From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Jamir Brown ran the 2^nd-fastest hurdles time in Syracuse history and 6^th-fastest ever by a New Jersey athlete Friday at the ACC Championships in Boston.

Brown led all qualifiers in the 60-meter hurdles at the TRACK in 7.58, dropping his PR from 7.60 in a meet at Clemson last month.

Brown’s time is 15^th-fastest in NCAA Division 1 this year and it’s 2^nd-fastest in Syracuse history, only 9-100ths of a second off the school record of 7.49 set by Jarret Eaton in a meet at Penn State in January 2012.

It’s also 33^rd-fastest in the world this year and No. 21 among U.S. men.

Brown, a Riverside graduate, set NCAA Division records of 7.72 and 13.60 last year while at Rowan and was the 110-meter highs national champion outdoors.

The only South Jersey hurdlers to run faster than Brown are Camden’s Anwar Moore, who ran 7.50 in Boston in 2008, and Olympic bronze medalist Jack Pierce of Woodbury, who ran 7.52 in Fairfax, Va., in 1995. Brown’s 7.58 is tied for 6^th-fastest ever by a New Jersey hurdler, just behind Chris Serrao of East Brunswick High and Rutgers, who ran 7.55 last month at the Ott Center.

The hurdles final is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Brown will be in Lane 4.

All-Time New Jersey Hurdlers 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
7.58… Jamir Brown [Riverside], Feb. 27, 2026, Boston
7.64 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], Jan. 25, 2025, Lubbock, Texas
7.66 … Cory Poole [East Orange], Feb. 14, 2020, Clemson, S.C.
7.68 … Chris Serrao [East Brunswick], Jan. 16, 2026, Philadelphia
7.69 … Guy Rose [Wayne Hills], Feb. 24, 2001, State College, Pa.
7.71 … Jamir Brown [Riverside], Dec. 6, 2024, Staten Island
7.72 … Isaac Williams [Willingboro], Jan. 9, 2015, Houston
7.73 … Todd Matthews [Notre Dame], Feb. 17, 2001, Blacksburg, Va.

All-Time Syracuse Hurdles List
7.49 … Jarret Eaton, 2012
7.58 … Jamir Brown, 2025
7.61 … Jaheem Hayes, 2023
7.65 … Freddie Crittenden, 2017
7.69 … Angelo Goss, 2018
7.74 … Matt Moore, 2018
7.75 … Donald Pollitt II, 2014
7.81 … Amadou Gueye, 2013
7.82 … Emanuel Joseph, 2025
7.85 … Richard Floyd, 2018
7.86 … Tyler Garland, 2020
7.87 … David Gilstrap, 2017
7.91 … Anthony Vazquez, 2024
7.93 … Brevin Sims, 2021
7.94 … David Peters, 2025