Rowan ran the 3rd-fastest 400-meter relay in NCAA Division 3 this year Saturday in Daytona Beach.
Senior Masai Byrd from Rancocas Valley, sophomore Julian Conigliaro from Delsea, sophomore Madaijoudou Diawara from Toms River North and senior Evan Corcoran from Kingsway ran 40.93, winning the race at the Embry Riddle Invitational.
The only faster times this year have been recorded by Centenary of Shreveport, La., who ran 40.45 in Jackson, Miss., last month, and Texas Lutheran of Seguin, Texas, who ran 40.74 in San Antonio, Texas, on Friday.
Rowan ran the 3rd-fastest time in Division 3 history last year at NCAA Division 3 Nationals in Geneva, Ohio, with a 39.72, with Corcoran also in the lineup. They’ve also run 39.97 [last year in D-3 trials], 40.03 [Widener last-chance meet last May], 40.14 [2023 Nationals in Rochester], 40.27 [last April in Atlanta], 40.36 [2023 at NCAA trials], 40.37 [in 2023 in Selinsgrove, Pa.] and 40.43 [2002 NCAAs in St. Paul, Minn.] and most likely some other sub-41 times.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 