Sterling’s Marquise Young earned his 8th career All-America honor and Ocean City’s Luke Halbruner his 1st on Rowan’s 4th-place 1,600-meter relay team at NCAA Division 3 Nationals at Nazareth University’s Golisano Center in Pittsford, N.Y.
Rowan ran 3:15.83 for five points and finished in 3rd place with 32 points, behind only two Wisconsin powerhouses – La Crosse [84 points] and Oshkosh [39 points].
Rowan’s 27 other points came in the 60-meter hurdles, where Jason Agyemang, Riverside’s Jamir Brown, Young and Kwaku Nkrumah finished 1-2-4-5.
The 3rd-place finish ties Rowan’s best ever at indoor nationals. The Profs also finished 3rd in the 2018 meet with 37 points. They also placed in the top 10 in 1999 [tied for 4th with 20 points] and 2017 [tied for 6th with 21 points].
Young led off the 4-by-4 for Rowan with a 49.32 split, Nana Agyemang ran 48.69, Samuel Milevoix split 48.79 and Halbruner anchored in 49.04.
Earlier in the day, Young placed 4th in the hurdles in 7.83, tied for 7th-fastest in NCAA Division 3 history.
Young doesn’t have outdoor eligibility remaining and was competing in his final race for the Profs. He goes down as one of the all-time greats in program history. Here’s a look at his eight All-America performances:
2022 Indoors
1st, 1,600-Meter Relay [3:16.56]
2022 Outdoors
5th 1,600-Meter Relay [3:13.44]
2023 Outdoors
7th 400-Meter Hurdles [53.35]
6th 1,600-Meter Relay [3:08.74]
2024 Outdoors
5th 110-Meter Hurdles [14.21]
4th 1,600-Meter Relay [3:11.41]
2025 Indoors
4th 60-Meter Hurdles [7.83]
4th 1,600-Meter Relay [3:15.83]
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 