WILLIAMSTOWN, MA - As the 2025 outdoor track and field season draws to a close, the energy surrounding each remaining event gets more and more evident. That energy arrives ahead of schedule this week as the Utica University men's track and field squad will head back to the site of their last event, Williamstown, Massachusetts, to take part in the AARTFC Regional Championships. During the final meet before the NCAA Division III Championships, a set amount of qualified Pioneers will participate in an array of different events with the goal of capturing regional glory. Get caught up ahead of Wednesday & Thursday's festivities down below:
 
Follow Along: Live results can be found via Leone Timing. Follow this link and then look for the AARTFC event: https://www.leonetiming.com/
 
Event Schedule: Here is the full schedule of events for this week's meet:
 
* & Bold = A Pioneer men's track and field athlete has qualified for this event.
 
Wednesday, May 14th:
 
Track
12:00pm Decathlon 100m* (Theodore Tsamis (Richmondville, NY/Cobleskill-Richmondville)) (All Decathlon Events)
12:30pm Heptathlon 100m Hurdles
3:00pm 4x100 Relay Trials - Women
3:15pm 4x100 Relay Trials - Men* (Ganley, Tinney, Wallace, Vargo, Smith, Tavares) 
4:30pm 100 Hurdle Trials – Women
4:50pm 110 Hurdle Trials – Men* (Cade Tavares (Endicott, NY/Union-Endicott)) 
5:10pm 100m Trials – Women
5:25pm 100m Trials – Men
5:45pm Steeplechase Women
6:15pm Steeplechase Men* (Bennett Melita (Johnstown, NY/Fonda Fultonville), Tobias Jeralds (Canaan, NY/Chatham Central)) 
6:45pm 4 x 400 Relay Women
7:00pm 4 x 400 Relay Men* (Vargo, Smith, Tavares, Urgent, Corporan, Tim. Jeralds)
7:20pm 5k Women
7:45pm 5k Men
8:05pm 10k Women
8:50pm 10k Men
 
Field
2:00pm Pole Vault (M) Javelin (W) Discus (M) Long Jump (W)
5:30pm Javelin (M) Discus (W) Pole Vault (W) Long Jump (M)* (Ellis Urgent (Cornwall, NY/Cornwall Central)) 
 
Thursday, May 15th:
 
Track
10:00am Decathlon 110 Hurdles Heptathlon Long Jump
12:15pm 4x100m Relay Final - Women
12:25pm 4x100m Relay Final - Men* (Ganley, Tinney, Wallace, Vargo, Smith, Tavares)
12:30pm 1500 Women
12:50pm 1500 Men
1:10pm 110 Hurdle Final Men* (Cade Tavares (Endicott, NY/Union-Endicott)) 
1:30pm 100 Hurdle Final Women
1:40pm 400m Women
1:55pm 400m Men
2:10pm 100m Final Women
2:15pm 100m Final Men
2:25pm 800m Women
2:45pm 800m Men* (Eddy Corporan (Poughkeepsie, NY/Roy C Ketcham)) 
3:05pm 400 Hurdles Women
3:20pm 400 Hurdles Men
3:35pm 200m Women
3:50pm 200m Men
4:05pm 4 x 800 Relay Women
4:25pm 4 x 800 Relay Men* (Corporan, Martin, Tob. Jeralds, Tim. Jeralds, Vargo, Leotta, Smith, Melita) 
 
Field
11:00am High Jump (M)* (Louis Pinto (Clinton, NY/Clinton)) 
12:00pm Shot Put (W) Hammer (M)* (Talbot, Borghardt, Gannon) Triple Jump (W)
2:00pm High Jump (W)
2:30pm Shot Put (M)* (Hunter Logan (Fort Plain, NY/Herkimer College)) Hammer (W) Triple Jump (M)
 
Meet Information: For more information about the event and the AARTFC, use this link: https://www.aartfc.org/
 
For more information about the facility, use this link: https://ephsports.williams.edu/sports/2020/7/7/Athletic-Facilities.aspx
 
Track Qualifiers: The Pioneer men have had 18 different athletes enter for 10 different events at the upcoming AARTFC Championships.
 
On the track, Cade Tavares (Endicott, NY/Union-Endicott) will be testing his speed and agility, entering into the 110m hurdles after qualifying with a time of 15.62.
 
Eddy Corporan (Poughkeepsie, NY/Roy C Ketcham), Bennett Melita (Johnstown, NY/Fonda Fultonville), and Tobias Jeralds (Canaan, NY/Chatham Central) also sealed entry in a variety of different long-distance events. Corporan gained a spot in the 800m thanks to a 1:55.91 last weekend at the F.I.R.E meet in Williamstown, while Jeralds solidified his spot in the 3000m steeplechase with a 9:38.20, also at last weekend's meet. In addition, long-distance leader Melita gained entry to the 3000m steeplechase (9:08.30, Hamilton Invitational).
 
Three Pioneer relay teams also notched their spot in the 4x100, 4x400m, and 4x800, respectively, as a mixture of athletes including Chris Ganley (Pine Bush, NY/Pine Bush), Shane Tinney (Whitesboro, NY/Oriskany), Shane Wallace (Endicott, NY/Union-Endicott), Tristan Vargo (East Aurora, NY/Orchard Park), Evan Smith (Baldwinsville, NY/Baker), Cade Tavares (Endicott, NY/Union-Endicott), Ellis Urgent (Cornwall, NY/Cornwall Central), Bennett Melita (Johnstown, NY/Fonda Fultonville), Timothy Jeralds (Canaan, NY/Chatham Central), Tobias Jeralds (Canaan, NY/Chatham Central), Anthony Leotta (Dix Hills, NY/Half Hollows Hills West), and Eddy Corporan (Poughkeepsie, NY/Roy C Ketcham) will perform across the trio of relay events. 
 
Field Qualifiers: The Empire 8 Championships were an excellent week for the Pioneers when it came to qualification for the AARTFC Championships, as four field athletes gained their top marks at the conference's climactic event.
 
Louis Pinto (Clinton, NY/Clinton) and Ellis Urgent (Cornwall, NY/Cornwall Central) gained qualification to the high jump and long jump, respectively, doing so in Empire 8 Championship fashion, with both athletes taking home the conference gold in each event. Pinto qualified for the high jump with his Empire 8-best mark of 1.96m. Urgent did so in similar fashion, gaining entry to the long jump with a championship leap of 7.24m.
 
A trio of Pioneers will participate in the hammer throw, with Josh Talbot, Spencer Borghardt (Melville, NY/St.Anthony's), and Blake Gannon (Schenectady, NY/Mohonasen) all achieving entry to the hammer ranks. Borghardt and Gannon gained qualification at the Empire 8 Championships with tosses of 56.17m and 54.17m, respectively. While Talbot earned his spot at the earlier Cortland Classic with a throw of 57.49m.
 
Hunter Logan (Fort Plain, NY/Herkimer College) will look to achieve his third AARTFC Shot Put Championship this week, attempting to accrue the most amount of hardware possible before wrapping up his illustrious Pioneer career. The stellar strongman gained entry thanks to a 16.3m toss at the RPI Capital District Classic, but also took home the Empire 8 Championship a few weekends later to achieve the career sweep in the conference's indoor and outdoor iterations of the event.
 
Finally, Theodore Tsamis (Richmondville, NY/Cobleskill-Richmondville) gained a spot in the decathlon thanks to his 5156-point outing at the Cortland Classic. The all-around athlete will kick off the week at 12:00 PM tomorrow with the decathlon 100m. His sprint will start a big week full of chances for individual and team accolades during the two-day event at Williams. The event is earlier this week most likely due to graduation upcoming on the weekend for many participating institutions.
 
After the AARTFC Outdoor Championships: All that will remain on the schedule after this week's event is the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships. The final meet of the season will begin on Thursday, May 22nd and run until Saturday, May 24th. The event will be held at SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.