PITMAN, NJ -- The New Jersey Athletic Conference announced Nyla Jones and head coach Shedrick Elliott III along with 17 other Rowan student-athletes as part of 2026 NJAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field All-Conference Teams.

Jones was named the NJAC Outdoor Women's Track & Field Outstanding Athlete while Elliott III and his staff consisting of Eric DuBois, Joseph Kalnas, Jassina Surles, Ryan Gebhardt, John Oberg, and Milton Goode were voted the NJAC Coaching Staff of the Year.

Awards are based off of the top three finishes at last weekend's NJAC Outdoor Championships with the major awards taken by a vote of the league's coaches.

Jones claimed first-place finishes in both the 100 and 400 meter hurdles for the second-straight year. The sophomore, who was chosen the NJAC Rookie of the Year last season, set a new championship meet record in the 100 meter hurdles (13.95), breaking the seven-year old mark of 14.03. Both her top season times in each hurdle event has her ranked in the top 10 of Division III.

Elliott III and his staff captured the Profs' first outdoor championship since 2019 as Rowan swept both the indoor and outdoor titles in the same academic year. The Profs unseated TCNJ from a sixth-straight NJAC crown, narrowly edging the Lions by just 4.5 points. Rowan came home with 18 medals, including five gold medals, seven silver medals, and six bronze medals over the two-day meet hosted by Ramapo.

First-team honors also went to Bree Cooney in the hammer throw, Gabriella Pagano in the 5000 meters, and Emily Zanni in the 3000 meter steeplechase.

The 4x400 relay of Paige Franklin, Lisa O'Sullivan, Amari Pinkett, and Ava Rizzo highlighted the second-team selections that also included Jezena Aponte in the 5000 meters, Katie Little in the discus, Ava Reardon in the javelin, Shannon Stakelbeck in the 10,000 meters, Alaijha Wilson in the discus, and Pagano in the 1500 meters.

Lexi Bey (Hammer), Emily Fraser (3000 meter steeplechase), Keira Gibbons (100 meter hurdles), Maggie Michelet (10,000 meters), along with Aponte (1500 meters) and Little (Discus) all earned honorable mention.

This is the second-straight first-team award for Pagano in the 5000 meters. Franklin, Rizzo, Stakelbeck, Wilson, and Zanni pick up honors for the second year in a row.

Here is the breakdown of award winners:
Aponte - 2nd (5000 meters), HM (1500 meters)
Bey - HM (Hammer)
Cooney - 1st (Hammer)
Franklin - 2nd (4x400 relay)
Fraser - HM (3000 meter steeplechase)
Gibbons - HM (100 meter hurdles)
Jones - 1st (100 meter hurdles), 1st (400 meter hurdles)
Little - 2nd (Hammer), HM (Discus)
Michelet - HM (10,000 meters)
O'Sullivan - 2nd (4x400 relay)
Pagano - 1st (5000 meters), 2nd (1500 meters)
Pinkett - 2nd (4x400 relay)
Reardon - 2nd (Javelin)
Rizzo - 2nd (4x400 relay)
Stakelbeck - 2nd (10,000 meters)
Wilson - 2nd (Discus)
Zanni - 1st (3000 meter steeplechase)

Rowan will compete in three last chance events over the next few days beginning with the G. Larry James Invitational at Stockton on Friday, the Farley Inter-Regional Meet hosted by Williams over the weekend and next Monday's meet at Widener.
   

Event	First Team	Second Team	Honorable Mention
100m Dash	Lucia Garcia-Beltran TCNJ	McKay Alby Montclair State	Ashley Gordon Ramapo
200m Dash	Lucia Garcia-Beltran TCNJ	McKay Alby Montclair State	Reyanna Henderson NJCU
400m Run	Reyanna Henderson NJCU	Kelsey Thomas TCNJ	Kayla Kass Stockton
800m Run	Dale Leonard Ramapo	Kayla Kass Stockton	Kelly O'Grady TCNJ
1500m Run	Dale Leonard Ramapo	Gabriella Pagano Rowan	Jezena Aponte Rowan
5000m Run	Gabriella Pagano Rowan	Jezena Aponte Rowan	Ella Daly TCNJ
10000m Run	Abigail Churchill Montclair State	Shannon Stakelbeck Rowan	Maggie Michelet Rowan
100m Hurdles	Nyla Jones Rowan	Elaina Styer Stockton	Keira Gibbons Rowan
400m Hurdles	Nyla Jones Rowan	Mackenzie Burke TCNJ	Emma Petrolia Stockton
3000m Steeplechase	Emily Zanni Rowan	Evelyn Austin Stockton	Emily Fraser Rowan
4x100 Relay	TCNJ Mackenzie Burke, Petra Doherty, Kelsey Thomas, Lucia Garcia-Beltran	Montclair State Aisha Garcia, Maile O'Neill, Kaelyn Rodriguez, McKay Alby	Ramapo Ashley Gordon, Lauren Daniels, Madison Parker-Anderson, Morgan Levine
4x400 Relay	TCNJ Kelsey Thomas, Mackenzie Burke, Kelly O'Grady, Brenna Omert	Rowan Paige Franklin, Lisa O'Sullivan, Ava Rizzo, Amari Pinkett	Stockton Emma Petrolia, Emma Conroy, Jessica Bruther, Kayla Kass
High Jump	Elaina Styer Stockton	Sarah Scepkowski TCNJ	Tonna Ogina NJCU
Pole Vault	Eva Morrison Stockton	Megan Morris Stockton	Emersen Levins TCNJ
Long Jump	Lia Malave TCNJ	Elaina Styer Stockton	Tonna Ogina NJCU
Triple Jump	Tonna Ogina NJCU	Sarah Lumas Montclair State	Lia Malave TCNJ
Shot Put	Allison Lavin TCNJ	Shanil Auguste Rutgers-Newark	Fejiro Akiri Rutgers-Newark
Discus Throw	Asha Pensa-Johnson Rutgers-Camden	Alaijha Wilson Rowan	Katie Little Rowan
Hammer Throw	Bree Cooney Rowan	Katie Little Rowan	Alexia Bey Rowan
Javelin Throw	Joie Buxton Stockton	Ava Reardon Rowan	Allison Lavin TCNJ
Heptathlon	Sarah Scepkowski TCNJ	Samantha Magin TCNJ	Jessica Holler Montclair State