| 1 | 1 | | Introduced Version |
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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE CONCURRENT |
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| 3 | 3 | | RESOLUTION No. _____ |
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| 4 | 4 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION |
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| 5 | 5 | | A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Cole Hocker on |
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| 6 | 6 | | winning the gold medal in the 1500 meter track and field event at the |
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| 7 | 7 | | 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. |
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| 8 | 8 | | WALKER K |
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| 9 | 9 | | , read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 10 | 10 | | 2025 RC 1505/DI BB Introduced |
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| 11 | 11 | | First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) |
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| 12 | 12 | | SENATE CONCURRENT |
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| 13 | 13 | | RESOLUTION No. _____ |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating Cole |
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| 15 | 15 | | 2 Hocker on winning the gold medal in the 1500 meter track and |
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| 16 | 16 | | 3 field event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 4 Whereas, Cole Hocker was born on June 6, 2001, in |
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| 18 | 18 | | 5 Indianapolis, Indiana, to Kyle and Janet Hocker and grew up |
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| 19 | 19 | | 6 running around Geist Reservoir and Fort Benjamin Harrison |
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| 20 | 20 | | 7 State Park; |
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| 21 | 21 | | 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | 9 Whereas, After running a 4-minute, 36-second mile in the |
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| 23 | 23 | | 10 eighth grade, Cole began to pursue running seriously, logging |
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| 24 | 24 | | 11 between 27 to 37 miles a week and winning state titles in cross |
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| 25 | 25 | | 12 country and the 800 meter and 1600 meter track and field |
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| 26 | 26 | | 13 events as a senior at Cathedral High School; |
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| 27 | 27 | | 14 Whereas, After graduating from Cathedral in 2019, Cole |
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| 28 | 28 | | 15 ran with the University of Oregon track team from 2019 to |
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| 29 | 29 | | 16 2021, where he became the first Hoosier ever to run a sub-four- |
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| 30 | 30 | | 17 minute mile and won four NCAA titles; |
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| 31 | 31 | | 18 Whereas, At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 19 Cole became the youngest athlete to represent the United States |
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| 33 | 33 | | 20 in an Olympic 1500 meter race since 1968, finishing in sixth |
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| 34 | 34 | | 21 place; |
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| 35 | 35 | | 22 Whereas, In June 2024, Cole broke the U.S. Olympic Trials |
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| 36 | 36 | | 23 record in the 1500 meter event with a time of 3:30.59; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 24 Whereas, At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 25 on the bell lap of the men's 1500 meter final, Cole, entering the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2025 RC 1505/DI BB 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 1 lap in fifth place, took the inside lane and blazed down the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2 home stretch to finish in first place in one of the biggest upsets |
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| 42 | 42 | | 3 in Olympic history, winning the gold medal; |
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| 43 | 43 | | 4 Whereas, With a time of 3 minutes, 27.65 seconds, Cole set |
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| 44 | 44 | | 5 an Olympic record in the 1500 meter running event; and |
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| 45 | 45 | | 6 Whereas, As an Olympic gold medal winner and record |
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| 46 | 46 | | 7 holder, Cole Hocker has forever secured a place in Hoosier |
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| 47 | 47 | | 8 sports history: Therefore, |
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| 48 | 48 | | 9 Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly |
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| 49 | 49 | | 10 of the State of Indiana, the House of Representatives |
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| 50 | 50 | | 11 concurring: |
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| 51 | 51 | | 12 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly |
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| 52 | 52 | | 13 congratulates Cole Hocker on winning the gold medal in the |
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| 53 | 53 | | 14 1500 meter track and field event at the 2024 Summer Olympics |
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| 54 | 54 | | 15 in Paris, France. |
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| 55 | 55 | | 16 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed |
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| 56 | 56 | | 17 to transmit a copy of this Resolution to Cole Hocker. |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2025 RC 1505/DI BB |
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