2019-20 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Teare, Cooper

Cooper Teare
- Position:
- Distance
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Alameda, Calif.
- High School:
- St. Joseph Notre Dame HS
Bio
2020-21
Two-time NCAA champion
• 5,000 meters – outdoor
• Distance medley relay (anchor) – indoor
NCAA Indoor Championships runner-up – 3,000 meters
Pac-12 champion (1500 meters)
• Pac-12 runner-up (5,000 meters)
Collegiate-record holder
• Mile – 3:50.39
• DMR – 9:19.42 (anchor)
No. 2 in NCAA history—No. 1 UO—at 5,000 meters (13:12.27)
No. 10 in NCAA history—No. 4 UO—at 1500 meters (3:35.97)
No. 5 in UO history – 3,000m (7:46.10)
The Bowerman semifinalist
USTFCCCA West Region Indoor Track Athlete of the Year
USTFCCCA Division I Athlete of the Week (Feb. 16)
Academic All-America Second Team
Full season bio coming soon…
2019-20: Indoor – NCAA Championships qualifier (3,000m) … established a personal best of 7:46.45 at the Husky Classic (Feb. 15) … became the No. 5 performer in UO history … ran 3:55.50 in the mile at the BU Last Chance (Feb. 29) … moved to No. 3 on Oregon top-10 list; No. 14 fastest in collegiate history … was second in the race to teammate Charlie Hunter … anchored the DMR qualifying team that broke the NCAA record with a time of 9:24.52 at the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 31); split 3:55.45 on mile leg.
2018-19: Indoor – NCAA Championships qualifier at 3,000 meters and with the distance-medley relay … finished fourth in the 3000m (7:55.50) at the national meet … DMR finished ninth at NCAAs … began his indoor season with a personal best of 3:59.21 in the mile … won the Razorback Invitational with that effort … followed with a PR of 7:50.66 to win the 3,000 meters at the Husky Classic … became the No. 6 performer in program history … anchored the DMR to a time of 9:28.62 at the Last Chance Elite meet … No. 5 DMR performance in program history. Outdoor – NCAA Championships qualifier at 5,000 meters … fifth overall qualifier (13:46.92) at the NCAA West Preliminary … Pac-12 champion at 5,000 meters … ran a personal-best time of 13:32.73 in the 5,000 meters in a runner-up finish at the Cardinal Classic hosted by Stanford … established a 1,500m PR of 3:43.13 at the Payton Jordan Invitational … finished fourth in the race.
Pac-12 Cross Country Freshman of the Year (2017)
Cross Country All-Pac-12 Second-Team (2017)
2017-18: Outdoor - Earned honorable mention all-American honor in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:08.18 at the NCAA Championships ... Advanced to the NCAA Championships in the 5,000 meters after posting a time of 13:52.19 at the NCAA West Regional ... Placed sixth in the 5,000 meters (14:13.74) to score Oregon three points at the PAC-12 Championships ... Took fifth place in the 1,500 meters (3:43.91) at the Oregon Twilight ... Recorded a personal record and took eighth place in heat one of the 5000 meters with a time of 13:46.46 at the Bryan Clay Invitational ... Placed sixth in the 1500 meters with a time of 3:50.97 at the Pepsi Invitational ... Competed in his first 5,000 meters and recorded a time of 14:06.10 at the Stanford Invitational. Indoor- Finished third in the 3,000 meters with a time of 7:56.43 at the MPSF Championships ... Crushed his previous personal record in the 3,000 meters by more than 20 seconds with a time of 7:53.66 at the Husky Classic ... Set a huge personal record in the mile (3:59.29) at the Columbia Challenge, breaking the 4-minute mark for the first time and moving to No. 21 on the Oregon all-time indoor mile list. Cross Country - The Pac-12 freshman of the year after finishing as the top rookie in the Pac-12 Championships in eighth overall ... Earned all-Pac-12 second-team honors ... Took 44th place at the NCAA Championships with a time of 30:06.77, missing all-America honors by just four spots ... Earned all-region honors by finishing second for the Ducks and 23rd overall (29:59.3) at the NCAA West Regionals ... Was the Ducks' first finisher and eighth overall finisher with a time of 23:59.4 at the Pac-12 Championships ... Took fourth for the Ducks and 30th overall at the Pre-Nationals Invitational with a time of 23:44.56 ... Finished first for the Ducks and ninth overall (23:52.3) in his collegiate debut at the Bell Dellinger Invitational.
High School: A 2016 California State Champion in the 3,200m, winning with a personal-best time of 8:51.85 … Finished fourth in the U.S. Olympic Trials Nike Elite Camp High School Exhibition Mile at Hayward Field with a PR time of 4:06.79 … Named the 2016 East Bay Times Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year … A 2015 California State Champion in cross country at St. Joseph Notre Dame HS.
Personal Bests
Indoor
Mile – 3:59.21 (1/26/19)
3,000 Meters – 7:46.45 (2/14/20)
Outdoor
1,500 Meters – 3:43.13 (5/2/19)
5,000 Meters – 13:32.72 (4/19/19)
Two-time NCAA champion
• 5,000 meters – outdoor
• Distance medley relay (anchor) – indoor
NCAA Indoor Championships runner-up – 3,000 meters
Pac-12 champion (1500 meters)
• Pac-12 runner-up (5,000 meters)
Collegiate-record holder
• Mile – 3:50.39
• DMR – 9:19.42 (anchor)
No. 2 in NCAA history—No. 1 UO—at 5,000 meters (13:12.27)
No. 10 in NCAA history—No. 4 UO—at 1500 meters (3:35.97)
No. 5 in UO history – 3,000m (7:46.10)
The Bowerman semifinalist
USTFCCCA West Region Indoor Track Athlete of the Year
USTFCCCA Division I Athlete of the Week (Feb. 16)
Academic All-America Second Team
Full season bio coming soon…
2019-20: Indoor – NCAA Championships qualifier (3,000m) … established a personal best of 7:46.45 at the Husky Classic (Feb. 15) … became the No. 5 performer in UO history … ran 3:55.50 in the mile at the BU Last Chance (Feb. 29) … moved to No. 3 on Oregon top-10 list; No. 14 fastest in collegiate history … was second in the race to teammate Charlie Hunter … anchored the DMR qualifying team that broke the NCAA record with a time of 9:24.52 at the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 31); split 3:55.45 on mile leg.
2018-19: Indoor – NCAA Championships qualifier at 3,000 meters and with the distance-medley relay … finished fourth in the 3000m (7:55.50) at the national meet … DMR finished ninth at NCAAs … began his indoor season with a personal best of 3:59.21 in the mile … won the Razorback Invitational with that effort … followed with a PR of 7:50.66 to win the 3,000 meters at the Husky Classic … became the No. 6 performer in program history … anchored the DMR to a time of 9:28.62 at the Last Chance Elite meet … No. 5 DMR performance in program history. Outdoor – NCAA Championships qualifier at 5,000 meters … fifth overall qualifier (13:46.92) at the NCAA West Preliminary … Pac-12 champion at 5,000 meters … ran a personal-best time of 13:32.73 in the 5,000 meters in a runner-up finish at the Cardinal Classic hosted by Stanford … established a 1,500m PR of 3:43.13 at the Payton Jordan Invitational … finished fourth in the race.
Pac-12 Cross Country Freshman of the Year (2017)
Cross Country All-Pac-12 Second-Team (2017)
2017-18: Outdoor - Earned honorable mention all-American honor in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:08.18 at the NCAA Championships ... Advanced to the NCAA Championships in the 5,000 meters after posting a time of 13:52.19 at the NCAA West Regional ... Placed sixth in the 5,000 meters (14:13.74) to score Oregon three points at the PAC-12 Championships ... Took fifth place in the 1,500 meters (3:43.91) at the Oregon Twilight ... Recorded a personal record and took eighth place in heat one of the 5000 meters with a time of 13:46.46 at the Bryan Clay Invitational ... Placed sixth in the 1500 meters with a time of 3:50.97 at the Pepsi Invitational ... Competed in his first 5,000 meters and recorded a time of 14:06.10 at the Stanford Invitational. Indoor- Finished third in the 3,000 meters with a time of 7:56.43 at the MPSF Championships ... Crushed his previous personal record in the 3,000 meters by more than 20 seconds with a time of 7:53.66 at the Husky Classic ... Set a huge personal record in the mile (3:59.29) at the Columbia Challenge, breaking the 4-minute mark for the first time and moving to No. 21 on the Oregon all-time indoor mile list. Cross Country - The Pac-12 freshman of the year after finishing as the top rookie in the Pac-12 Championships in eighth overall ... Earned all-Pac-12 second-team honors ... Took 44th place at the NCAA Championships with a time of 30:06.77, missing all-America honors by just four spots ... Earned all-region honors by finishing second for the Ducks and 23rd overall (29:59.3) at the NCAA West Regionals ... Was the Ducks' first finisher and eighth overall finisher with a time of 23:59.4 at the Pac-12 Championships ... Took fourth for the Ducks and 30th overall at the Pre-Nationals Invitational with a time of 23:44.56 ... Finished first for the Ducks and ninth overall (23:52.3) in his collegiate debut at the Bell Dellinger Invitational.
High School: A 2016 California State Champion in the 3,200m, winning with a personal-best time of 8:51.85 … Finished fourth in the U.S. Olympic Trials Nike Elite Camp High School Exhibition Mile at Hayward Field with a PR time of 4:06.79 … Named the 2016 East Bay Times Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year … A 2015 California State Champion in cross country at St. Joseph Notre Dame HS.
Personal Bests
Indoor
Mile – 3:59.21 (1/26/19)
3,000 Meters – 7:46.45 (2/14/20)
Outdoor
1,500 Meters – 3:43.13 (5/2/19)
5,000 Meters – 13:32.72 (4/19/19)
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Thursday, June 19
Matti Erickson | NCAA 800M Runner Up
Saturday, June 14
Hayward Field History
Thursday, June 12
2024-25 Oregon Track & Field Intro Video
Thursday, June 12