Nebraska State Champions
Class C Boy's 1600-Meter/One-Mile Run
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2016 | Nolan Kometcher | Nebraska Christian | 4:32.28 |
| 2015 | Warren Dexter | Nebraska Christian | 4:27.39 |
| 2014 | Hans Epp | Nebraska Christian | 4:28.75 |
| 2013 | Cody Franklin | Bridgeport | 4:30.95 |
| 2012 | Cole Wellnitz | Gordon-Rushville | 4:26.71 |
| 2011 | Creighton Pearse | Kearney Catholic | 4:27.73 |
| 2010 | Dallas Lemmers | Louisville | 4:29.82 |
| 2009 | Jim O'Keeffe | Hastings St. Cecilia | 4:34.15 |
| 2008 | Jens Scholl | Deshler | 4:33.23 |
| 2007 | Adrian Brandt | Tri-County | 4:32.23 |
| 2006 | Jim Bierbower | Wakefield | 4:31.53 |
| 2005 | Wes Cammack | Tri-County | 4:28.35 |
| 2004 | Greg Peterson | Oakland-Craig | 4:28.32 |
| 2003 | Greg Peterson | Oakland-Craig | 4:30.36 |
| 2002 | Greg Peterson | Oakland-Craig | 4:28.40 |
| 2001 | Levi Ashley | Alma | 4:23.55 |
| 2000 | Levi Ashley | Alma | 4:28.98 |
| 1999 | Michael Nikkila | Kearney Catholic | 4:30.52 |
| 1998 | Nick Arnold | Lincoln Christian | 4:31.41 |
| 1997 | Aaron Hraban | Wahoo Neumann | 4:31.09 |
| 1996 | Nick Perkins | Centura | 4:36.02 |
| 1995 | Matt Wiltse | Lyons-Decatur | 4:25.93 |
| 1994 | Aaron Carrizales | Morrill | 4:28.74 |
| 1993 | Jeffrey Strong | Pawnee City | 4:30.30 |
| 1992 | James Hadenfeldt | Centura | 4:26.81 |
| 1991 | Brady Bonsall | Burwell | 4:28.39 |
| 1990 | Brady Bonsall | Burwell | 4:29.45 |
| 1989 | Mark Canfield | Lincoln Christian | 4:27.86 |
| 1988 | Greg Keller | Harvard | 4:31.10 |
| 1987 | Randy Eckman | Bloomfield | 4:26.05 |
| 1986 | Steve Heffernan | Kearney Catholic | 4:25.47 |
| 1985 | Steve Heffernan | Kearney Catholic | 4:21.86 |
| 1984 | Stacy Priebe | Gibbon | 4:31.08 |
| 1983 | Carlos Saucedo | Morrill | 4:31.88 |
| 1982 | Dale Mackel | Elgin Pope John | 4:21.75 |
| 1981 | Pat Poehling | Fremont Bergan | 4:28.09 |
| 1980 | Tom Hoffman | Exeter | 4:23.1 |
| 1979 | Dan Denson | David City Aquinas | 4:27.8 |
| 1978 | Tom Zajic | Hemingford | 4:31.7 |
| 1977 | Mike Hoesing | Fremont Bergan | 4:34.6 |
| 1976 | Scott Poehling | Fremont Bergan | 4:20.7 |
| 1975 | Randy Cherry | Ansley | 4:25.8 |
| 1974 | Gregg Lage | Winside | 4:27.9 |
| 1973 | Rodney Brown | Mitchell | 4:31.7 |
| 1972 | Jack Schroer | Hastings St. Cecilia | 4:24.4 |
| 1971 | Roy Ferry | Raymond Central | 4:28.3 |
| 1970 | Roy Ferry | Raymond Central | 4:28.7 |
| 1969 | Jerome Bandman | Hebron | 4:27.1 |
| 1968 | Gary Williams | Morrill | 4:29.2 |
| 1967 | Larry Kassenbaum | Hebron | 4:18.6 |
| 1966 | Cliff Colglazier | Grant | 4:40.7 |
| 1965 | Jack Weyers | Sterling | 4:36.3 |
| 1964 | Frank Turja | Bayard | 4:40.3 |
| 1963 | Frank Graham | Pawnee City | 4:36.7 |
| 1962 | Frank Graham | Pawnee City | 4:44.1 |
| 1961 | Dave Blankenbaker | Red Cloud | 4:26.2 |
| 1960 | Dave Blankenbaker | Red Cloud | 4:32.0 |
| 1959 | Dave Blankenbaker | Red Cloud | 4:35.5 |
| 1958 | Richard Faust | Atkinson St. Joseph | 4:38.3 |
| 1957 | Gerald Peschel | Norfolk Sacred Heart | 4:40.9 |
| 1956 | Gayland Rave | Winnebago | 4:47.0 |
| 1955 | Randall Kellams | Valley | 4:43.8 |
| 1954 | Lyle Gottsch | Elkhorn | 4:40.9 |
| 1953 | Eldon Lambrecht | Wood River | 4:45.7 |
| 1952 | Paul Burgett | Humboldt | 4:41.8 |
| 1951 | Paul Burgett | Humboldt | 4:49.2 |
| 1950 | Glen Polsen | Stratton | 4:40.2 |
| 1949 | Wayne Judds | Ashland | 4:39.3 |
| 1948 | Bill Ramsey | Franklin | 4:40.3 |
| 1947 | Bill Ramsey | Franklin | 4:42.9 |
| 1946 | Bill Mountford | Red Cloud | 4:45.3 |
| 1945 | Bill Mountford | Red Cloud | 4:51.6 |
| 1944 | Franklin Schultz | Deshler | 4:47.4 |
| 1943 | Duane Eicher | Milford | 4:50.4 |
| 1942 | Charles Steffen | Coleridge | 4:43.6 |
| 1941 | Homer Cordell | Mason City | 4:44.1 |
| 1940 | Dale Adden | Oxford | 4:42.7 |
| 1939 | Duane Findley | Milford | 4:40.4 |
| 1938 | Duane Findley | Milford | 4:56.3 |
| 1937 | Buller | Henderson | 4:42.4 |
| 1936 | Buller | Henderson | 4:49.8 |
| 1935 | Harris | Miller | 4:46.2 |
| 1934 | George | Ewing | 4:59.0 |
| 1933 | Lange | Endicott | 4:44.4 |
| 1932 | Jack Gourley | Callaway | 4:48.4 |
| 1931 | G. Muhr | Bridgeport | 4:42.8 |
| 1930 | Rowse | Burwell | 4:52.0 |
| 1929 | Rowse | Burwell | 4:56.2 |
