Honors: 2021 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023 Academic All-Big Ten in cross country ... 2020 and 2021 Academic All-Big Ten in track
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| Â Personal Bests |
| Â Indoor |
 Outdoor |
 Cross Country |
| Â 3000 Meters |
 9:32.05 |
 1/27/23 |
 1500 meters |
 4:32.08 |
 4/5/23 |
 6K |
 20:21.9 |
 9/29/23 |
| Â 5000 Meters |
 16:30.84 |
 2/12/22 |
 3000 meters |
 10:09.43 |
 4/10/21 |
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 5000 meters |
 16:23.55 |
 4/25/24 |
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TFRRS Profile
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2024 Outdoor Track:Â finished 10th in the 5000 meters crossing in 16:35.12 at the 2024 Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 12)... finished fourth in the 1500 meters crossing in 4:31.15 at the Badger Challenge (May 3)... finished 18th overall in the 5000 meters crossing in 16:23.55 at the Penn Relays ( April 25)... finished second in the 1500 meters crossing in 4:31.63 at the UW-Platteville Invitational (April 13)
2024 Indoor Track: finished eighth in the 5000 meters crossing in 16:23.18 at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 23)...  finished third in the 5000 meters crossing in 16:31.96 at the Windy City Invitational (Feb. 9)... finished sixth in the 3000 meters crossing in 9:32.05 at the Michigan Invitational (Jan. 27)... finished eighth in the mile premier race with a time of 4:53.86 at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (Jan. 20)Â
2023 Cross Country: Placed 133rd overall at the 2023 NCAA Championships (Nov. 18), covering the course in 20:54.4 (6K)... Earned All-Region honors after placing 25th at the Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 10), covering the course in 21:02.4 (6K)... Finished 27th overall at the 2023 Big Ten Championships (Oct. 27), covering the 6K course in 21:54.7... placed 124th at the 2023 Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational presented by Under Armour (Oct. 13), covering the course in 21:20.3 (6K)... competed in the Tom Cooney Championship race at the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational (Sept. 29) finishing 21st overall covering the 6K course in 20:21.5... finished 18th overall at the Badger Classic (Sept. 9), covering the 5.2K course in 18:39.4
2023 Outdoor Track: Placed eighth in the 5,000 meters with a personal best time of 16:26.57 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (April 13)... finished 11th in the 5000 meters in 16:41.11 at the 2023 Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 12-14)
2023 Indoor Track: Placed fifth in the 5,000 meters in 16:41.74 at the Wisconsin Badgers Windy City Invite (Feb.10-11)... finished 18th in the 5,000 meters with a time of 16:43.84 at the Big Ten Championships (Feb.24-25)
2022 Cross Country: Finished 48th at the Roy Griak Invitational (Sept. 23) covering the course in 21:54.2 (6K) ... placed 17th overall in the B race at the Nuttycombe Invitational (Oct. 14), covering the course in 21:20.0 (6K) ... finished 29th at the Big Ten Cross Country Championships (Oct. 28th) with a time of 21:01.8 (6K) ... placed 47th at the Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 11), covering the course in 21:09.8 (6K) ... placed 160th overall at the NCAA Championships (Nov. 19), covering the course in 21:00.9 (6K)
2022 Outdoor Track: Finished eighth in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:41.31 at the Jim Click Shootout (April 8-9)...placed tenth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 16:51.75 at the 2022 Indiana Invitational (April 22-23)... placed fourth in the 1500 meter with a time of 4:37.67 at the Wisconsin Classic (May 6)
2022 Indoor Track: Placed second with a personal best in the 3000 meters in 9:45.14 at the Larry Wieczorek Invite (Jan.21-22) ... finished fourth in the 5000 meters with a personal best of 16:30.84 in the Badgers Windy City Invite (Feb.11-12)
2021 Cross Country: Competed in the B race at the Nuttycombe Invitational (Oct. 15), finishing 35th in 22:08.8
2021 Outdoor Track: Placed 25th in the 5000 meters at the Big Ten Championships (May 16) in 17:15.78 ... finished 10th in the 1500 meters, running a personal best of 4:35.45, at the M City Classic (April 30- May 1) ... placed 10th in the 5000 meters, running a personal best of 16:44.62, at the Fighting Illini Big Ten Relays (April 23)
2021 Indoor Track:Â Finished fifth in the 3000 meters in a personal best of 10:02.46 at the Badger Icebreaker (Jan.22)... came in 10th in the 5000 meters in 17:22.60 at the Hawkeye Invitational (Feb.12)
2020-21 Cross Country: Finished 39th and fourth among the Badgers at the Big Ten championships at 21:36.4
2020 Outdoor Track: Season canceled due to COVID-19
2020 Indoor Track: Did not compete
2019 Cross Country: Did not compete
2019 Outdoor Track: Competed unattached and finished 13th in the 5000 meters at the UW-Platteville Invitational (April 13) in 17:37.68
2019 Indoor Track: Won the 3000 meters at the Badger Icebreaker (Jan. 12) in 10:07.30 ... took 11th in the 3000 meters at the Badger Red & White Classic (Feb. 15) in 10:27.86
2018 Cross Country: Did not compete
High School: First-team all-conference cross country as a junior and senior … second team all-state cross country as a junior and senior … played hockey for the Madison Capitols freshman year … played hockey for the Metro Lynx sophomore through senior years ... three varsity letters in hockey … won the Hobey Baker Character Award … honorable mention all-conference in hockey senior year … academic all-conference in cross country junior and senior year … academic all-state in cross country sophomore, junior and senior year … high school coaches were Leanne Johnson and Tom Kaufman
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Personal: Parents are Tim Hacker and Carol Chen… has three brothers -- Sam, Wilson, and Olin … father, Tim, ran cross country and track at Wisconsin from 1981-86, winning the 1985 NCAA cross country title … uncles Steve Lacy, Jeff Hacker (1978-82), Dave Hacker (1980-82), and Bill Hacker (1987-89) ran cross country and track at Wisconsin … brother, Sam, ran cross country and track at Wisconsin (2011-14) … brother, Wilson, ran cross country and track for South Dakota State (2013-15)… brother, Olin, currently runs cross country and track at Wisconsin … born June 8 ... majors are biology and environmental sciences
Why Wisconsin?
"I choose Wisconsin because I have lived in Madison my whole life and I can’t imagine living or training anywhere else for college.  I’ve known people on the team since my oldest brother ran here and they are all super fun people as well as amazing athletes."
Off the course with Vivian
Where is your favorite place(s) to run in Madison? Arb trails
How would your teammates describe you? Hardworking
How would you describe the team? Passionate
My favorite thing about Wisconsin cross country is … pack running
Which teammate have you learned the most from and what have you learned? Jackson Sharp – easy days easy
The best thing about the Zimmer Course is … the hills
What are your individual goals for the season? Contribute to the team being BIG champs
What are your team goals for the season? BIG champs
What is your favorite cross country memory? Cheering on the team at nationals in Madison
When did you start running competitively? Freshman year of high school
What do you love most about running? Those easy runs when your are really fit that just feel amazing
Why did you choose cross country and/or track? My family
If you could go on a run with any one person, who would it be? Whole Hacker family run (believe it or not, it's never happened)
What is your favorite coach phrase? Coach Thomas: “Better off under-baked than over-baked"
Post-college plans: Graduate school
What is your career goal? Still working on that
What causes do you care about? Climate change
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