Burlington Township’s Jasmine Broadway recorded the 2nd-fastest qualifier to the 200-meter dash final at the NCAA Division 3 Championships in Rochester, N.Y.
Broadway ran a lifetime-best 24.18, lowering her own Rowan school record from 24.33, which she ran earlier this month when she won the NJAC title at Ramapo.
Broadway, a Rowan sophomore, won the first of three heats. Each winner and the next-five-fastest advanced to the final at 3:50 p.m. on Saturday.
The only faster qualifier was Lauren Jarrett, a freshman at Wisconsin-La Crosse, who was 1st across the line in the 2nd heat in 24.09. Jarrett was aided by a 0.9 tailwind. Broadway’s race had no tailwind.
At Burlington Township, Broadway had a PR of 25.60 from her win at the 2021 Central Jersey Group 3 sectionals at Jackson Liberty. She went on to place 2nd at states at Pennsauken in 25.67.
She ran 25.84 as a Rowan freshman but got down to 25.19 this past indoor season and earned All-America honors after a running a leg on Rowan’s 4-by-400 team, which placed 8th at indoor nationals in Birmingham, Ala.
She broke 25 seconds for the first time early last month with a 24.85 in a meet at Widener, then lowered her PR to 24.76 in Columbia, S.C., in late April, and then 24.33 in the trials of the NJAC meet, which she won in 24.46.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 