2024 Track & Field Roster
Bocko, Cooper
Cooper Bocko
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Cumming, Ga.
- High School:
- Lambert
- Exchange Profile:
- Pitch an NIL Deal
Bio
2024: Outdoor – Finished 13th in the 5,000-meter run at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with a time of 14:56.38…Clocked a 5,000m time of 15:12.03 at the Georgia Tech Invite...Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll.
Indoor – Did not compete for the Bulldogs.
2023: Cross Country – Made his season debut at the 6k Gamecock Challenge, where he placed 11th with a time of 18:45.3.
Outdoor – Did not compete for the Bulldogs.
Indoor – Finished 19th in the 3000-meters at the Music City Challenge, crossing the line in 8:24.33…Posted a time of 8:24.65 to finish 14th in the 3000m at the Clemson Invite.
2022: Cross Country – Was the second Bulldog across the line at the season-opening 5k Charlotte Opener with a 15:42.1 for 26th…Scored with a 77th-place finish at the 8k North Alabama Invitational after running a 24:52.48…Returned to the scoring ranks at the 8k Crimson Classic with a 25:19.8 for 48th…Was in the Bulldogs’ top five at the 8k SEC Championships with a 25:17.01 for 67th…Scored for Georgia at the 10k NCAA South Regional after taking 95th (32:04.20).
Outdoor – Finished eighth at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial when he completed his 1500 meters in 8:54.54…Ran the team’s fastest 3000m with an 8:28.87 to take third at the Tom Jones Memorial…Finished 31st (14:55.96) in the 5000m at the Georgia Tech Invitational.
Indoor - Redshirted for the Bulldogs.
2021: Cross Country- Ran his first meet in red and black at the 8k North Alabama Showcase and was 65th (26:01.05)...Broke into the scoring ranks at the 8k Pre-Nationals with a 25:18.2 for 235th…Finished 90th (26:11.6) at the 8k SEC Championships…Had an 86th-place finish with a 32:06.77 to score at the 10k NCAA South Regional.
High School: Part of third-place 4x800-meter relay team at the 2021 GHSA 7-A state track meet while also taking fourth individually in the 1600m and eighth in the 3200m at the meet…Part of unit that run a school record in the distance medley relay and in the 4x800m relay…Named Lambert’s Runner of the Year and Track Athlete of the Year during his senior year…Won Forsyth County titles in the 1600m and 3200m in his final season…Personal-best times of 4:18 (1600m), 9:13 (3200m) and 15:22 (5k XC)…Took eighth at the 2019 state cross country meet as a junior…Included on the Atlanta All-Metro Second Team in cross country…Set a school record in the 1200m…Garnered Runner of the Year honors for the second consecutive season…Finished 12th at the 2018 state cross country championships and was again named his team’s Runner of the Year as a sophomore…Earned the Coach’s Award as a freshman…AP Scholar with Distinction…Member of National Honor Society.
Personal: Born Oct. 5, 2002…Son of Jason and Lisa Bocko…Intending to major in Computer Science.
Indoor – Did not compete for the Bulldogs.
2023: Cross Country – Made his season debut at the 6k Gamecock Challenge, where he placed 11th with a time of 18:45.3.
Outdoor – Did not compete for the Bulldogs.
Indoor – Finished 19th in the 3000-meters at the Music City Challenge, crossing the line in 8:24.33…Posted a time of 8:24.65 to finish 14th in the 3000m at the Clemson Invite.
2022: Cross Country – Was the second Bulldog across the line at the season-opening 5k Charlotte Opener with a 15:42.1 for 26th…Scored with a 77th-place finish at the 8k North Alabama Invitational after running a 24:52.48…Returned to the scoring ranks at the 8k Crimson Classic with a 25:19.8 for 48th…Was in the Bulldogs’ top five at the 8k SEC Championships with a 25:17.01 for 67th…Scored for Georgia at the 10k NCAA South Regional after taking 95th (32:04.20).
Outdoor – Finished eighth at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial when he completed his 1500 meters in 8:54.54…Ran the team’s fastest 3000m with an 8:28.87 to take third at the Tom Jones Memorial…Finished 31st (14:55.96) in the 5000m at the Georgia Tech Invitational.
Indoor - Redshirted for the Bulldogs.
2021: Cross Country- Ran his first meet in red and black at the 8k North Alabama Showcase and was 65th (26:01.05)...Broke into the scoring ranks at the 8k Pre-Nationals with a 25:18.2 for 235th…Finished 90th (26:11.6) at the 8k SEC Championships…Had an 86th-place finish with a 32:06.77 to score at the 10k NCAA South Regional.
High School: Part of third-place 4x800-meter relay team at the 2021 GHSA 7-A state track meet while also taking fourth individually in the 1600m and eighth in the 3200m at the meet…Part of unit that run a school record in the distance medley relay and in the 4x800m relay…Named Lambert’s Runner of the Year and Track Athlete of the Year during his senior year…Won Forsyth County titles in the 1600m and 3200m in his final season…Personal-best times of 4:18 (1600m), 9:13 (3200m) and 15:22 (5k XC)…Took eighth at the 2019 state cross country meet as a junior…Included on the Atlanta All-Metro Second Team in cross country…Set a school record in the 1200m…Garnered Runner of the Year honors for the second consecutive season…Finished 12th at the 2018 state cross country championships and was again named his team’s Runner of the Year as a sophomore…Earned the Coach’s Award as a freshman…AP Scholar with Distinction…Member of National Honor Society.
Personal: Born Oct. 5, 2002…Son of Jason and Lisa Bocko…Intending to major in Computer Science.
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