Pair of All-Time Empire 8 Records Set on Day One of the 2025 Empire 8 Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Men’s Outdoor Track and Field | 5/2/2025 9:04:50 PM

Jacob Miller of SUNY Geneseo and Brandon Kaplan of St. John Fisher University set all-time Empire 8 records on day one of the 2025 Empire 8 Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship from Bob Boozer Field at Eunice Kennedy Shriver Stadium on the Campus of SUNY Brockport will serve on Friday, May 2. Geneseo has 94.5 points, while host SUNY Brockport is second with 57 points after eight of the 22 scored events.
 
Miller won the 400-meter dash in an Empire 8 record time of 47.24 seconds, shattering the previous mark of 47.35 seconds that he set earlier in the season, which was also set by Peter Girardi of St. John Fisher in 2017.
 
Kaplan won the hammer throw with a toss of 60.87 meters, which shattered former NCAA Champion Luis Rivera of Nazareth University’s mark of 59.22 meters, set in winning the 2015 NCAA National Championship.
 
Hayden Penna of St. John Fisher won the pole vault in an E8 Championship equaling mark of 4.90 meters, which was originally set by former NCAA National Runner-up Mike Dempsey of RIT in 2010.
 
Emerson Comer of SUNY Geneseo won the 3,000-meter steeplechase in an E8 Championship record of 9:04.73.
 
Kaiden Simpson of Russell Sage College won the javelin throw, firing it 50.87 meters.
 
Utica University standout Ellis Urgent won the E8 long jump championship with a leap of 7.24 meters.

Geneseo’s Micah McCulley, SUNY Geneseo annexed the 10,000-meter run by just eight one-hundredths of a second over teammate Justin Thang in a time of 32:45.73.

  

Houghton University’s 4 x 800-meter relay team of Amos Bixler, James Eustace, Henry Sardina, Aidan Fish, Houghton won in a time of 7:56.56.

Daniel Pagan of SUNY Geneseo leads the decathlon with 3,413 points with five of the 10 events completed. He was the top finisher in the shot put, high jump and 400-meters. Defending E8 Champion Jack Pomykaj is right behind in second with 3,259 points. He won the other two events on Friday, the 100-meters and long jump.

 

Day two action gets underway from SUNY Brockport at 10 a.m.

 

2025 Empire 8 Outdoor Championship Team Scores (After Friday)

SUNY Geneseo – 94.5 points

SUNY Brockport – 57

St. John Fisher University – 56

Utica University – 47.5

Nazareth University – 26

Houghton University – 12

Russell Sage College – 10

Hartwick College – 7

Alfred University – 2

2025 Empire 8 Outdoor Championship Individual Relay/Award Winners (Friday)

3,000-meter Steeplechase: Emerson Comer, SUNY Geneseo – 9:04.73 (Empire 8 Championship Record)

400-meter dash: Jacob Miller, SUNY Geneseo – 47.24 (Empire 8 Championship Record, Empire 8 All-Time Record)

4 x 800-meter relay: Amos Bixler, James Eustace, Henry Sardina, Aidan Fish, Houghton – 7:56.56

10,000-meter run: Micah McCulley, SUNY Geneseo – 32:45.73

Long Jump: Ellis Urgent, Utica – 7.24 meters (23′ 9″)

Hammer Throw: Brandon Kaplan, St. John Fisher – 60.87 meters (199′ 8″)  (Empire 8 Championship Record, Empire 8 All-Time Record)

Pole Vault: Hayden Penna, St. John Fisher – 4.90 meters (16′ 0.75″) (Empire 8 Championship Record)

Javelin Throw: Kaiden Simpson, Russell Sage – 50.87 meters (166′ 10″)

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