EUGENE, Ore. — The Men of Oregon are a team of rivals, and on Friday they also were a team of NCAA individual champions.
UO junior Cooper Teare and freshman Cole Hocker, teammates but also competitors in the middle distances all year, each was able to celebrate a victory Friday in the NCAA Outdoor championship meet at Hayward Field. Teare set a meet record to win the 5,000 meters, Hocker won the 1,500 before doubling back to finish fourth in the 5k, and Emmanuel Ihemeje gave the Ducks their first-ever NCAA title in the triple jump as Oregon took second in the team race with 53 points, trailing only LSU's 84.