PITMAN, NJ -- #2 Rowan swept four of the five marquee awards as a total of 30 student-athletes were selected all-conference by the New Jersey Athletic Conference in its year-end men's outdoor track & field honors.

Damitrius Hester was named the Thomas M. Gerrity Most Outstanding Athlete while Angel Gonzalez was chosen as the NJAC Outstanding Track Athlete and David Brown earned the NJAC Rookie of the Year. Head Coach Dustin Dimit and his staff were awarded the Bill Fritz Coaching Staff of the Year as well.

All-NJAC honors were determined by finish at the recent NJAC Outdoor Track & Field Championship and major awards were voted on by the league's nine head coaches.

Hester won the javelin with a meet record, PR, and new #5 all-time Division III result of 73.38 meters to win the event for the third year in a row. His top mark sits atop of the Division III list this season.

Gonzalez captured the 400 meter hurdles, running a 51.26 winning time in the final, which also is PR and a new #2 in Division III this year.

Brown finished first in the high jump, leading six Profs to place in the top eight of the event. He joins five other teammates ranked in the top 12 in Division III with Brown currently at #3.

The trio lead a plethora of 29 medalists over the weekend at the two-day championships held at Ramapo. The Profs took home its 11th-straight conference championship, totaling 319.33 points for its 24th NJAC Title in program history. Dimit and his coaching staff of Norm Tate, Eric DuBois, Ryan Gebhardt, Milton Goode, John Oberg, Joseph Kalnas, Jassina Surles, Francis Terry, Miles Voenell, and Soham Kolli guided the Profs to 11 first-place finishers.

Joining Hester, Gonzalez, and Brown on the first team were Jason Agyemang in the 110 meter hurdles, Josh Caudill in the Hammer, Dallas Hohney in the 800 meters, Joshua Justin in the triple jump, Javion Payne in the Discus, and Ethan Plut in the Pole Vault. Both the 4x100 relay of Masai Byrd, Evan Corcoran, Joudou Diawara and Elijah Hendricks and the 4x400 relay consisting of Samuel Agbessi, Nick Garman, Blaik Slavinski, and Teddy Wilson were also named first team.

Diawara in the 200 meters and Agbessi in the 400 meter hurdles highlighted second-team honors for the Profs: Drue Chauhan in the javelin, Paris Hamlin in the discus, Kwaku Nkrumah in the 110 meter hurdles, Anthony Parker in the long jump, and Colin Patterson in the 5000 meters were all cited.

Caudill (Shot), Wilson (800 meters), and Eric Foster (100 meters and 110 meter hurdles) scored honorable mention accolades along with Anthony Faust in the 10,000 meters, Dylan Fitzpatrick in the javelin, Max Owens in the pole vault, Chris Ross in the long jump, Marquis Taylor in the 400 meters, Garrett Walters in the 3000 meter steeplechase, and Noah Wampole in the high jump.

The team will see limited action in last chance meets on Friday at Stockton and Monday at Widener. The AARTFC Championships are slated for May 13-14 at Ursinus.
 
Here is a breakdown of the all-conference honors:
Agbessi - 1st (4x400 relay), 2nd (400 meter hurdles)
Agyemang - 1st (110 meter hurdles)
Brown - 1st (High Jump)
Byrd - 1st (4x100 relay)
Caudill - 1st (Hammer), HM (Shot)
Chauhan - 2nd (Javelin)
Corcoran - 1st (4x100 relay)
Diawara - 1st (4x100 relay), 2nd (200 meters)
Faust - HM (10,000 meters)
Fitzpatrick - HM (Javelin)
Foster Jr. - HM (100 meters), HM (110 meter hurdles)
Garman - 1st (4x400 relay)
Gonzalez - 1st (400 meter hurdles)
Hamlin - 2nd (Discus)
Hendricks - 1st (4x100 meters)
Hester - 1st (Javelin)
Hohney - 1st (800 meters)
Justin - 1st (Triple Jump)
Nkrumah - 2nd (110 meter hurdles)
Owens - HM (Pole Vault)
Parker - 2nd (Long Jump)
Patterson - 2nd (5000 meters)
Payne - 1st (Discus)
Plut - 1st (Pole Vault)
Ross - HM (Long Jump)
Slavinski - 1st (4x400 relay)
Taylor - HM (400 meters)
Walters - HM (3000 meter steeplechase)
Wampole - HM (High Jump)
Wilson - 1st (4x400 relay), HM (800 meters)

   

Event	First Team	Second Team	Honorable Mention
100m Dash	Maxim Rychkov TCNJ	Samuel Thomas Ramapo	Eric Foster Rowan
200m Dash	Samuel Thomas Ramapo	Madaijoudou Diawara Rowan	Noah Traverso TCNJ
400m Dash	Pratt Charles NJCU	Noah Traverso TCNJ	Marquis Taylor Rowan
800m Run	Dallas Hohney Rowan	Jacob Dinerman Rutgers-Camden	Teddy Wilson Rowan
1500m Run	Kevin Matthews TCNJ	Brandon Chen TCNJ	Ryan Pena Ramapo
5000m Run	Brandon Chen TCNJ	Colin Patterson Rowan	Evan Melito TCNJ
10000m Run	Evan Melito TCNJ	Sean Haggerty TCNJ	Anthony Faust Rowan
110m Hurdles	Jason Agyemang Rowan	Kwaku Nkrumah Rowan	Eric Foster Rowan
400m Hurdles	Angel Gonzalez Rowan	Samuel Agbessi Rowan	Nathaniel Adams TCNJ
3000m Steeplechase	Ryan Segalla TCNJ	Nate Kidwell TCNJ	Garrett Walters Rowan
4x100 Relay	Rowan Masai Byrd, Evan Corcoran, Elijah Hendricks, Joudou Diawara	Ramapo Wander Dilone, Samuel Thomas, Kevin Ortiz, Darnelsen Romain	TCNJ Chris Eubanks, Maxim Rychkov, Noah Traverso, Tyler Seaton
4x400 Relay	Rowan Nick Garman, Blaik Slavinski, Samuel Agbessi, Teddy Wilson	Ramapo Logan Natale, Jordan Hart, Jaycen Peterson, Christian Iriaka	TCNJ Victor Akinboboye, Lebron Rose, Tyler Seaton, Nathaniel Adams
High Jump	David Brown Rowan	Jayden Deleon Rutgers-Camden	Noah Wampole Rowan
Pole Vault	Ethan Plut Rowan	Tyler Kadezabek TCNJ	Max Owens Rowan
Long Jump	Ahmad Fogg Stockton	Anthony Parker Rowan	Chris Ross Rowan
Triple Jump	Joshua Justin Rowan	Bryant Nelson Stockton	Ahmad Fogg Stockton
Shot Put	Braden Paulmenn TCNJ	Bryan Alvarez Montclair State	Josh Caudill Rowan
Discus Throw	Javion Payne Rowan	Paris Hamlin Rowan	Shamil Dixon Kean
Hammer Throw	Josh Caudill Rowan	Dyheim Watson Rutgers-Camden	Braden Paulmenn TCNJ
Javelin Throw	Damitrius Hester Rowan	Drue Chauhan Rowan	Dylan Fitzpatrick Rowan
Decathlon	Jayvee Dumas TCNJ	Benjamin Zelasco Ramapo	Walter Pierce Rutgers-Camden