Sterling graduate Jah’Mere Beasley, a nine-time All-America during his years at Rowan, has resurfaced at Rutgers and placed 4th in the season-opening Rutgers Holiday Classic in his first race wearing a Scarlet Knights singlet.
Beasley ran 6.94 in the 60 meters at the Armory, finishing behind teammates James Bivins from Donovan Catholic in Toms River and Chris Serrao of East Brunswick, the 2022 Meet of Champions 110 hurdles champ, as well as Monmouth’s Alex Kislenko from Fair Lawn. All four placed within 4-100ths of a second of each other.
Beasley has a PR of 6.89, which he ran twice while at Rowan – at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships at Ocean Breeze in 2022 and then a few weeks later at the All-Atlantic Regional Championships in Rochester.
Beasley ran 10.55, 21.00 and 47.86 outdoors while at Rowan.
The fastest 60 time ever by a Rutgers sprinter from South Jersey is 6.85 by Pemberton’s Bobby Orro at the 1999 IC4A Championships in Boston. Orro was the 1993 Meet of Champions winner in the 100 at 10.66.
Interesting that Beasley’s long-time NJAC rival Cheickna Traore, a three-time NCAA Division 3 champ for Ramapo and D-3 record holder at 200 meters with a 20.25, also transferred out of the NJAC and is now a grad student at Penn State. So once again, Beasley and Traore are in the same conference.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 