Results

UTICA, NY – Cade Eells (mile) and Will D'Agata (pole vault) each broke the school record in their respective events as the Nazareth men's track and field squad completed day 1 of the Empire 8 Championships on Friday at Utica University. Nazareth is currently in fifth place out of nine teams heading into the final day on Saturday. 

Geneseo leads the way with 97.5 points, followed by Brockport (62.5), St. John Fisher (39.5), Utica (32), Nazareth (26.5), Houghton (9), Alfred (5), Hartwick (1), and Sage (0).

Eells (4:13.42) broke the school record in the mile to take third place in a regional qualifying time. It was also five seconds faster than his previous PR. Ethan Kenyon was 10^th (4:23.10).

D'Agata tied Jack Pomykaj's pole vault record of 4.45 meters (14' 7 ¼") to earn third place, while Pomykaj was sixth at 4.30 meters (14' 1 ¼"). Freshman Nolan Armitage also earned a point with an 8^th place finish at 4.15 meters (13' 7 ¼").   

Pomykaj is in fourth place in the heptathlon after four events. His highest finish came as he crossed third in the 60-meters (7.31).

Freshman Graeden Heichberger took home third place in the shot put with a regional qualifying mark of 14.84 meters (48' 8 ¼"). 

Junior Adam Reifsteck got on the podium with an 8^th place finish in the long jump at 6.52 meters (21' 4 ¾").   

Nazareth's distance medley of Joseph Cataldo, Benjamin Lewis, Cole Hastings, and Kenyon earned fifth place in a regional qualifying time of 10:37.52.