It's Hocker, and he will be a force for the Ducks next few
by Domerduck (2021-06-12 03:00:31)
Edited on 2021-06-12 03:04:57

In reply to: Came in second 3:35 or so  posted by SixShutouts66

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years as you say. I also agree with you if the Bama runner had done what he did at the semis leading that race for the first 3 laps, Yared would have been better off. In this race Yared had to do most of the work leading most of the way. Still he ended up running over 1.5 seconds faster than his semi record Weds ending just .25 off Hocker's time (a Personal Best) who was only .05 off Sydney Maree's 40 year NCAA championship record. They are both very good and beat everyone else in a very fast field by over 1.7 seconds.

As for the other race which Hocker ran it was the 5000M, not 10K which was run Weds. Oregon went 1 & 4 in that race and Hocker's kick again was evident to pass several runners to end up 4th, especially after winning the 1500 less than an hour earlier. That race was even faster from previous National Championships as the winner Oregon's Cooper Teare broke the meet record by over 6 seconds! Two other runners who were close to Teare also broke that record and Hocker at 4th was 1/2 second from the meet record set in 2014. ND's Dylan Jacobs ended up 11th, about 4 seconds off of scoring. Still it was a Personal Best for him and in fact the top 12 runners also had PBs for the 5K. Helluva race.

The ESPN article attached did say the Yared/Cole battle for the 1500 was the most anticipated event of the Meet. Hope they both make the Olympics, but that field will be even faster. As for the Ducks I'm getting annoyed at LSU for keep knocking us out of the top as they did it twice this week in Eugene. 1st baseball with LSU beating the Ducks in the regional Sunday and Monday and now at Hayward, Ducks end up second to LSU.



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