N.C.A.A. Division III National Champions
Men's Outdoor 1500-Meter Run
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2011 | Nick Guarino | Fredonia (NY) | 3:53.43 |
| 2010 | Nick Guarino | Fredonia (NY) | 3:50.43 |
| 2009 | Ty Griffin | Mount Union (OH) | 3:53.41 |
| 2008 | Andy Hodge | Wartburg (IA) | 3:46.89 |
| 2007 | Will Leer | Pomona-Pitzer (CA) | 3:53.13 |
| 2006 | Nick Symmonds | Willamette (OR) | 3:49.24 |
| 2005 | Nick Symmonds | Willamette (OR) | 3:54.20 |
| 2004 | Matt Winkler | Williams (MA) | 3:50.91 |
| 2003 | Nick Symmonds | Willamette (OR) | 3:46.66 |
| 2002 | Mark Miller | Keene State (NH) | 3:50.42 |
| 2001 | Mark Miller | Keene State (NH) | 3:52.08 |
| 2000 | Tim McCoskey | North Central (IL) | 3:51.12 |
| 1999 | Robert Mitchell | Amherst (MA) | 3:50.54 |
| 1998 | Robert Mitchell | Amherst (MA) | 3:51.48 |
| 1997 | Karl Paranya | Haverford (PA) | 3:46.67 |
| 1996 | Karl Paranya | Haverford (PA) | 3:48.25 |
| 1995 | Ambo Bati | Augustana (IL) | 3:55.80 |
| 1994 | Ethan Crane | MIT (MA) | 3:52.52 |
| 1993 | Sandu Rebenciuc | Augustana (IL) | 3:49.42 |
| 1992 | Sandu Rebenciuc | Augustana (IL) | 3:47.78 |
| 1991 | Tom Caffrey | Catholic (DC) | 3:50.10 |
| 1990 | Michael Brown | St. Thomas (MN) | 3:50.76 |
| 1989 | Rich Scopp | North Central (IL) | 3:48.44 |
| 1988 | Bill Flannery | Amherst (MA) | 3:52.45 |
| 1987 | Tom Touri | Rochester (NY) | 3:46.08 |
| 1986 | Arnie Schraeder | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 3:47.86 |
| 1985 | Arnie Schraeder | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 3:47.90 |
| 1984 | Jeff Wachter | Wisconsin-Stout | 3:45.05 |
| 1983 | Kevin Foley | Haverford (PA) | 3:46.96 |
| 1982 | Kevin Foley | Haverford (PA) | 3:44.50 |
| 1981 | Kevin Foley | Haverford (PA) | 3:46.47 |
| 1980 | Michael Palmquist | St. Olaf (MN) | 3:47.84 |
| 1979 | Kevin Scheuer | Union (NY) | 3:50.3 |
| 1978 | George Itz | Mass.-Dartmouth | 3:48.41 |
| 1977 | Tom Colley | Occidental (CA) | 3:46.94 |
| 1976 | Chris Horton | Brandeis (MA) | 3:46.9 |
| 1975 | Scott Barrett | North Central (IL) | 4:04.46* |
| 1974 | Steve Foster | Ashland (OH) | 4:05.1* |
