Wisconsin Badgers

Honors: Fourth-place finisher in the 3000 meters at the 2022 NCAA Indoor Championships to earn All-America honors ... 2022 Big Ten Outdoor Champion in the 5000 meters ... 2022 Big Ten Indoor Champion in the 3000 and 5000 meters... three-time 2022 All-Big Ten in track ... 2021 All-American in cross country ... 2019 All-American in track as a member of the distance medley relay ... 2021 All-Region in cross country ... 2019 and 2021 first-team All-Big Ten in cross country ... 2021 NCAA Outdoor qualifier in the 5000 meters ... three-time NCAA West Preliminary Round qualifier ... 2019 First-Team All-Big Ten in track as a member of the winning distance medley relay ... 2021 Second-Team All-Big Ten in track ... 2016 second-team All-Big Ten in cross country ... ranks second at Wisconsin the indoor mile (3:56.66) and second in the indoor 3,000 meters (7:45.73) ... ranks fourth in the outdoor mile (3:59.04) and fourth in the outdoor 5,000 meters (13:19.34) ... two-time first-team CoSIDA Academic All-American ... three-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar in cross country ... six-time Academic All-Big Ten in cross country ...five-time Academic All-Big Ten in track ... four-time USTFCAA All-Academic in cross country
 

Personal Bests
Indoor			Outdoor			Cross Country
Mile	3:56.66	1/22/22	1500 meters	3:50.67	2/4/17	8K	23:18.1	10/1/21
3000 meters	7:45.73	1/28/22	Mile	3:59.04	7/1/21	10K	29:27.3	11/20/21
5000 meters	13:37.02	12/3/21	3000 meters	8:08.71	6/7/16
			5000 meters	13:19.34	4/22/22

TFRRS Profile

2022 outdoor Track: Big Ten champion in the 5,000 meters, crossing the line in 14:08.82 (May 15) ... won the 5,000 meters at the Oregon Relays (April 22), running a personal best of 13:19.34 ... member of the second-place and school-record setting distance medley relay at the Penn Relays (April 28-30) in 9:29.79 ... also a member of the 10th-place 4xMile relay at Penn in 16:27.98... won the 5000 meters with a time of 14:08.82 at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 13-15)... finished fourth in the 5000 meters with a time of 13:38.44 at the NCAA West Prelims (May 25-28)... won the 5000 meters with a time of 13:27.73 at the NCAA Track & Field Championships (June 8-11)

2022 Indoor Track: Placed fourth in the 3000 meters in 8:00.39 at the NCAA Championships (March12) ... won the 3000 meters (7:56.78) and won the 5000 meters (13:55.39) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 25-26) ... won the 3000 meters with a personal best time of 7:45.73 at the Indiana Relays (Jan.29) ... won the mile in a personal best time of 3:56.66 at the Larry Wieczorek Invite (Jan. 22) ... placed first with a personal best time of 13:37.02 in the 5000 meters at the GVSU Holiday Open (Dec. 3)

2021 Cross Country: Earned All-America honors with a 33rd-place finish at the NCAA Championships (Nov. 20), crossing in a personal best time of 29:27.3 ... placed eighth in the 10k with a 30:02.1 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships (Nov.12) ... finished second in 24:42.3 for 5.2 miles at the Big Ten Championships (Oct.29) ... finished 13th at the Nuttycombe Invitational (Oct. 15) in 23:38.1 ... came in second in the 8k with a personal best time of 23:18.1 at the Louisville Classic (Oct.1)

2021 Outdoor Track: Placed 19th in the 5000 meters at the NCAA Championships (June 11) in 13:44.53 despite falling early in the race ... qualified for his first NCAA outdoor championship, finishing third in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA West Preliminary Round (May 28) in 13:51.87 ... earned second-team All-Big Ten honors after placing second in the 5,000 meters in 13:49.98 at the Big Ten Championships (May 16) ... ran a personal best of 13:42.96 in the 5000 meters at the Big Ten Invite #3 (April 16)

2021 Indoor Track: Placed third in the 3,000 meters at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 25-27) in 8:05.88 ... also finished eighth in the 5000 meters at the Big Ten meet in 13:52.20 ... took sixth in the premier 3000 meters in 8:02.30 at the Hawkeye B!G Invitational (Feb. 12-13)

2020-21 Cross Country: Ran unattached at the Parkside Ranger Invitational, finishing fourth in 24:15.3 ... also finished seventh at the XC Town Meet of Champions in 23:57.8 ... placed 98th at the NCAA Championships (March 15) in 31:32.5

2020 Indoor Track: Placed fifth in the premier mile with a time of 4:04.87 at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational  ... finished 11th in the 3,000 meters at the Husky Classic (Feb. 14-15) in a personal best time of 7:52.45

2019 Cross Country: Placed 30th in the 5-mile race at the Joe Piane Invitational in 24:02.37... finished 48th at the Nuttycombe Invitational in 24:15.9... placed seventh overall and second for the Badgers at the Big Ten Championships in 24:08.1... placed 93rd overall and second for the Badgers at the NCAA Championships in 31:56.4

2019 Outdoor Track: Member of the winning 4 x mile relay at the Penn Relays (4/27) in 16:39.82

2019 Indoor Track: Ran the mile leg of the distance medley relay with a split of 3:59.96 that finished seventh in 9:34.74 at the NCAA Championships (3/8) ...member of the winning distance medley relay in 9:44.62 at the Big Ten Championships (2/22-23); also finished eighth in the 5000 meters in 14:06.66 ... won the invitational 3000 meters at the Iowa State Classic (2/8-9) with a season-best time of 7:53.88 ... placed fourth in the 3000 meters in 7:56.07 at the Indiana Relays (1/25-26) ... finished fourth overall in the mile with a personal best time of 4:01.82 at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (1/18-19)

2018 Cross Country: Finished 56th overall and third for the Badgers with a personal best 10K time of 30:12.8 at the NCAA Championship (11/17) ... placed fifth overall and first for Wisconsin at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (11/9), clocking in with a 10K time of 31:13.1 ... crossed the finish line 19th overall and fifth for the Badgers at the Big Ten Championship (10/28) in 24:11.1 (8K) ... finished 17th overall and third for UW at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (9/28) with a personal best 8K time of 23:40.2 ... won the Badger Classic (9/14) with a time of 25:17.1 (8K)

2018 Outdoor: Finished fifth overall in the 5000 meters with a time of 14:04.49 at the Portland Track Festival (6/10) ... competing unattached in the 3000 meters, finished with a time of 8:19.65 at the Wisconsin Twilight meet (5/4)

2018 Indoor: Did not compete

2017 Cross Country: Did not compete

2017 Outdoor: Helped UW take fifth in the distance medley relay at the Drake Relays (4/29) ... finished eighth in the 5000 meters at the Stanford Invitational (3/31) with a time of 13:59.70 ... placed seventh in the 5000 meters at the Aztec Invite (3/24-25) in 14:51.11

2017 Indoor: Finished sixth in the 3000 meters at the Big Ten Championships (2/25) with a run of 8:17.69 ... took 12th in the 3000 meter invitational with a time of 8:06.10 at the Iowa State Classic (2/10) ... placed third in the Mile at the Armory Invitational (2/4) with a time of 4:06.90 ... won the 3000 meters at The Dual (1/21) with a time of 8:11.80

2016 Cross Country: Placed 66th overall and fourth for UW at the NCAA Cross Country Championship (11/19) with a time of 30:39.0 (10K) ... took 12th overall and third for the Badgers at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (11/11) in 30:34.7 (10K) ... finished 12th overall and third for UW at the Big Ten Championship (10/30) with a time of 24:56.8 (8K) ... placed second for the Badgers and 60th overall at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (10/14) in 24:41.9 (8K) ... Finished seventh at the Oz Memorial Invitational (9/9) and fourth for UW in 20:18.0 (4-Mile)

2016 Outdoor: Redshirt season ... Finished third in the 5000 meters at the 2016 U.S. Junior Championships in 15:29.05 to qualify for the 2016 IAAF World Junior Championships ... won the 3000 meters at the Meet of Miles (6/6) in 8:08.71, a qualifying time for the 2016 IAAF World Junior Championships, while running unattached ... Finished fourth in the 5000 meters in 14:18.81 at the UW-Platteville Invitational (4/16) while competing unattached

2016 Indoor: Redshirt season

2015 Cross Country: Redshirt season

High School: Finished second at the 2014 Nike Cross Country Nationals in 15:13 … claimed second place at the 2014 Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships, in 15:12 … one of only four prep runners in 2014 to earn All-America honors at both national championships … was named the 2013 and 2014 Wisconsin Gatorade Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year and the 2015 Gatorade Wisconsin Boy’s Track and Field Athlete of the Year ... was named the 2014-15 Wisconsin State Journal/Wisconsin PrepZone.Com Boys Athlete of the Year … two-time state cross country champion and three-time First-Team All-State selection … led the Regents to the team cross country title in 2014 … four-time state track champion, winning the 1600 meters and 3200 meters at the 2014 and 2015 WIAA Division 1 State Meet … Coach: Tom Kaufman

Personal: Parents are Tim Hacker and Carol Chen … father Tim led Wisconsin to the 1982 and 1985 NCAA cross country titles and was the NCAA individual champion in 1985 … has three siblings Wilson, Sam and Vivian ... Vivian is a member of UW women's track and cross country team ... 4.0 high school GPA … WIAA scholar athlete ... graduated in 2021 with a degree in biology ... currently in graduate school in kinesiology

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