Lindgren beat frosh Pre in that classic 1969 photo-less finish.
Rono finished a step behind teammate Cheruiyot in '77, so he's basically a 4-time champ.
PAC-12 INDIVIDUAL
CHAMPIONS
1957 Max Truex, USC (20:32.6)
1958 Max Truex, USC (20:15.8)
1959-68 Not Contested
1969 Gerry Lindgren, WSU
(28:32.4)
1970 Steve Prefontaine, ORE
(30:11.7)
1971 Steve Prefontaine, ORE
(28:59.6)
1972 John Ngeno, WSU (29:12.4)
1973 Steve Prefontaine, ORE
(28:05.4)
1974 John Ngeno, WSU (27:37.6)
1975 Joshua Kimeto, WSU
(27:48.6)
1976 Henry Rono, WSU (28:19.0)
1977 Joel Cheryuiot, WSU
(29:34.8)
1978 Henry Rono, WSU (29:29.5)
1979 Henry Rono, WSU (29:07.4)
1980 Ron Cornell, UCLA (30:26.5)
1981 Richard Tuwei, WSU
(30:56.0)
1982 Jim Hill, ORE (28:50.0)
1983 Jim Hill, ORE (30:09.6)
1984 Tom Ansberry, ARIZ
(30:24.8)
1985 Marc Olesen, STAN (30:33.2)
1986 Aaron Ramirez, ARIZ
(30:23.7)
1987 Matt Giusto, ARIZ (30:33.0)
1988 Brad Hudson, ORE (30:47)
1989 Marc Davis, ARIZ (23:31)
1990 Marc Davis, ARIZ (23:44)
1991 Colin Dalton, ORE (23:36)
1992 Josephat Kapkory, WSU
(23:46)
1993 Josephat Kapkory, WSU
(23:38)
1994 Martin Keino, ARIZ (24:04)
1995 Karl Keska, ORE (24:14)
1996 Mebrahtom Keflezighi, UCLA
(23:45)
1997 Bernard Lagat, WSU (23:59)
1998 Abdi Abdirahman, ARIZ
(23:23)
1999 Steve Fein, ORE (23:37)
2000 Jonathon Riley, STAN (23:39)
2001 Grant Robison, STAN (24:04)
2002 Grant Robison, STAN (23:27)
2003 Ian Dobson, STAN (24:33)
2004 Robert Cheseret, ARIZ
(23:48)
2005 Robert Cheseret, ARIZ
(23:57)
2006 Galen Rupp, ORE (23:03)
2007 Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwott, ORE
(22:54)
2008 Galen Rupp, ORE (22:55)
2009 Chris Derrick, STAN (22:35)
2010 Elliott Heath, STAN (23:00)
2011 Lawi Lalang, ARIZ (22:37)
2012 Lawi Lalang, ARIZ (22:49)
2013 Edward Cheserek, ORE (24:36)
2014 Edward Cheserek, ORE (23:23)
2015 Edward Cheserek, ORE (23:0