Olin Hacker (born 21 May 1996) is an American track and field athlete who competes as a long distance runner. He was runner-up at the US national indoors championships in 2024 over 3000 metres.
Early life and family Hacker's father, Tim Hacker, was from a family of long distance runners. He was a collegiate champion cross country runner, as well as the United States cross country champion in 1997 and the nation’s 5,000-meter champion in 1989.
Hacker has two older brothers, Sam and Wilson and a sister, Vivian, all of whom have competed in athletics.
Hacker attended Madison West High School in Madison, Wisconsin and won state cross country titles in 2013 and 2014, as well becoming state champion in the mile and two-mile distances.
Career Hacker won the NCAA title outdoors over 5000 metres in Eugene, Oregon in 2022 in a time of 13:27.73, competing for the University of Wisconsin.
In 2023, he finished third at the US national indoors championships in Albuquerque, in 8:14.33. He finished seventh at the US national outdoor championships over 5000 metres in 2023, and was later selected for the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga. He finished in fourteenth place over 5 km in a time of 13:36.
He finished as runner-up in the 3000 metres at the US National Indoors Championships in New Mexico in February 2024, in a time of 7:56.22. He was subsequently selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow. In the 3000 metres race he finished in fifth place in a season’s best time of 7:45.40.
Championship results All results taken from World Athletics profile YearMeetVenueEventPlaceTime2016US U20 ChampionshipsClovis, CA5000m3rd15:29.05World U20 ChampionshipsZdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium19th14:23.332021NCAA ChampionshipsHayward Field19th13:44.532022NCAA Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham CrossPlex3000m4th8:00.39NCAA ChampionshipsHayward Field5000m1st13:27.732023US Indoor ChampionshipsAlbuquerque Convention Center3000m3rd8:14.33US ChampionshipsHayward Field5000m7th13:28.16World Athletics Road Running ChampionshipsRiga, Latvia5 km14th13:362024US Indoor ChampionshipsAlbuquerque Convention Center3000m2nd7:56.22World Indoor ChampionshipsCommonwealth Arena5th7:45.40US Olympic trialsHayward Field5000m10th13:32.10
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