Men of Oregon Claim Three Titles

EUGENE, Ore. — The Men of Oregon are a team of rivals, and on Friday they also were a team of NCAA individual champions.

UO junior Cooper Teare and freshman Cole Hocker, teammates but also competitors in the middle distances all year, each was able to celebrate a victory Friday in the NCAA Outdoor championship meet at Hayward Field. Teare set a meet record to win the 5,000 meters, Hocker won the 1,500 before doubling back to finish fourth in the 5k, and Emmanuel Ihemeje gave the Ducks their first-ever NCAA title in the triple jump as Oregon took second in the team race with 53 points, trailing only LSU's 84.

Hocker ran the final lap of the 1,500 in 52.23 seconds to win in a personal-best…