With a lineup featuring three South Jersey alums, Rowan on Friday ran the 2nd-fastest 800-meter relay in NCAA Division 3 history.
But not a school record or a meet record.
Freshman Nana Agyemang from Parsippany, sophomore Jah’mere Beasley of Sterling, freshman Robert McKinney from Highland and freshman Isaiah Arzu from Rancocas Valley won the 4-by-200 at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships at Ocean Breeze in 1:27.88.
The only faster time in Division 3 history was turned in by a 2019 Rowan team of Glassboro’s Tyler Garland, West Deptford’s Shai Mumford, Dayquan Murray of Hammonton and Spencer Jarrett from Salem, who ran 1:27.69, also at the NJAC Championships and also on the banked 200-meter track in Staten Island.
The No. 3 time in Division 3 history also belongs to Rowan – that’s a 1:28.27 at the 2018 NJAC meet with Garland, Jonathan Ramirez of Memorial of West New York, Steven Jones of Kingsway and Mumford.
So Rowan now owns the three-fastest 800-meter relay times in NCAA Division 3 history.
The official splits don’t look quite right, and there is no split listed for the first 200. If we get correct splits we’ll post them!
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 