UTICA, NY - Utica University men's outdoor track & field completed their first outdoor event of the 2025 season. 
 
Spencer Borghardt (Melville, NY/St.Anthony's) started the morning with a first-place finish in the hammer throw (52.71m). His mark came during the second flight which is a new personal record and is second all-time in program history. 
 
Nolan Flynn (Bethel, CT/Bethel) placed first overall in the 400m with a 49.79, best for third all-time in program history.  Evan Smith (Baldwinsville, NY/Baker) placed second with a 51.38 run and Tristan Vargo (East Aurora, NY/Orchard Park) completed the race in fourth stamping a 52.10. 
 
In the 200m, Andy Hadasz (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro) placed first overall, running a 21.88. Flynn also ran the 200m and took second overall (22.02) which is third all-time in program history.
 
Hunter Logan (Fort Plain, NY/Herkimer College) placed first overall in shot put with a 15.97m throw. Haeffer took sixth (11.80m) and McNeil placed seventh (11.40m).
 
Joshua Talbot (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy) placed second in the hammer throw with a 50.35m throw and Eddie Haeffer (Sound Beach, NY/Miller Place) took 10th (35.66m). 
 
Kaiden McCaskill (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy) placed first in the high jump with a 1.84m leap. Theodore Tsamis (Richmondville, NY/Cobleskill-Richmondville) placed fifth and Cooper Jones (Rio Rancho, NM/Rio Rancho) took sixth. Tsamis recorded a 1.69m jump and Jones had a 1.64m jump.
 
Matthew Martinez (Ilion, NY/Central Valley Academy) took third overall in pole vault (3.70), Tsamis placed fourth (3.55m) and Brady Szekeres took fifth (3.55m). 
 
Patrick Wands (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro) placed fifth in long jump (6.36m) and Robert Lowry IV (Rochester, NY/Hilton) placed right behind in sixth with a 6.34m jump.

Utica heads to nearby Hamilton College on Saturday, April 5 beginning at 10 a.m.