Kingsway graduate Evan Corcoran ran a near-PR in the 100-meter dash this weekend and the No. 2 time so far this year in the NJAC.
Corcoran, a sophomore at Rowan, ran 10.70 in the trials at the Metropolitan Championships Saturday at Ichan Stadium on Randall’s Island in Manhattan and then went on to win the final in 10.71. No wind information was recorded, unfortunately.
Corcoran ran within 7-100ths of a second of his 100 PR of 10.63, which he ran twice last May at the AARTFC Championships in Selinsgrove, Pa. (AARTFC is the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference). He finished last year by anchoring Rowan’s 400-meter relay team that placed 2nd at NCAAs in Rochester with a 40.14, 6th-fastest in NCAA Division 3 history.
Corcoran ran 21.68 for 200 meters last year but hasn’t run a 200 yet this spring. Indoors, he was runner-up in the NJAC Championships in both the 60 and 200.
At Kingsway, Corcoran ran 10.55, 21.62 and 49.49. He was a state Group 4 champion in the 200 and Meet of Champions 3rd-place finisher in the 100.
Rowan junior Shamar Love from Bridgeton placed 3rd in 10.83 and Willingboro graduate Miles Allen, a freshman at Essex County College, ran 10.98.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 