EUGENE, Ore. – Adam Spencer and Gio Wearing won Big Ten outdoor titles, Bob Liking, Joseph White, Jalen Williams earned silver medals while Matan Ivri took bronze to lead the Wisconsin men's track and field team to a runner-up finish at the 2025 Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Sunday at Hayward Field.

UW finished with 81 points to tie for second with Minnesota. Oregon won with 110 points.

Stellar Spencer
Senior Adam Spencer got things going for the Badgers in the men's 1500 meters, winning his fifth Big Ten individual title thanks to a time of 3 minutes, 53.18 seconds. . 

The school record holder in the event with a time of 3:31.81 set at the 2023 Diamond League race in London, it marks his second Big Ten title in the event after he won the 1500 meters as a freshman in 2022. It marks the third time in the last four years UW has won the 1500 meters at Big Tens as Jackson Sharp won the event in 2023. 

Spencer wasn't the only Badger to score in the event as Liam Newhart took eighth with a time of 3:54.85. 

Golden Gio
Minutes after Spencer's victory in the 1500 meters, Gio Wearing scored another 10 points for UW in the team standings thanks to an exciting victory in the 110 hurdles. 

The Ashburn, Virginia, native, dove at the line to win the high hurdles in a season-best time of 13.46, nipping Kai Graves-Blanks of Iowa who was second in 13.51.  

Wearing became the first Badger to win a Big Ten crown in the 110 hurdles since Paul Check in 2005 and the seventh different Badger to win the event since 1977. 

Fantastic 5000
Continuing their distance legacy, the 5000-meter race saw the Badgers total 21 points. Led by four-time Big Ten cross country champion Bob Liking finished runner-up in the event with a season best time of 13:32.47. Followed closely by Matan Ivri with a time of 13:33.79, this was freshman's first Big Ten podium finish.

Graduate student Rowen Ellenberg snatched a fifth-place finish in the event with a personal best time of 13:35.61. Christian de Vaal rounded out the top-6 with a personal best time of 13:35.97 in the highly competitive field of 37 athletes.

Dynamite Discus
Joseph White, school record holder in the discus, cemented his status as one of the greatest Badgers to do so, placing second in the event with a throw of 196-2 (59.80m). 

Teammate Jake Schaefer joined him on the podium with a throw of 183-9 (56.01m), placing eighth overall in the event. 

Casey, Hilby Score in 800
UW earned an additional five points in the 800 meters thanks to the duo of Andrew Casey and Patrick Hilby. Casey crossed the line in 1:48.54 to place fifth while Hilby was eighth in 1:49.24. 

The duo also ran on UW's 4x400 relay along with Williams and Elliott Harris that placed 10th in 3:09.45.

Straight From the Track
Director of Cross Country and Track & Field
On the team's finish:
"Our team's energy out there today was next level. The guys fed off this energy and once Adam got the ball rolling with his 1500 meters win, the rest of the team responded, event after event. We got one big performance after another. Gio's win in the 110 hurdles was very special and Jalen's second place finish in the 400 meters got a lot of guts fired up. Joseph White (2nd) and Jake Schaefer (8th) added some valuable points in the discus. In the tradition of great past Badger teams, our 5K crew put up 21 huge points after a disappointing 10K on Friday night."

Senior Adam Spencer
On his win:
"I think this one was probably the biggest one, obviously with Oregon and Washington in the new Big Ten with some quality athletes in there. It feels good to win, I feel like I'm just building momentum throughout the whole year, coming into shape at the right time."

Senior Joseph White
On his showing
"I was happy that some of my hard work paid off a little bit and can't complain with how I did today. I'm just excited to keep improving."

Senior Bob Liking
On bouncing back: 
"For our guys to come and pick up the 10K guys, it was really great. Coach told me some things that I needed to hear, and shoutout to Archie (Noakes), he did a lot of work…I was definitely down after the 10K, it was tough, I went in as the favorite and I just blew up and there was nobody else to blame but me. I was really down, and coach and I had a heart-to-heart, told me a lot of things I needed to hear and the boys did such a good job of picking me up. It just made me really proud to be a Badger."

Up Next: Select Badgers will head south for the NCAA Outdoor First Round hosted by Texas A&M in College Station, TX. The meet begins Wednesday, May 28 and continues through Saturday, May 31. Qualified athletes will have a chance to punch their ticket to the 202T NCAA Championships on June 5. The list of qualifiers will be announced later this week. 

Big Ten Outdoor Championships
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Hayward Field
Eugene, Oregon

400 Meters 
2. Jalen Williams 45.61

800 Meters 
5. Andrew Casey, 1:48.54
8. Patrick Hilby, 1:49.24

1500 Meters Finals 
1. Adam Spencer, 3:53.18
8. Liam Newhart, 3:54.85

5000 Meters
2. Bob Liking, 13:32.47
3. Matan Ivri, 13:33.79
5. Rowen Ellenberg, 13:35.61
6. Christian de Vaal, 13:35.97

110 Hurdles Finals 
1. Gio Wearing, 13.46

4x400 Meters
10. Harris, Hilby, Casey, Wearing, 3:09.45

Discus
2. Joseph White, 196-2 (59.80m)
8. Jake Schaefer, 183-9 (56.01m)

Team Scores
1. Oregon, 110
2. Minnesota, 81
2. Wisconsin, 81
4. USC, 78
5. Nebraska, 76
6. Washington, 72
7. Iowa, 59
8. Illinois, 37
8. Penn Sata, 37
10. Ohio State, 33
11. UCLA, 32
12. Michigan, 31
13. Indiana, 29
14. Purdue, 22
15. Rutgers, 21
16. Michigan State, 15
17. Maryland, 3