The No. 1 distance medley performance in the New Jersey Athletic Conference belongs to Rutgers-Camden, which ran 10:39.65 at the NYC Gotham Cup at Ocean Breeze last month.
Although the official results list a lineup of junior Jacob Dinerman from Haddon Township, freshman Jack Wessner of Maple Shade and Paul VI, sophomore Josiah Saint Elien from Cinnaminson and sophomore Kristopher Ewell from Ewing, I’m going to guess that Ewell – a 1:57 half-miler who hasn’t run a mile – led off and Dinerman anchored.
In any case, the Scarlet Raptors are currently 26th-fastest in NCAA Division 3 as well as atop the NJAC performane list.
The splits are messed up in the official results – they combined the 400 and 800 legs – but Ewell led off with a 3:22.38, Wessner and Saint Elien combined to run 2:52.17 so probably something like 51 and change and 2:01 and change – and Dinerman anchored in 4:20.82.
Rutgers-Camden last won the DMR at the conference meet in 2011, with Adam Biner of Scotch Plains-Fanwood, Matt Curtis from West Deptford, Jon Warren of Camden and Haddon Township’s Jason Kendall running 10:26.54.
The school record in the indoor DMR is a speedy 10:08.24 from the 2008 Valentine Invitational at Boston University with Frank Iwanicki of Edgewater Park and Holy Cross, Akeem Lloyd from Atlantic City, Jonathan Salamon from Bridgewater and St. Joe’s Metuchen and Mike Fox from Hainesport and Rancocas Valley.
Rutgers-Camden is scheduled to compete at the Fastrack National Invite Friday at Ocean Breeze.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 