NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships – Men's Mile run

This is a list of the NCAA indoor champions in the Mile run. This is the only event on the NCAA schedule that has not transitioned from imperial measurements to metric. Hand timing was used until 1975, starting in 1976 fully automatic timing was used.

Champions

Key

y=yards

w=wind aided

A=Altitude assisted

Year	Name, (Country)	Team	Time
1965	Chris Johnson	Southern Cal	4:08.0
1966	Conrad Nightingale	Kansas St	4:03.4
1967	Jim Ryun	Kansas	3:58.6
1968	Jim Ryun	Kansas	4:06.8
1969	Jim Ryun	Kansas	4:02.6
1970	Howell Michael	William & Mary	4:03.1
1971	Marty Liquori	Villanova	4:04.7
1972	Ken Popejoy	Michigan St	4:02.9
1973	Dave Wottle	Bowling Green	4:03.4
1974	Tony Waldrop	North Carolina	3:59.5
1975	Eamonn Coghlan Ireland	Villanova	4:02.0
1976	Eamonn Coghlan Ireland	Villanova	4:01.48
1977	Wilson Waigwa Kenya	UTEP	3:58.97
1978	James Munyala Kenya	UTEP	3:59.81
1979	Suleiman Nyambui Tanzania	UTEP	3:57.89
1980	Suleiman Nyambui Tanzania	UTEP	4:05.26
1981	Suleiman Nyambui Tanzania	UTEP	4:01.85
1982	Suleiman Nyambui Tanzania	UTEP	4:00.65
1983	Jim Spivey	Indiana	3:59.95
1984	Bob Verbeeck Belgium	Iowa St	3:52.85*
1985	Paul Donovan Ireland	Arkansas	3:43.48*
1986	Paul Larkins United Kingdom	Oklahoma St	4:01.38†
1987	Michael Stahr	Georgetown	4:02.33†
1988	Joe Falcon	Arkansas	3:59.78
1989	Joe Falcon	Arkansas	3:58.06
1990	Bob Whelan	Kentucky	3:58.77
1991	Bob Kennedy	Indiana	3:58.11
1992	Andy Keith United Kingdom	Providence	4:02.39
1993	Niall Bruton Ireland	Arkansas	4:00.05
1994	Niall Bruton Ireland	Arkansas	3:59.34
1995	Kevin Sullivan Canada	Michigan	3:55.33
1996	Julius Achon Uganda	George Mason	4:02.83
1997	Julius Achon Uganda	George Mason	3:59.85
1998	Kevin Sullivan Canada	Michigan	4:03.54
1999	Bernard Lagat Kenya	Wash St	3:55.65
2000	Gabe Jennings	Stanford	3:59.46
2001	Bryan Berryhill	Colorado St	3:56.84
2002	Christian Goy Germany	Illinois St	4:00.06
2003	Chris Mulvaney United Kingdom	Arkansas	4:05.70
2004	Sean Jefferson	Indiana	4:00.16
2005	Nick Willis New Zealand	Michigan	4:00.69
2006	Christian Smith	Kansas St	4:12.75
2007	Leonel Manzano	Texas	3:59.90
2008	Leonel Manzano	Texas	4:04:45
2009	Lee Emanuel	New Mexico	4:00.36
2010	Lee Emanuel	New Mexico	3:59.26
2011	Miles Batty	BYU	3:59.49
2012	Chris O'Hare	Tulsa	4:01.66
2013	Lawi Lalang	Arizona	3:54.74
2014	Anthony Rotich	UTEP	4:02.54
2015	Edward Cheserek	Oregon	3:57.94
2016	Henry Wynne	Virginia	4:06.63
2017	Josh Kerr	New Mexico	4:03.22
2018	Josh Kerr	New Mexico	4:02.03
2019	Geordie Beamish	NAU	4:07.69
2020	CANCELED
2021	Cole Hocker	Oregon	3:53.71 MR