Another big breakthrough race for Sincere Rhea, who has now recorded two hurdles PRs since transferring to Texas Tech.
Rhea, a Maurice River Township native and St. Augustine Prep graduate, ran 7.64 in the 60-meter highs in a meet in Lubbock after PR’ing at 7.74 a week earlier.
Rhea now ranks 15th in NCAA Division 1, and his time is 6th-fastest ever by a New Jersey hurdler, 3rd-fastest by a South Jersey hurdler and fastest since Camden’s Anwar Moore ran 7.50 back in 2008. His time is No. 5 in the Big 12 Conference and No. 4 in the NCAA Division 1 Mountain Region.
Rhea Rhea began his college career at Penn State and ran 7.76, No. 2 in school history behind Guy Rose of Wayne Hills, who ran 7.69 in 2001. He ran that 7.73 at Miami, No. 3 in school history behind Trenton’s Devin Hill [7.55] and Artie Burns [7.68]. He didn’t race last spring.
I mentioned before how lame the Texas Tech men’s track web site is and how their “top 10” isn’t a top performers list but a useless top-10 performances list. But using stats from the TFRRS site I did my best to come up with an all-time Texas Tech sub-7.70 list, and it shows Rhea tied for No. 5 in school history.
All-Time Texas Tech 60-Meter Hurdles List
7.52 … Antoine Andrews, 2025 [Corky Classic, Lubbock, Texas]
7.52 … Caleb Dean, 2023 [Big 12 Championships, Lubbock, Texas]
7.54 … Malachi Snow, 2025 [Corky Classic, Lubbock, Texas]
7.60 … Omo Osaghae, 2010 [NCAA Championships, Fayetteville, Ark.]
7.64 … Chris Caldwell, 2015 [NCAA Championships, Fayetteville, Ark.]
7.64 … Sincere Rhea, 2025 [Stan Scott Invite, Lubbock, Texas]
7.66 … Vashaun Vascianna, 2022 [New Mexico Classic, Albuquerque]
7.68 … Shawon Harris, 2008 [NCAA Championships, Fayetteville, Ark.]
All-Time New Jersey Alumni 60-Meter Hurdles List
7.46 … Jeff Porter [Franklin Twp.], Feb. 1, 2014, Mondeville, France
7.50 … Renaldo Nehemiah [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], March 10, 1989, Madrid, Spain
7.50 … Anwar Moore [Camden], Feb. 24, 2008, Boston
7.52 … Jack Pierce [Woodbury], Feb. 25, 1995, Fairfax, Va.
7.55 … Devon Hill [Trenton], March 10, 2012, Nampa, Idaho
7.64 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], Jan. 25, 2025, Lubbock, Texas
7.66 … Cory Poole [East Orange], Feb. 14, 2020, Clemson, S.C.
7.69 … Guy Rose [Wayne Hills], Feb. 24, 2001, State College, Pa.
7.71 … Chris Serrao [East Brunswick], Jan. 11, 2025, Philadelphia
7.72 … Isaac Williams [Willingboro], Jan. 9, 2015, Houston
7.72 … Jamir Brown [Riverside], Dec. 6, 2024, Staten Island
7.73 … Todd Matthews [Notre Dame], Feb. 17, 2001, Blacksburg, Va.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 