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Elliott Cook on The Golden Era of NCAA, Surviving Setbacks, and Finding the Confidence to Break Through
We’re living in the golden era of NCAA middle distance running, and Elliott Cook is right in the center of it.
Elliot is the NCAA Outdoor 1500m runner-up (3:39.57) from 2024, while also coming in 8th at the US Olympic Team trials that year, running a career best 3:33.84. His other PRs include a 3:55 mile and 1:45.26 in the 800m.
In high school he was a four-time Ohio D1 Central District champion, a state indoor 1600m champion in 2020, and nabbed district titles in the 800m and 1600m; he also had a top-10 finish at Nike Cross Midwest.
Now a senior at Oregon finishing up his last days as a…
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