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Cole Hocker competes in the mile at the 2021 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. Andy Hancock/NCAA Photos The last day of the meet started with a dominant win from Oregon sophomore Cole Hocker and continued with a historic double victory in Saturday’s distance events. Related Story After breaking the previous collegiate record with his teammate Cooper Teare in February, Hocker didn’t leave anything on the table in his quest to win the NCAA mile crown. By the bell lap, the race w...

2021 NCAA DI Men’s Indoor Track & Field Rating Index – Week 4

Cooper Teare in action at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville (© University of Oregon) KC Lightfoot topped 6.00m on the second day of the Texas Tech Shootout in Lubbock, Texas, on Saturday (13), to become the first US collegiate athlete to join the six-metre club. Lightfoot, 21, who had improved to 5.95m on 30 January, sailed clear on his third attempt to become just the 13th man to top the still formidable barrier indoors and the 25th to do so in any conditions. Lightfoot then retired afte...

North Carolina A&T Is Quickly Becoming An HBCU Track Power Photo Credit: North Carolina A&T athletics By Garrett Zatlin - MileSplit Recruiting Correspondent - - -  When it comes to top-ranked collegiate track and field programs, a few marquee teams come to mind. Whether its Oregon in the distance events or LSU in the sprints, the established Power Five juggernauts have garnered plenty of attention and acclaim over their decades of dominance. However, the men and women of North Carolina A&T, ...