From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Rowan’s all-South Jersey all-star 400-meter relay team earned All-America honors for a 3^rd straight year Saturday with a 2nd-place at NCAA Division 3 Nationals in Geneva, Ohio, and the 4^th-fastest time in NCAA Division 3 history.

Senior Shamar Love of Bridgeton, senior Robert McKinney of Highland, junior Eli Hendricks of Penns Grove and junior Evan Corcoran of Kingsway ran 39.72 after a 39.97 in the trials on Thursday at SPIRE Institute.

Wisconsin La Crosse won the race in 39.66, finishing just 6-100ths of a second ahead of Rowan. Their time is 2^nd-fastest in D-3 history behind only their 39.53 last week on their home track.

Rowan’s time is fastest ever by a school other than Wisconsin La Crosse.

Rowan went into the final as the No. 2 seed at 39.97 from Thursday’s trials. That at the time was a school record and 11^th-fastest in Division 3 history. In the final, they cut another quarter second from that time, missing the national record by 21-100ths of a second.

Their time is No. 32 among U.S. 4-by-1 teams on the World Athletics database.

All-Time NCAA Division 3 400-Meter Relay List
39.53 … Wisconsin La Crosse, 2025 [La Crosse, Wisc.]
39.66 … Wisconsin La Crosse, 2025 [Geneva, Ohio]
39.72 … Wisconsin La Crosse, 2024 [Rock Island, Ill.]
39,.72 … Rowan, 2025 [Geneva, Ohio]
39.77 … Wisconsin La Crosse, 2025 [Geneva, Ohio]
39.81 … Wisconsin Oshkosh, 2025 [Oshkosh, Wisc.]
39.82 … Wisconsin La Crosse, 2024 [Myrtle Beach, S.C.]
39.86 … Wisconsin La Crosse, 2023 [Rochester, N.Y.]
39.87 … Wisconsin La Crosse, 2025 [Oshkosh, Wisc.]
39.92 … Wisconsin La Crosse, 2024 [Myrtle Beach, S.C.]
39.95 … Jersey City State, 2006 [Philadelphia]
39.96 … Wisconsin La Crosse, 2023 [Rochester, N.Y.]
39.97 … Rowan, 2025 [Geneva, Ohio]

This is the 9^th time Rowan has earned All-America honors in the 4-by-1 and the 5^th time in the last 10 years. The 2^nd-place finish matches their best ever in a 4-by-1. The 2023 team of Nana Agyemang, Jah’mere Beasley, Donovan Clement and Julian Pratt ran 40.14 and placed 2^nd in Rochester.

1994     7^th [42.10]
2001     3^rd [40.98 [40.88 in trials]
2002     3^rd [41.06]
2003     3^rd [40.83]
2016     4^th [40.92]
2017     4^th [41.18]
2023     2^nd [40.14]
2024     5^th [40.68]
2025     2^nd [39.72]