Dallas Hohney, a Glassboro graduate, smashed Rowan’s 800 school record Friday at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships at the Ott Center.
Hohney, a junior, led a 1-2 Rowan finish with a winning time of 1:51.60, which broke the school record of 1:52.63 set by Nick Neville from South Brunswick High at the 2018 NJAC Championships at Ocean Breeze. Junior Teddy Wilson was 2nd in 1:51.80.
Both ran under the meet record of 1:52.02 set at the 2018 meet at Ocean Breeze by Ramapo’s Jeremy Hernandez from Clifton, the 2018 NCAA indoor mile champion.
Hohney’s PR is 1:50.71 from the Ott Centre last January while competing for Rider. That’s No. 3 in Rider history. Hohney is also Rider’s indoor school rcord holder in th 400 indoors and outdoors with identical 47.64s.
Rowan’s outdoor 800 record has stood for nearly half a century. In 1981, Pemberton’s Tavo Rivera ran 1:48.52 at New Jersey Championships in Piscataway on May 6, 1981.
Hohney’s time is 12th-fastest in NCAA Division 3 this year. He was chased to the finish line by teammate Wilson, who PR’d at 1:51.80 for 2nd place – also under Neville’s former school record and No. 16 on the 2026 D-3 performance list. Wilson, from Toms River North, had a previous PR of 1:53.00 from May of 2024 in Corland, N.Y., and an indoor PR of 1:53.83 from last February in Boston.
Hohney came through 400 in 53.92 with Wilson at 54.27. They came through 600 in 1:22.87 and 1:22.97. Senior Thomas Blach of TCNJ from Old Bridge ran a fast 1:53.02 for 3rd.
Hohney never ran an 800 in high school, although he did win the 2022 state Group 1 400 title in 49.32 at Pennsauken. He didn’t run his first lifetime 800 until March of 2024 and didn’t break 1:56 until last January.
Hohney is also No. 10 in D-3 in the 400 at 47.75, so likely will qualify for both middle-distance races at Nationals next month in Birmingham. Indoor school record in the 400 is 47.21 by Amara Conte of Ferris High in Jersey City when he won the Division 3 title three years ago in Birmingham.
Maurice Ransome has held the Rowan outdoor 400 record of 46.19 for 36 years. Ransome, a Salem High graduate, ran that in the qualifying heats at 1990 NCAA Championships in Naperville, Ill.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 