CANTON, NY - The Utica University track and field program wrapped up the St. Lawrence Open on Friday night. The men's team had a wonderful meet and placed first with 204.5 points and the women came in second with 97 points.
 
Billie Mays III (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy) led the way with a massive shot put personal record of 15.23m which netted him second place behind teammate Hunter Logan (Fort Plain, NY/Herkimer College) (15.61m). 
 
The men's distance medley team of Anthony Leotta (Dix Hills, NY/Half Hollows Hills West), Nolan Flynn (Bethel, CT/Bethel), Hayden Lohmann (West Winfield, NY/Mount Markham), and Michael Roberts (Remsen, NY/Remsen) came in first with a time of 10:51.20.
 
Justin Valentin (Washingtonville, NY/Washingtonville) won his heat of the men's 60m hurdles and placed second overall with a time of 9.08.
 
Utica dominated the men's 60m first round with Andy Hadasz (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro) (7.24) placing second, Nolan Flynn (Bethel, CT/Bethel) (7.25) coming in third, and Shane Tinney (Oriskany, NY/Oriskany) (7.33) placing fifth. In the men's 60m final Andy Hadasz (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro) came in third finishing in 7.17 and Nolan Flynn (Bethel, CT/Bethel) finished fourth coming in at 7.18. Elizabeth Glomski finished third in the women's 60m clocking in at 8.53. 
 
Janaiya Cruz-Bermudez continued her excellent season and won the women's 400m with a time of 1:03.37 which was over two seconds faster than second place. In the men's 400m, Hayden Lohmann (West Winfield, NY/Mount Markham) came in fourth clocking in at 54.50 and was followed by Quallan Brown (Brooklyn, NY/Herkimer College) who finished at 55.75.
 
Nora Devitt placed second in the women's 60m hurdles with a time of 10.05. Cole DeKing () came in second in the men's 60m hurdles clocking in at 9.12.
 
Jade Dening placed third in the women's 800m with a time of 2:26.87. 
 
Utica dominated the 4x200m claiming the top two spots. Andy Hadasz (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro), Nolan Flynn (Bethel, CT/Bethel), Ethan Kain (New Hartford, NY/New Hartford), and Shane Tinney (Oriskany, NY/Oriskany) placed first with a time of 1:33.92. Michael Orioles (Hauppauge, NY/Hauppauge), Nyles Rogers (Suffern, NY/Suffern), Zane Lepage (Penfield, NY/Penifield), and Quallan Brown (Brooklyn, NY/Herkimer College) finished second clocking in at 1:41.30.
 
Nora Devitt, Jane Dening, Noella Burlette, and Sarah Sharpe came in second place in the women's 4x400m with a time of 4:37.99. Andrew Wieder (Clinton, NY/Clinton), Brady Szekeres (Accord, NY/Rondout Valley), Cole DeKing (), and Jonathan Simmons (Broadalbin, NY/Broadalbin-Perth) placed third in the men's 4x400m finishing in 3:44.16.
 
Jane Fahy continued her strong season and won the women's shot put with a toss of 12.42m. Duanena Graves came in third with her best toss being 10.30m.
 
Antwan Kelly (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) took home first in the men's shot put with a winning toss of 16.86m which topped second place by over two meters. Gabrielle DeSanctis won the women's shot put with her throw of 13.71m.
 
Utica swept the podium in the men's pole vault as Brady Szekeres (Accord, NY/Rondout Valley), Jack Rathburn (), and Andrew Wieder (Clinton, NY/Clinton) all tied for first with a clearance of 3.51m. 
 
Gregory Olden came in second in the men's high jump with a mark of 1.82m. Amina Sinclair finished third in the women' high jump with a mark of 1.52.
 
Nora Devitt won the women's triple jump with a mark of 10.48m. Gregory Olden placed first in the men's triple jump with a clearance of 11.99m. Dion Putaski (Vernon, NY/Vernon-Verona Sherrill) finished third with his best mark being 11.63m.
 
The teams will compete next at the Empire 8 Indoor Championships beginning on Friday, February 24 at 3 p.m. at Nazareth College.