N.C.A.A. Division I National Champions
Women's Outdoor 10,000-Meter Run
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2011 | Juliet Bottorff | Duke | 34:25.86 |
| 2010 | Lisa Koll | Iowa State | 32:49.35 |
| 2009 | Danette Doetzel | Providence | 33:25.71 |
| 2008 | Lisa Koll | Iowa State | 32:44.95 |
| 2007 | Sally Kipyego | Texas Tech | 32:55.71 |
| 2006 | Victoria Jackson | Arizona State | 32:54.72 |
| 2005 | Sara Slattery | Colorado | 33:02.21 |
| 2004 | Alicia Craig | Stanford | 33:58.27 |
| 2003 | Alicia Craig | Stanford | 32:40.03 |
| 2002 | Kristin Price | North Carolina State | 34:26.63 |
| 2001 | Amy Yoder-Begley | Arkansas | 33:59.96 |
| 2000 | Tara Rohatinsky | Brigham Young | 33:49.24 |
| 1999 | Leigh Daniel | Texas Tech | 34:01.63 |
| 1998 | Amy Skieresz | Arizona | 33:04.12 |
| 1997 | Amy Skieresz | Arizona | 33:14.22 |
| 1996 | Katie Swords | Southern Methodist | 32:56.63 |
| 1995 | Katie Swords | Southern Methodist | 34:28.46 |
| 1994 | Carol Zajac | Villanova | 33:32.36 |
| 1993 | Carol Zajac | Villanova | 34:18.14 |
| 1992 | Kim Saddic | George Mason (VA) | 34:39.92 |
| 1991 | Jamie Park | Arkansas | 33:15.08 |
| 1990 | Janet Haskin | Kansas State | 33:49.72 |
| 1989 | Jackie Goodman | Oklahoma State | 33:42.35 |
| 1988 | Sylvia Mosqueda | Cal State-Los Angeles | 32:28.57 |
| 1987 | Patricia Murray | Western Illinois | 33:28.27 |
| 1986 | Stephanie Herbst | Wisconsin | 32:32.75 |
| 1985 | Nan Doak | Iowa | 33:03.03 |
| 1984 | Kathy Hayes | Oregon | 32:43.81 |
| 1983 | Betty Jo Springs | North Carolina State | 33:01.02 |
| 1982 | Kim Schnurpfeil | Stanford | 33:36.51 |
