Rowan freshman Jah’mere Beasley, a Sterling graduate, ran a fast wind-legal 200 Saturday in a meet at West Chester University’s Farrell Stadium.
Beasley ran 21.72 into a 0.1 meters-per-second headwind, leading a 1-2 Rowan finish with freshman teammate Nana Ageymang, who was second in 22.44.
Beasley, who already ranks No. 1 in the New Jersey Athletic Conference with a 10.86 100 from last weekend (and a 10.95 with legal wind), now ranks No. 1 in the 200 as well. Nobody else in the NJAC is under 22 seconds.
His 200 time is No. 8 in NCAA Division 3 and No. 2 among Division 3 freshmen, behind only Jayden Sloan of McMurry University of Abilene, Texas, who ran 21.67 at the Incarnate Word Invitational in San Antonio this past weekend.
Sloan also ran a leg on McMurry’s 3:15.13 4-by-4 team, which is the only Division 3 school in the country that’s run faster than Rowan’s 3:15.86.
Beasley has lifetime best of 21.30 from the 2019 Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington. This is the earliest in any season he’s ever run under 22 seconds.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 