N.C.A.A. Division I National Champions
Women's Outdoor 3000-Meter Run
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2000 | Kara Wheeler | Colorado | 9:02.15 |
| 1999 | Carrie Tollefson | Villanova | 9:26.51 |
| 1998 | Monal Chokshi | Stanford | 9:20.18 |
| 1997 | Kathy Butler | Wisconsin | 9:01.23 |
| 1996 | Kathy Butler | Wisconsin | 9:16.19 |
| 1995 | Kathy Butler | Wisconsin | 9:09.02 |
| 1994 | Karen Hecox | UCLA | 9:22.63 |
| 1993 | Clare Eichner | Wisconsin | 9:03.06 |
| 1992 | Nnenna Lynch | Villanova | 9:24.59 |
| 1991 | Sonia O'Sullivan | Villanova | 8:56.74 |
| 1990 | Sonia O'Sullivan | Villanova | 8:56.27 |
| 1989 | Vicki Huber | Villanova | 9:06.96 |
| 1988 | Vicki Huber | Villanova | 8:47.35 |
| 1987 | Vicki Huber | Villanova | 8:54.41 |
| 1986 | Lisa Brelding | Kentucky | 9:11.39 |
| 1985 | Cathy Branta | Wisconsin | 9:08.32 |
| 1984 | Cathy Branta | Wisconsin | 8:59.57 |
| 1983 | Alison Wiley | Stanford | 9:03.51 |
| 1982 | Ceci Hopp | Stanford | 9:28.92 |
