Rowan junior Jason Agyemang ran the 3rd-fastest hurdles time in NCAA Division 3 history Saturday morning at the AARTFC Championships at Ithaca, leading a record three Rowan hurdlers under 7.90 and four under 8.0 seconds.
In the fastest hurdles race in Division 3 history, Agyemang ran 7.80, lowering his PR from 7.87 in Friday’s trials, D-3 indoor record holder Jamir Brown from Riverside was 2nd in 7.86, outdoor national champion Kwaku Nkrumah was 3rd with a lifetime-best 7.87 – 9th-fastest in D-3 history – and Sterling’s Marquis Young was 4th in 7.95, matching his lifetime-best time, which is 16th-best in Division 3 history.
The current Rowan team now has three of the nine-fastest hurdlers in Division 3 history and four of the top 16.
They will all be racing at the NCAA Division 3 National Championships next weekend in Rochester, N.Y.
Agyemang, from North Plainfield, placed 3rd at last year’s NCAA indoors in Virginia Beach in 7.94. That was his PR until he ran 7.87 on Friday. Agyemang was also 2nd in the outdoor D-3 nationals behind Nkrumah last spring in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Brown, a freshman, set the D-3 record of 7.72 at Ocean Breeze in his first collegiate final and then ran the 2nd-fastest time in D-3 history in the trials of the NJAC Championships at the Ott Center, where he ran 7.74. His 7.86 equals his 3rd-fastest time this year.
Nkrumah came into the indoor season with a 7.93 PR from his win at last year’s NJAC meet at Ocean Breeze. He lowered it to 7.92 at Ocean Breeze in December, then to 7.90 a few weeks later at Ocean Breeze. That stood as his lifetime-best until his 7.89 in Friday’s trials, and then he lowered it again to 7.87 in the final.
Young’s lifetime best coming into this year was 7.96 from a meet at Ocean Breeze last year, and he lowered it to 7.95 in the trials of the NJAC meet and again on Saturday.
Rowan now has the top three hurdlers in Division 3 this year and four of the top six.
All-Time NCAA Division 3 60-Meter Hurdles List
7.72 … Jamir Brown [Rowan], Dec. 6, 2024, Ocean Breeze
7.75 … Luke Campbell [Salisbury], March 15, 2014, Lincoln, Neb.
7.80 … Luke Schroeder [Wisconsin-La Crosse], Feb. 3, 2024, La Crosse, Wisc.
7.80 … Jason Agyemang [Rowan], March 8, 2025, Ithaca, N.Y.
7.82 … Oliver Thomas [Worcester Polytechnic Institute], Feb. 12, 2022, Boston
7.82 … Terrence Gibson [Worcester State], March 15, 2014, Lincoln, Neb.
7.83 … Kendrick Gibbons [Lincoln], 2007
7.85 … Dan Arnold [Wisconsin-Platteville], March 12, 2016, Grinnell, Iowa
7.87 … Taylor Rooney [Gustavos, Adolphus], Feb. 6, 2021, St. Paul, Minn.
7.87 … Kwaku Nkrumah [Rowan], March 7, 2025, Ithaca, N.Y.
7.88 … Dontre Sinegal [McMurry], Dec. 7, 2024, Pittsburg, Kan.
7.90 … Bobby Cooks [Aurora], March 10, 2017, Naperville, Ill.
7.93 … Jayson Ekiyor [Bethel], Feb. 9, 2025, La Crosse, Wisc.
7.93 … Tyler Jackson [Washington], March 10, 2012, Grinnell, Iowa
7.94 … Kenneth Wei [MIT], March 12, 2022, Winston-Salem, N.C.
7.95 … Marquis Young [Rowan], Feb. 22, 2025, Philadelphia
7.95 … Max Cleveland [Simpson], Feb. 10, 2024, Boston
7.95 … Andrew Whitaker [Washington], March 12, 2022, Winston-Salem, N.C.
2025 NCAA Division 3 60-Meter Hurdles Leaders
7.72 … Jamir Brown [Rowan], Dec. 6, 2024, Ocean Breeze
7.80 … Jason Agyemang [Rowan], March 8, 2025, Ithaca, N.Y.
7.87 … Kwaku Nkrumah [Rowan], March 7, 2025, Ithaca, N.Y.
7.88 … Dontre Sinegal [McMurry], Dec. 7, 2024, Pittsburg, Kan.
7.93 … Jayson Ekiyor [Bethel], Feb. 9, 2025, La Crosse, Wisc.
7.95 … Marquis Young [Rowan], Feb. 22, 2025, Philadelphia
7.98 … Marlon Cystrunk [Wisconsin-Whitewater], Feb. 14, 2025, Whitewater, Wisc.
7.99 … Eli Etherton [Nebraska Wesleyan], Jan. 31, 2025, Crete, Neb.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 