PITMAN, NJ – Marquise Young, Kwaku Nkrumah, and head coach Dustin Dimit all captured top honors from the New Jersey Athletic Conference in outdoor track & field as the year-end awards were announced on Friday.

Young was named the NJAC Outstanding Track Athlete and Nkrumah was chosen the NJAC Rookie of the Year. Head Coach Dustin Dimit was voted the NJAC Coach of the Year as over 20 Profs were selected all-conference as the honors were based on performances at the 2023 NJAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships while the All-NJAC special awards were determined by a vote of the league's head coaches.

Young earned first-team honors after winning the 400 meter hurdles and picked up second-team accolades in the 110 meter hurdles.

Nkrumah won the 110 meter hurdles for a first-team selection.

For Dimit, he earns coach of the year honors for the eighth-consecutive year helping lead the Profs to the NJAC Title also for the eighth year in a row.

First-team honors also went to Amara Conte (400 meters), who set a meet record and a personal best in the finals, Adonis McGee in the high jump, Nana Agyemang in the long jump, and Greg Poloso in the javelin. The 4x100 relay of Shamar Love, Evan Corcoran, Jah'mere Beasley, and Agyemang round out the eight first-team winners.

On the second team, Beasley scored honors in both the 100 meters and 200 meters, along with Justin Kelly in the 5000 meters, Joe DeVito in the 400 meter hurdles, Brandon Jarrett in the 3000 meter steeplechase, Anaias Hughes in the high jump, Tyler Raimondi in the pole vault, Ian Bain in the discus, and Edgar Rosa in the javelin. The 4x400 relay squad of Noah Rivera-Sharp, Masai Byrd, Young, and DeVito also were highlighted.

The honorable mention list features Corcoran (100 meters), Conte (200 meters), Jarquil Young (400 meters), Jake Kolodziej (800 meters), Jake Riley (1500 meters), Matthew Conway (10000 meters), Jason Agyemang (110 hurdles), Caleb Clevenger (3000 steeplechase), Eric Byrne (pole vault) Max Owens (pole vault), and Kevin Armstrong (javelin).

The Profs captured the NJAC Championships with a total of 296 points, 136 ahead of second place.

The team will see select members compete on Monday at the Widener Last Chance before heading to the AARTFC Outdoor Championships beginning on Wednesday, May 17th at Susquehanna.
 

Event	First Team	Second Team	Honorable Mention
100m Dash	Cheickna Traore Ramapo	Jah'mere Beasley Rowan	Evan Corcoran Rowan
200m Dash	Cheickna Traore Ramapo	Jah'mere Beasley Rowan	Amara Conte Rowan
400m Dash	Amara Conte Rowan	Dave Etienne NJCU	Jarquil Young Rowan
800m Run	Thomas Blach TCNJ	Sean Burtnett TCNJ	Jake Kolodziej Rowan
1500m Run	Kevin Christensen TCNJ	Michael Rodriguez TCNJ	Jake Riley Rowan
5000m Run	Erik Ackerman Stockton	Justin Kelly Rowan	Benjamin Fanta TCNJ
10000m Run	Michael Bond TCNJ	Adam Abushanab Rutgers-Newark	Matthew Conway Rowan
110m Hurdles	Kwaku Nkrumah Rowan	Marquise Young Rowan	Jason Agyemang Rowan
400m Hurdles	Marquise Young Rowan	Joe DeVito Rowan	Jason Agyemang Rowan
3000m Steeplechase	Kevin Christensen TCNJ	Brandon Jarrett Rowan	Caleb Clevenger Rowan
4x100 Relay	Rowan Shamar Love, Evan Corcoran, Jah'mere Beasley, Nana Agyemang	Stockton Ryan Fisher, Anthony Gentile, Carson Latham, Dontay Turner	TCNJ Thomas Domozych, Jason Engler, Matthew Plumeri, Raymond Schmitt
4x400 Relay	Ramapo Terrell Lockett, Cheickna Traore, Kenyon Fenderson, Max Dubac	Rowan Noah Rivera-Sharp, Jarquil Young, Masai Byrd, Joe DeVito	Montclair State Jordan Dickerson, Nicholas Schaffer, Jackson Dalton, Samael Milevoix
High Jump	Adonis McGee Rowan	Anaias Hughes Rowan	Jordan Hartley Rutgers-Newark
Pole Vault	Owen Fogarty Montclair State	Tyler Raimondi Rowan	Eric Byrne, Rowan / Max Owens, Rowan Gavin Lum, Stockton
Long Jump	Nana Agyemang Rowan	Anthony DiMaulo Montclair State	Joseph Morales Stockton
Triple Jump	Jabez Thomas Montclair State	Trevone Green Stockton	Daniel Bamfo Farmingdale State
Shot Put	John Griffith Montclair State	Jayden Wright TCNJ	Na'im Kinsey Montclair State
Discus Throw	Zachary Mackiewicz TCNJ	Ian Bain Rowan	John Griffith Montclair State
Hammer Throw	Sebastian Pross Ramapo	John Griffith Montclair State	Zachary Mackiewicz TCNJ
Javelin Throw	Greg Poloso Rowan	Edgar Rosa Rowan	Kevin Armstrong Rowan
Decathlon	Robert Kalinowski Farmingdale State	Tyneil Jackson NJCU	Max Klenk Stockton