2019 Men's Cross Country Roster
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Olli Hoare
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Sydney, Australia
- High School:
- Trinity Grammar School Summer Hill
- Height:
- 6-0
Notables
- 2018 NCAA Outdoor 1500 Meter Champion
- Big Ten and UW record holder in the indoor mile (3:54.83)
- UW record holder in the DMR (9:25.84)
- Four-time Big Ten Track Athlete of the Week (Feb. 21, 2018; Jan. 30, 2019; April 24, 2019; Feb. 10, 2020; Feb. 26, 2020)
- 2019 USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Track Athlete of the Year
- 2018 Big Ten Indoor Track Athlete of the Championships
- 2017, 2018 and 2019 NCAA Great Lakes All-Region Performer
- Nine-Time Big Ten Champion
- 11-Time All-American
2019 Cross Country: Earned All-America honors with an 18th-place finish in 31:08.2, placing first for the Badgers at the NCAA Championship (Nov. 23) ... finished third overall and first for the Badgers at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional with a time of 30:14.2 (Nov. 15) ... won the Big Ten title in 23:50.9 (Nov. 3) ... finished fifth overall and first for the Badgers in the five-mile race at the Joe Piane Invitational (Oct. 4) in 23:24.91 ... finished second overall and first for the Badgers at the Nuttycombe Invitational (Oct. 18) in 23:39.1
2019 Outdoor Track: Earned All-America honors with a fourth-place finish in the 1500 meters at the NCAA Championships in 3:42.29 (June 5-7) ... finished third in the 1500 meters at the NCAA West Preliminary (May 24-25) in 3:41.01 ... runner up in the Big Ten (May 12) 1500 meters in 3:43.08... member of the winning 4xMile relay (16:39.82) and distance medley relay (9:47.19) at the Penn Relays (April 26-27) ... won the invitational section of the 1500 meters with a world-leading, NCAA-leading and Big Ten-leading time of 3:37.20 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (April 19)
2019 Indoor Track: Earned first-team All-America honors finishing third in the mile (4:08.14) and seventh in the DMR (9:34.74) at the NCAA Indoor Championships (March 8-9) ... also earned second-team honors with a 16th-place finish in the 3000 meters (8:21.63) ... Big Ten champion in the mile (4:02.67) and distance medley relay (9:44.62) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 22-23) ... anchored the DMR to a school record and second-place finish of 9:26.24 at the Alex Wilson Invitational (Feb. 16) ... set a school record and a Big Ten record in the mile, finishing seventh with a personal best time of 3:54.83 at the Millrose Games (Feb. 9) ... set a school record in the 3000 meters with a personal best time of 7:48.81 at the Indiana Relays (Jan. 25-26)
2018 Cross Country: Earned All-America honors, finishing 17th overall and second for UW at the NCAA Championship (Nov. 17) with a personal best time of 29:37.8 ... placed sixth overall and second for Wisconsin at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 9) in 31:13.2 ... was the runner-up at the Big Ten Championship (Oct. 28) in 23:29.3 ... finished 15th overall and second for the Badgers at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (Sept. 28), crossing the line in 23:37.9
2018 Outdoor Track: National champion in the 1500 meters in 3:44.77 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 6-8) ... took fourth in the 1500 meters in 3:43.13 to qualify for the national championships at the NCAA West Preliminary (May 24-26) ... won the 1500 meters in 3:49.97 at the Big Ten Championships (May 11-13) ... helped the Wisconsin 4x1500 relay to a fifth-place finish in 15:32.54 and ran the anchor leg of the distance medley relay, earning a runner-up finish in 9:35.19, a time that ranks No. 3 in school history, at the National Relays (April 27-28) ... finished eighth in the 1500 meters with a personal best time of 3:37.21, which ranks No. 6 in school history, at the Bryan Clay Invitational (April 20)
2018 Indoor Track: Earned first-team All-America honors at the NCAA Championships (March 9-10) in the 3000 meters, finishing eighth in 8:08.30, and anchoring the DMR to a sixth-place finish in 9:33.27 ... Big Ten champion in the 3000 meters (8:11.07) and 5000 meters (14:07.50) on Feb. 23-24 ... anchored the DMR to a school record and third-place finish of 9:27.72 at the Alex Wilson Invitational (Feb. 17) ... ran a personal best of 7:51.69 in the 3000 meters at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 9-10); finished fifth overall and moved into fifth all-time at UW ... finished fifth in the 3000 meters (7:54.91) at the Dr. Sander Invitational (Jan. 26-27) ... won the mile with a time of 4:13.94 at The Dual (Jan. 13)
2017 Cross Country: Finished 185th overall and second for Wisconsin at the NCAA Cross Country Championship (Nov. 18) in 31:27.54 ... at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 10), placed third overall and first for the Badgers in 31:00.9 ... won the Big Ten title (Oct. 29) in 24:09.3 ... finished 114th overall and third for the Badgers at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (Oct. 13) with a time of 24:52.5 ... placed eighth overall and first for Wisconsin at the Greater Louisville Classic (Sept. 30) with a time of 23:40.54
2017 Outdoor: Finished 39th in the 1500 prelims at the NCAA West Preliminary (May 25-27) in 4:00.86 ... placed eighth in the Big Ten Outdoor 1500 meters in 3:53.43 ... helped Wisconsin take second in the 4x1600 meter relay at the Drake Relays (April 27) ... finished fourth at the John McDonnell Invitational (April 22) in the 1500 meters in 3:43.48 ... won the 1500 meters with a time of 3:52.54 at the Jim Click Shootout (April 8) ... finished fifth in the 5000 meters at the Aztec Invite (March 24-25) in 14:47.84
2017 Indoor: Placed eighth at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 24-25) in the mile in 4:06.00 ... placed third in the mile in 4:05.08 at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 11) ... notched a second-place finish in the Elite Mile at the Black and Gold Premier (Jan. 27-28) in 4:07.81 while helping the DMR to a second-place finish (9:56.67) ... took seventh in the mile with a time of 4:22.14 at The Dual (Jan. 21)
2016 Cross Country: Finished seventh on the team and 227th overall at the NCAA Championships (Nov. 19) in 32:06.2 ... took sixth for Wisconsin and 31st overall at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 11) in 31:20.0 ...finished 40th at the Big Ten Championship (Oct. 30) in 25:31.0 ... placed third overall and first for the Badgers with a time of 25:16.5 in the B-race of the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (Nov. 14) ... finished eighth overall and fifth for UW at the Badger Classic (Sept. 23) with a time of 19:13.4 (6K)
High School: Australian cross country champion in the under-20 division as an 18-year-old ... Open New South Wales champion in the 1500 meters as a senior ... runner-up in the 5000 meters at the Australian Track and Field championships as a senior ... first male to have a sub-four minute (3:46.64) 1500 meters for the multi event carnival CAS record ... broke the record in the 3000 meters from 2001 on that same day ... won combined high school championships as a junior and senior in the 1500 meters and 3000 meters at Trinity Grammar School for track and field ... New South Wales Champion in cross country and a representative in swimming as a sophomore and freshman ... Trinity Grammar School Best All-Around award in 2016 ... coaches: Bradley Woods, Andrew Murphy, Sean Williams and Nic Bideau
Personal: Parents are Kate and Greg Hoare ... has one brother, Chris ... Trinity Grammar School Scholar 2013-16
Why Wisconsin?
"Wisconsin has a great all-around reputation in academics and sports and also the community as a whole. The coaches, staff and teammates are a credit at such a positive and professional environment. To have the chance to compete at the University of Wisconsin is a privilege."
| Personal Bests | ||
| Event | Indoor | Outdoor |
| 800 meters | 1:49.96 (1/31/20) | |
| Mile | 3:54.83 (2/9/19) | 3:59.70 (6/1/17) |
| 1500 meters | 3:37.21 (4/20/18) | |
| 3000 meters | 7:48.81 (1/26/19) | |
| 5000 meters | 14:47.84 (3/24/17) | |
| DMR | 9:25.84 (2/22/20) | |
| 4xMile | 9:47.19 (4/26/19) | 16:39.82 (4/27/19) |
| Cross Country | ||
| 6K | 19:13.4 | 9/23/16 |
| 8K | 23:29.3 | 10/28/18 |
| 10K | 29:37.8 | 11/17/18 |
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