Men's Mile Collegiate Record 3:50.39: Cooper Teare, Oregon @ 2021 Tyson Invitational

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Cooper Teare and Cole Hocker of Oregon turned in performances for the ages inside the Randal Tyson Track Center on Friday, February 12, 2021, going 3:50.39 and 3:50.55, respectively, for what are the seventh and eighth fastest marks in world history.

Needless to say, Teare and Hocker are now No. 1 and No. 2 on the all-time collegiate chart, each more than one full second faster than former collegiate record holder Edward Cheserek.

Charlie Hunter, who previously clocked the fourth fastest performance in collegiate history late last month at the Razorback Invitational, finished third in a new PR of 3:53.49. That is now the sixth fastest performance in collegiate history, pushing his former best down to seventh.

The trio had their eyes on various qualifying standards coming into the race – Olympic qualifier for Hunter; U.S. Olympic Trial marks for Hocker and Teare – and through expert pacing by teammates Angus Folmli and Reed Brown, they were well on their way. Once Teare hit the bell at 3:23.21 with Hocker and Hunter right behind him, the only question that remained was “How fast would they go?”

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