N.C.A.A. Division I National Champions
Women's Indoor 5000-Meter Run
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2011 | Jackie Areson | Tennessee | 16:04.16 |
| 2010 | Lisa Koll | Iowa State | 15:39.65 |
| 2009 | Sally Kipyego | Texas Tech | 15:51.14 |
| 2008 | Sally Kipyego | Texas Tech | 15:31.91 |
| 2007 | Sally Kipyego | Texas Tech | 15:27.42 |
| 2006 | Amy Hastings | Arizona State | 15:51.63 |
| 2005 | Ida Nilsson | Northern Arizona | 15:50.20 |
| 2004 | Kim Smith | Providence | 15:14.18 |
| 2003 | Sara Gorton | Colorado | 15:39.25 |
| 2002 | Siri Alfheim | Oklahoma State | 16:12.28 |
| 2001 | Jodie Hughes | Colorado | 16:08.61 |
| 2000 | Amy Yoder | Arkansas | 15:46.89 |
| 1999 | Leigh Daniel | Texas Tech | 16:01.11 |
| 1998 | Amy Skieresz | Arizona | 15:54.58 |
| 1997 | Amy Skieresz | Arizona | 15:39.75 |
| 1996 | Marie McMahon | Providence | 15:42.71 |
| 1995 | Jennifer Rhines | Villanova | 15:41.12 |
| 1994 | Brenda Sleeuwenhoek | Arizona | 16:46.54 |
| 1993 | Tracy Dahl Morris | Iowa | 15:49.52 |
| 1992 | Tracy Dahl | Iowa | 15:56.27 |
| 1991 | Sonia O'Sullivan | Villanova | 15:49.46 |
| 1990 | Valerie McGovern | Kentucky | 15:48.17 |
| 1989 | Jackie Goodman | Oklahoma State | 15:52.77 |
