2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Rank Name Team Time
1 Ben Flanagan Michigan 28:34.53
2 Vincent Kiprop Alabama 28:34.99
3 Dillon Maggard Utah State 28:38.36
4 Tyler Day Northern Arizona 28:39.03
5 Matthew Baxter Northern Arizona 28:39.35
6 Jacob Thomson Kentucky 28:40.50
7 Gilbert Kigen Alabama 28:55.66
8 Robert Brandt UCLA 29:13.12
9 Colin Bennie Syracuse 29:13.66
10 Arsène Guillorel Samford 29:16.71
11 Grant Fischer Colorado St 29:20.73
12 Connor McMillan BYU 29:32.65
13 Lawrence Kipkoech Campbell 29:34.52
14 Michael Crozier Georgetown 29:38.21
15 Frank Lara Furman 29:42.87
16 Alfred Chelanga Alabama 29:44.08
17 Emmanuel Roudolff-Levisse Portland 29:45.39
18 Jonathan Green Georgetown 29:46.57
19 Nahom Solomon Georgia Tech 29:46.96
20 Matt Welch Portland 30:02.69
Results -- Men 's events
With last year 's champion Marc Scott having graduated , the University of Alabama 's Vincent Kiprop , a Kenyan transfer from the NCAA Division II school Missouri Southern State University , was considered the favorite . He was helped in the final by fellow Kenyans and Alabama transfers Gilbert Kigen and Alfred Chelanga , who ran together at a quick pace of 4:22 for the first 1600 m. In the next two miles , the pace substantially slowed as Northern Arizona University runners Tyler Day and Matthew Baxter caught up and alternated the lead . The field remained tightly packed , with the top eight athletes less than two seconds apart at 8000 m which Kiprop first passed in 22:59 . With two laps remaining , the top six of Kiprop , Day , Baxter , the University of Michigan 's Ben Flanagan , Jacob Thomson , and Dillon Maggard began to separate . Kiprop attempted to lengthen his lead with one lap to go , but Flanagan remained in tow and passed Kiprop in the final 50 meters . Directly at the conclusion of the race , he told ESPN cameras , `` Where 's my mom ? '' Flanagan 's final time of 28:34 was a thirty-nine second improvement over his previous best of 29:13 . Flanagan credited staying `` as patient as possible '' in part for his win . His victory was the first by a Canadian in this event at the NCAA championships since 2012 , when Cam Levins won the title . [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ]
The 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were the 77th NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships and the 37th NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships held for the sixth consecutive year at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on the campus of the University of Oregon. In total, forty-two different men's and women's track and field events were contested from Wednesday June 6 to Saturday June 9, 2018.