Meet Highlights
EWING, NJ -- Rowan won its 20th New Jersey Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championship and the seventh in a row with its decisive team win over the two-day event hosted by The College of New Jersey capped off on Monday.
FINAL RESULTS
The Profs racked up a total of 300 points, 167 ahead of second-place TCNJ.
Sunday's action was highlighted by the javelin crew taking the top five spots led by
Greg Poloso with a top mark of 64.50 meters.
Edgar Rosa (64.44),
Lane Owens (63.89),
Dan McAleavey (63.49), and
Julio Lebron (58.20) all followed to sweep the event.
Nana Agyemang and
Ahmir Johnson went 1-2 in the long jump with
Khaliel Burnett in sixth (6.68). Agyemang's winning jump of 7.36 meters is the #2 mark in all of Division III and a PR while Johnson hit a season-best result.
Connor McBride took home a first-place finish in the 10k, running his second-fastest time (31:45.70).
Turning to Monday,
Marquise Young took home the 110 meter hurdles bettering his season-best time with a 14.57 finish, moving him into the top 25 in DIII.
Young along with
John Owens,
Treshan Stevenson, and
Joe DeVito went 1-2-3-4 in the 400 meter hurdles. Owens (52.98) was first, with Stevenson (53.24) in second, Young (54.16) in third, and DeVito 54.19) in fourth. Owens breaks his PR for the third meet in a row.
Amara Conte ran 47.99 to win the 400 meters, turning in a PR and a DIII Top 25 time.
Jah'mere Beasley also hit a season-best and #11 DII time in the 200 meters (21.26) where he placed second.
Jake Kolodziej captured the 800 meters in a time of 1:55.34.
In the high jump, the Profs scored a 1-2-3 placement led by
Earnest Daniel who cleared 2.04 meters for first place.
Soham Kolli was second (1.95 meters) and
Adonis McGee (1.95 meters) was third.
The triple jump title went to
Rakim Coyle with a top mark of 14.48 meters. Johnson took second (14.42) and Burnett (13.90 meters) was third.
Ian Bain earned a pair of fourth place finishes, one coming in the discus (47.07 meters) and the other in the hammer throw (47.93 meters).
The squad will give it one more go before the AARTFC Championships on May 18-19 when the Profs head to the Swarthmore Last Chance Meet (held at Widener) on Monday, May 16th.
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