June 06) (20 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:43.93) 1. Julius Korir' (Washington State)...... Jr...... 8:21.17 2. Brian Abshire (Auburn)...... Sr...... 8:28.88 3. Peter McColgan' (Alabama)...... Jr...... 8:29.35 4. Mark Smith (Eastern Michigan)...... Sr...... 8:35.39 5. Patrick Sang' (Texas)...... Sr...... 8:40.65 6. Joseph Chelelgo' (Texas)...... Sr...... 8:42.01 7. Kieran Stack' (Iona)...... Sr...... 8:42.84 8. Nathan Morris (Washington State)...... Sr...... 8:43.37

All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -281- 1987 (Baton Rouge, June 05) (15 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:53.50) 1. Dan Nelson (Oregon)...... Sr...... 8:35.37 2. Mark Junkermann (UCLA)...... Sr...... 8:36.21 3. Dan Bell (Washington)...... Jr...... 8:36.71 4. Richard Cooper (Arkansas)...... So...... 8:39.30 5. Eric Smith (Georgia Tech)...... Sr...... 8:39.40 6. Rad Shirley (BYU)...... Sr...... 8:41.39 7. Mark Coogan (Maryland)...... Jr...... 8:42.33 8. Jon Thanos (Illinois)...... Jr...... 8:48.34 (defending champ Korir left school) 1988 (Eugene, June 03) (14 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:47.23) 1. Karl Van Calcar (Oregon State)...... Sr...... 8:32.35 2. Ted Mecham (BYU)...... So...... 8:38.74 3. Richard Cooper (Arkansas)...... Jr...... 8:39.31 4. Gavin Gaynor (NC State)...... Sr...... 8:39.47 5. Jon Thanos (Illinois)...... Sr...... 8:42.62 6. Darin Williams (Weber State)...... Sr...... 8:43.51 7. Rusty Korhonen (Wisconsin)...... Jr...... 8:45.42 8. Seth Simonds (Oregon)...... Sr...... 8:47.14 1989 (Provo, June 02)...... (A) (17 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—9:00.22) 1. Tom Nohilly (Florida)...... Sr...... 8:45.24 2. Richard Cooper (Arkansas)...... Sr...... 8:45.34 3. Joe Kirby (Nebraska)...... Jr...... 8:49.97 4. Jonas Lundstrom' (Lamar)...... Fr...... 8:54.80 5. Rusty Korhonen (Wisconsin)...... Sr...... 8:55.99 6. Kris Cary (Weber State)...... Sr...... 9:00.51 7. Harald Graham (Nebraska)...... Jr...... 9:03.94 8. Rick Mestler (Oregon)...... Fr...... 9:08.04

All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -282- 1990 (Durham, June 01) (19 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:52.73) 1. (Ohio State)...... Jr...... 8:36.19 2. Danny Lopez (Oregon)...... Sr...... 8:36.86 3. James Gibson (Yale)...... Jr...... 8:40.21 4. Donovan Bergstrom (Wisconsin)...... So...... 8:41.55 5. Harald Graham (Nebraska)...... Sr...... 8:44.11 6. Rick Mestler (Oregon)...... So...... 8:46.16 7. Scott Strand (Auburn)...... Jr...... 8:46.98 8. Mark Manley (Georgetown)...... Jr...... 8:47.01 1991 (Eugene, May 31) (18 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:43.80) 1. Mark Croghan (Ohio State)...... Sr...... 8:22.26 2. Samuel Kibiri' (Washington State)...... Jr...... 8:29.78 3. Brad Barton (Weber State)...... Sr...... 8:31.45 4. Alex Hallock (Arkansas)...... Sr...... 8:34.89 5. Rick Mestler (Oregon)...... Jr...... 8:37.14 6. Noyes Livingston (Texas)...... Sr...... 8:37.75 7. Tye Van Schoiack (Oregon)...... Jr...... 8:40.14 8. Robert Price (Washington State)...... Sr...... 8:40.78 1992 (Austin, June 05) (23 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:51.41) 1. (Arizona)...... Sr...... 8:36.79 2. Donovan Bergstrom (Wisconsin)...... Jr...... 8:38.21 3. Tye Van Schoiack (Oregon)...... Sr...... 8:39.69 4. Kurt Black (Weber State)...... Jr...... 8:41.98 5. Greg Keller (Navy)...... Jr...... 8:43.00 6. Rick Mestler (Oregon)...... Sr...... 8:43.89 7. Jim Svenøy' (UTEP)...... Fr...... 8:45.01 8. Todd Lewis (Arizona State)...... Sr...... 8:46.83

All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -283- 1993 (New Orleans, June 04) (18 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:52.67) 1. Donovan Bergstrom (Wisconsin)...... Sr...... 8:29.08 2. Jim Svenøy' (UTEP)...... So...... 8:29.18 3. Kurt Black (Weber State)...... Sr...... 8:29.25 4. Francis O’Neill (Kansas State)...... Jr...... 8:29.64 5. Martin Keino' (Arizona)...... Jr...... 8:39.14 6. Greg Metcalf (Washington)...... Sr...... 8:41.39 7. George Yiannelis' (Kentucky)...... Sr...... 8:42.74 8. Dmitriy Drozdov' (Iowa State)...... Fr...... 8:43.40 1994 (Boise, June 03) (21 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—9:00.89) 1. Jim Svenøy' (UTEP)...... Jr...... 8:41.22 2. Mark Johansen (BYU)...... Jr...... 8:45.58 3. Dmitry Drozdov' (Iowa State)...... So...... 8:46.14 4. Passmore Furusa' (LSU)...... Jr...... 8:46.56 5. Sam Wilbur (Dartmouth)...... Jr...... 8:46.77 6. Mike Tansley (Cal State Fullerton)...... Sr...... 8:51.48 7. Chad Bisbennet (Cincinnati)...... Jr...... 8:53.45 8. Rob Cook (Virginia)...... Sr...... 8:53.53 1995 (Knoxville, June 03) (18 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:58.49) 1. Jim Svenøy' (UTEP)...... Sr...... 8:21.48 2. Dmitriy Drozdov' (Iowa State)...... Jr...... 8:35.51 3. Sam Wilbur (Dartmouth)...... Sr...... 8:38.91 4. Robert Gary (Ohio State)...... Sr...... 8:40.90 5. Mark Johansen (BYU)...... Sr...... 8:41.86 6. Frank Bruder' (Idaho)...... So...... 8:46.03 7. Clint Wells (Colorado)...... So...... 8:47.03 8. Kevin Miiller (Nebraska)...... Sr...... 8:48.52

All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -284- 1996 (Eugene, May 31) (20 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:46.34) 1. Dmitry Drozdov' (Iowa State)...... Sr...... 8:32.01 2. (Wisconsin)...... Jr...... 8:34.11 3. José Gonzalez' (NC State)...... Sr...... 8:35.50 4. Tony Cosey (Tennessee)...... Sr...... 8:36.78 5. Clint Wells (Colorado)...... Jr...... 8:38.37 6. Damian Kallabis' (UTEP)...... So...... 8:42.13 7. Casey O’Shea (Columbia)...... Jr...... 8:43.75 8. Todd Davis (Portland)...... So...... 8:46.66 1997 (Bloomington, June 06) (24 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:49.39) 1. Pascal Dobert (Wisconsin)...... Sr...... 8:31.68 2. Frank Bruder' (Idaho)...... Sr...... 8:31.93 3. John Mortimer (Michigan)...... Jr...... 8:37.68 4. Damian Kallabis' (UTEP)...... Jr...... 8:40.54 5. John Howell (Northern Arizona)...... Sr...... 8:41.26 6. David Lichoro' (Iowa State)...... So...... 8:41.80 7. Daniel Das Neves' (Oregon)...... Sr...... 8:42.01 8. Bryan Bothwell' (Portland)...... So...... 8:42.61 1998 (Amherst, June 05) (20 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:53.01) 1. Matt Kerr' (Arkansas)...... Jr...... 8:39.65 2. John Mortimer (Michigan)...... Jr...... 8:40.42 3. Adam Batliner (Colorado)...... Jr...... 8:40.87 4. Micah Davis (Oregon)...... Jr...... 8:41.95 5. Bryan Bothwell' (Portland)...... Jr...... 8:42.13 6. Chuck Sloan (Oklahoma State)...... So...... 8:43.33 7. Tim Broe (Alabama)...... So...... 8:45.00 8. Miguel Galeana (Montana State)...... Sr...... 8:45.20

All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -285- 1999 (Boise, June 05) (19 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—9:01.70) 1. Matt Kerr' (Arkansas)...... Sr...... 8:44.29 2. Carlos Suárez' (UTEP)...... So...... 8:45.14 3. Adam Batliner (Colorado)...... Sr...... 8:46.33 4. Tom Reese (Colorado)...... Sr...... 8:47.29 5. Chuck Sloan (Oklahoma State)...... Jr...... 8:49.76 6. (Tennessee)...... Jr...... 8:50.11 7. Travis Armstrong (Boise State)...... Sr...... 8:52.02 8. Tom Chorny (Indiana)...... Sr...... 8:54.17 2000 (Durham, June 02) (20 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:51.54) 1. Tim Broe (Alabama)...... Sr...... 8:39.03 2. Ian Connor (Ohio State)...... Jr...... 8:41.16 3. Solomon Kandie' (Tulane)...... So...... 8:42.07 4. Anthony Famiglietti (Tennessee)...... Sr...... 8;42.49 5. Jared Cordes (Wisconsin)...... Jr...... 8:42.57 6. Chuck Sloan (Oklahoma State)...... Sr...... 8:42.60 7. (Colorado)...... So...... 8:43.82 8. Chris Dugan (NC State)...... So...... 8:45.56 2001 (Eugene, June 02) (19 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:48.93) 1. (Arkansas)...... So...... 8:42.31 2. Jeremy Tolman (Weber State)...... Jr...... 8:42.85 3. Steve Slattery (Colorado)...... Jr...... 8:42.91 4. Andy Tate (Kansas)...... Sr...... 8:43.28 5. Jan-Erik Salo' (South Florida)...... Sr...... 8:43.40 6. Carlos Suárez' (UTEP)...... Sr...... 8:43.60 7. Chris Dugan (NC State)...... Jr...... 8:47.88 8. Solomon Kandie' (Tulane)...... Jr...... 8:49.14

All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -286- 2002 (Baton Rouge, May 31) (20 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:45.99) 1. Daniel Lincoln (Arkansas)...... Jr...... 8:22.34 2. Steve Slattery (Colorado)...... Sr...... 8:26.51 3. Solomon Kandie' (Tulane)...... Sr...... 8:35.30 4. Bashar Ibrahim' (UTEP)...... Jr...... 8:36.03 5. Jordan Desilets (Eastern Michigan)...... So...... 8:38.37 6. Chris Duncan (Florida)...... Sr...... 8:38.59 7. Luke Watson (Notre Dame)...... Sr...... 8:39.12 8. Jesse Thomas (Stanford)...... Sr...... 8:42.57 2003 (Sacramento, June 13) (27 contestants, 14 finalists; Q—8:44.06) 1. Daniel Lincoln (Arkansas)...... Sr...... 8:26.65 2. Jordan Desilets (Eastern Michigan)...... Jr...... 8:29.44 3. Bashar Ibrahim (UTEP)...... Sr...... 8:31.71 4. Isaiah Festa (Wisconsin)...... Sr...... 8:32.18 5. Lyle Weese (Montana State)...... Sr...... 8:34.51 6. Kevin Barra (Texas)...... Sr...... 8:35.81 7. Andy Smith (NC State)...... So...... 8:36.55 8. Itay Magidi' (Clemson)...... Fr...... 8:36.92 2004 (Austin, June 12) (26 contestants, 14 finalists; Q—9:02.23) 1. Jordan Desilets (Eastern Michigan)...... Sr...... 8:42.64 2. Andy Smith (NC State)...... Jr...... 8:45.84 3. Ian Dobson (Stanford)...... Jr...... 8:48.12 4. Aaron Fisher (Ohio State)...... Jr...... 8:49.53 5. Steve Zieminski (Florida)...... Jr...... 8:53.84 6. Jochen Dieckfoss' (BU)...... Sr...... 8:55.02 7. Brett Holts (Oregon)...... Jr...... 8:57.75 8. Matt Adams (BYU)...... Jr...... 8:59.11

All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -287- 2005 (Sacramento, June 10) (27 contestants, 14 finalists; Q—8:42.32) 1. Mircea Bogdan' (UTEP)...... Jr...... 8:27.29 2. Peter Kosgei' (Arkansas)...... So...... 8:29.13 3. Andy Smith (NC State)...... Sr...... 8:29.66 4. Andrew Lemoncello' (Florida State)...... Jr...... 8:30.12 5. Patrick Mutai' (UTEP)...... Fr...... 8:31.93 6. Ben Bruce (Cal Poly/SLO)...... Sr...... 8:33.81 7. Itay Magidi' (Clemson)...... So...... 8:34.12 8. Erik Emilsson' (UCLA)...... Jr...... 8:34.80 2006 (Sacramento, June 10) (26 contestants, 14 finalists; Q—8:43.89) 1. Josh McAdams (BYU)...... Sr...... 8:34.10 2. Mircea Bogdan' (UTEP)...... Sr...... 8:35.35 3. Aaron Aguayo (Arizona State)...... Jr...... 8:35.78 4. Andrew Lemoncello' (Florida State)...... Jr...... 8:39.45 5. Brian Olinger (Ohio State)...... Sr...... 8:40.58 6. Augustus Maiyo' (Alabama)...... So...... 8:42.04 7. Jon Pierce (Stanford)...... Jr...... 8:44.17 8. Patrick Mutai' (UTEP)...... So...... 8:44.29 2007 (Sacramento, June 08) (26 contestants, 15 finalists; Q—8:42.75) 1. Barnabas Kirui' (Mississippi)...... So...... 8:20.36 2. Andrew Lemoncello' (Florida State)...... Sr...... 8:27.29 3. Aaron Aguayo (Arizona State)...... Sr...... 8:32.40 4. (Colorado)...... Jr...... 8:33.33 5. Corey Notwitzke (Eastern Michigan)...... Sr...... 8:34.42 6. Jan Förster' (Virginia)...... Sr...... 8:34.78 7. Kyle Alcorn (Arizona State)...... Jr...... 8:35.71 8. Luke Gunn' (Florida State)...... Jr...... 8:37.70

All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -288- 2008 (Des Moines, June 13) (26 contestants, 14 finalists; Q—8:52.79) 1. Kyle Alcorn (Arizona State)...... Sr...... 8:28.26 2. Billy Nelson (Colorado)...... Sr...... 8:28.85 3. Luke Gunn' (Florida State)...... Sr...... 8:34.41 4. ' (Iowa State)...... Fr...... 8:36.84 5. Peter Kosgei' (Arkansas)...... Sr...... 8:37.61 6. Kyle Heath (Syracuse)...... Jr...... 8:38.03 7. Patrick Mutai' (UTEP)...... Sr...... 8:38.48 8. Carl Moe (Washington)...... Sr...... 8:41.83 (defending champ Kirui 13th) 2009 (Fayetteville, June 12) (25 contestants, 14 finalists; Q—8:48.72) 1. Kyle Perry (BYU)...... Sr...... 8:29.24 2. Hillary Bor' (Iowa State)...... So...... 8:35.12 3. Stephen Lisgo' (Butler)...... Jr...... 8:35.49 4. Jake Morse (Texas)...... Sr...... 8:38.25 5. Scott MacPherson (Arkansas)...... Sr...... 8:38.87 6. Josh Karanja' (Eastern Michigan)...... Sr...... 8:40.16 7. Cory Thorne (Louisville)...... Sr...... 8:45.86 8. Kyle Heath (Syracuse)...... Sr...... 8:45.95 2010 (Eugene, June 11) (24 contestants, 14 finalists; Q—8:45.28) 1. Matt Hughes' (Louisville)...... Jr...... 8:34.18 2. Donn Cabral (Princeton)...... So...... 8:38.90 3. Hillary Bor' (Iowa State)...... Jr...... 8:39.11 4. John Sullivan (Stanford)...... Jr...... 8:42.97 5. Gilbert Limo' (Texas Tech)...... Jr...... 8:43.70 6. Steve Sodaro (Cal)...... Jr...... 8:44.06 7. Joonas Harjamäki' (Lamar)...... Jr...... 8:44.58 8. Richard Nelson (BYU)...... Sr...... 8:45.63

All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -289- 2011 (Des Moines, June 10) 24 contestants, 14 finalists; Q—8:49.84) 1. Matt Hughes' (Louisville)...... Sr...... 8:24.87 2. Donn Cabral (Princeton)...... Jr...... 8:32.14 3. Andrew Poore (Indiana)...... Jr...... 8:36.40 4. John Sullivan (Stanford)...... Sr...... 8:37.74 5. Brett Hales (Weber State)...... Sr...... 8:37.96 6. De’Sean Turner (Indiana)...... Jr...... 8:39.12 7. Benjamin Johnson (Stanford)...... Jr...... 8:40.75 8. Justin Tyner (Air Force)...... Sr...... 8:40.83 2012 (Des Moines, June 09) (24 contestants, 14 finalists; Q—8:44.99) 1. Donn Cabral (Princeton)...... Sr...... 8:35.44 2. Craig Forys (Michigan)...... Sr...... 8:40.66 3. Cory Leslie (Ohio State)...... Sr...... 8;40.98 4. Henry Lelei' (Texas A&M)...... Jr...... 8:42.07 5. Travis Mahoney (Temple)...... Sr...... 8:43.29 6. Anthony Rotich' (UTEP)...... Fr...... 8:46.01 7. De’Sean Turner (Indiana)...... Sr...... 8:46.04 8. Carl Stones (Tulsa)...... Sr...... 8:46.67 2013 (Eugene, June 07) (24 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:46.58) 1. Anthony Rotich' (UTEP)...... So...... 8:21.19 2. Henry Lelei' (Texas A&M)...... Sr...... 8:23.16 3. Stanley Kebenei' (Arkansas)...... So...... 8:24.45 4. Curtis Carr (BYU)...... Jr...... 8:40.87 5. Dakota Peachee (High Point)...... Sr...... 8:43.04 6. Mattias Wolter' (Louisville)...... Jr...... 8:43.59 7. Ole Hesselbjerg' (Eastern Kentucky)...... So...... 8:43.80 8. Aric VanHalen (Colorado)...... Sr...... 8:44.50

All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -290- 2014 (Eugene, June 14) (24 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:50.03) 1. Anthony Rotich' (UTEP)...... Jr...... 8:32.21 2. Stanley Kebenei' (Arkansas)...... Jr...... 8:35.27 3. Ole Hesselbjerg' (Eastern Kentucky)...... Jr...... 8:38.75 4. Mason Ferlic (Michigan)...... So...... 8:39.84 5. Brandon Doughty (Oklahoma)...... So...... 8:41.65 6. Tanguy Pepiot' (Oregon)...... Jr...... 8:43.26 7. Caleb Hoover (Northern Arizona)...... Jr...... 8:43.99 8. John Prizzi (New Hampshire)...... Jr...... 8:44.02 2015 (Eugene, June 12) (24 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:43.53) 1. Anthony Rotich' (UTEP)...... Sr...... 8:33.90 2. Stanley Kebenei (Arkansas)...... Sr...... 8:34.28 3. Ole Hesselbjerg' (Eastern Kentucky)...... Sr...... 8:36.09 4. Brandon Doughty (Oklahoma)...... Jr...... 8:38.35 5. Mike Hardy (Weber State)...... Sr...... 8:42.30 6. Mark Parrish (Florida)...... Sr...... 8:42.34 7. Dylan Lafond (Illinois)...... Jr...... 8:42.96 8. Zak Seddon' (Florida State)...... Jr...... 8:43.77 2016 (Eugene, June 10) (24 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:36.81) 1. Mason Ferlic (Michigan)...... Sr...... 8:27.16 2. Frankline Tonui' (Arkansas)...... Jr...... 8:30.67 3. Edwin Kibichiy' (Louisville)...... Jr...... 8:30.71 4. Dylan Blankenbaker (Oklahoma)...... Jr...... 8:34.69 5. Darren Fahy (Georgetown)...... Jr...... 8:36.73 6. Zak Seddon' (Florida State)...... Sr...... 8:38.26 7. Troy Reeder (Furman)...... So...... 8:42.26 8. MJ Erb (Mississippi)...... Jr...... 8:43.81

All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -291- 2017 (Eugene, June 09) (24 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:43.64) 1. Edwin Kibichiy' (Louisville)...... Sr...... 8:28.40 2. Darren Fahy (Georgetown)...... Sr...... 8:31.08 3. Dylan Blankenbaker (Oklahoma)...... Sr...... 8:31.17 4. MJ Erb (Mississippi)...... Sr...... 8:32.38 5. Scott Carpenter (Georgetown)...... Jr...... 8:32.92 6. Benard Keter' (Texas Tech)...... Sr...... 8:34.27 7. Troy Fraley (Gonzaga)...... Jr...... 8:35.38 8. Troy Reeder (Furman)...... Jr...... 8:38.64 9. Emmanuel Rotich' (Tulane)...... So...... 8:40.64 10. Jacob Heslington (BYU)...... Fr...... 8:44.28 11. Bailey Roth (Arizona)...... So...... 8:48.70 12. Noah Schutte (Portland)...... So...... 9:04.87 2018 (Eugene, June 08) (24 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:44.94) 1. Obsa Ali (Minnesota)...... Jr...... 8:32.23 2. Jamaine Coleman' (Eastern Kentucky)...... Sr...... 8:33.52 3. Steven Fahy (Stanford)...... Jr...... 8:34.52 4. Aidan Tooker (Syracuse)...... So...... 8:35.41 5. Andrew Gardner (Washington)...... Sr...... 8:37.07 6. Matt Owens (BYU)...... Fr...... 8:38.09 7. Clayson Shumway (BYU)...... So...... 8:40.15 8. Riley Osen (Portland)...... Fr...... 8:41.24 9. Noah Affolder (Syracuse)...... Fr...... 8:43.72 10. Brian Barraza (Houston)...... Sr...... 8:44.42 11. Max Benoit (Michigan State)...... Sr...... 8:47.15 12. John Rice (Texas)...... So...... 8:52.81

All-Time NCAA Men’s Results—© E. Garry Hill/T&FN 2020 -292- 2019 (Austin, June 07) (24 contestants, 12 finalists; Q—8:54.45) 1. Steven Fahy (Stanford)...... Sr...... 8:38.46 2. Ryan Smeeton' (Oklahoma State)...... So...... 8:39.10 3. Kigen Chemadi' (Middle Tennessee)...... Jr...... 8:40.22 4. Obsa Ali (Minnesota)...... Sr...... 8:40.36 5. Bailey Roth (Arizona)...... Sr...... 8:40.92 6. Alex Rogers (Texas)...... Sr...... 8:43.29 7. Daniel Michalski (Indiana)...... Sr...... 8:43.48 8. Matt Owens (BYU)...... So...... 8:45.40 9. Nathan Mylenek (Iowa)...... Jr...... 8:49.40 10. Clayson Shumway (BYU)...... Jr...... 8:53.45 11. Kenneth Rooks (BYU)...... Fr...... 9:00.53 12. Jacob Heslington (BYU)...... Jr...... 9:02.03

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