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UW track and field standout Olin Hacker wins NCAA championship in 5,000 meters

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Add another NCAA championship to the University of Wisconsin track and field program, and for that matter, another title overall for the Hacker family.

Olin Hacker earned the 5,000-meter title during the NCAA outdoor championships Friday. He crossed the finish line with a first-place time of 13 minutes, 27.73 seconds.

Hacker, a graduate student, also enshrined himself into elite company as he is the school's 30th athlete to claim an NCAA men's track and field title, according to a UW release and its men's track and field record book.