Tim Hacker (2002) | UW Athletic Hall of Fame

UW Athletic Hall of Fame

Won the 1985 NCAA individual cross country championship running the 10,000-meter race in 29:17.8
Three-time Big Ten (1981, 1984 and 1985) and District IV (1981, 1982 and 1985) cross country champion
All-American in cross country three times; had national finishes of fourth in 1982, eighth in 1984 and first in 1985
Member of the Badgers' NCAA cross country team champions in 1982 and 1985
Five-time track All-American (three times on the distance medley relay and once each in the 5,000 meters and the 1,500 meters)
Two-time (1984 and 1985) Big Ten champion in the 1,500 meters
Ran on the Badgers' distance medley relay team in 1985 that won the NCAA indoor title
The state of Wisconsin's Amateur Athlete of the Year in 1985
Recipient of the school's Tom Jones Award (given to the team's Most Valuable Runner) in 1981, 1982 and 1985
The UW-Madison's Male Athlete of the Year in 1986
Won the 1986 Big Ten Medal of Honor for proficiency in scholarship and athletics
Academic All-Big Ten honoree in both 1985 and 1986
Inducted into the University of Wisconsin's Track Hall of Honor
The United States cross country champion in 1997, and the nation's 5,000-meter champion in 1989
Placed fifth in the 1984 U.S. Olympic trials at 1,500 meters and finished second at the U.S. Championships in the same event