2025-26 Men's Track and Field Roster

Titus Kao
Titus Kao

Nolan Recker

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Muscatine, Ia.
  • High School Muscatine

Biography

College Bests:
Discus Throw - 173' 5''
Hammer Throw - 197' 0''
Javelin Throw - 100' 0''
Shot Put - 52' 4.75''
Weight Throw - 68' 3''

2024-2025: Earned track and field team's Outstanding Thrower Award... Opened indoors at Yale Season Opener, where he placed first in weight throw with mark of 65' 0''... Set new weight throw PR of 68' 3'' at Y-D-C to place first and further his school record... Placed first in weight throw at River Hawk Invitational... At Coach Greg Roy-al Rumble, threw 67' 0'' in weight throw, placing second... At Ivy League Indoor Championships, placed third in weight throw, scoring points for Bulldogs... Began outdoors at UCF Black & Gold Challenge in discus and hammer throw; placed second in discus throw with his mark of 157' 11''... At Transatlantic Series meet, placed second in discus throw and hammer throw... Threw discus and hammer at Ivy League Outdoor Championships, where he placed sixth in hammer throw with his mark of 196' 8'' to score points... Set new PR of 197' 0'' in hammer throw at Princeton Elite Invitational. 

2023-2024: Opened indoors at Yale Season Opener, placing second in weight throw with mark of 61' 4.75''... Placed second in weight throw at Y-D-C, throwing 63' 1.25''... At Crimson Elite meet, threw school record in weight throw with mark of 66' 10.75''... Competed in shot put and weight throw at Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Championships, placing eighth in weight throw... Began outdoors at UCF Knights Invite in discus and hammer throw; he laced fourth in hammer... At Yale vs. Harvard dual, set PR in hammer throw of 191' 1'' to place first and to move to third all-time at Yale... At Larry Ellis Invitational, set discus throw PR of 173' 5'' to move to eighth all-time at Yale... At Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Championships, threw in discus and hammer throw; placed fifth in discus.

2022-23: Opened his campaign at Yale Season Opener with second-place finish in weight throw... Finished third in weight throw at Harvard-Yale-Princeton tri-meet... Competed at Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track & Field Championships, placing 10th in weight throw and 12th in shot put... Placed fourth at 2023 Indoor IC4A championships in weight throw... Threw personal record of 52.07m in discus throw at HYOC meet... Threw hammer throw personal record of 53.41m at Georgia Tech Invitational, placing ninth overall... Competed at Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track & Field Championships, scoring points by placing sixth in discus throw... Won discus throw at Yale Last Chance Meet and threw javelin personal best of 30.47m.

High School: 2022 shot put state champion... 2021 discus state runner up... Two-time all-state...School record holder in shot put and discus... Team captain.

Personal: Played football in fall; two-time all-conference tight end...Was on swim team; two-time relay state qualifier.

Why Yale: "I chose Yale because of its supportive community as well as its great academic and athletic standards."

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

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  • 2023-24Sophomore

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  • 2024-25Junior

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  • 2025-26Senior

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