Rowan’s hurdlers broke the NCAA Division 3 shuttle hurdles record by more than half a second Saturday at the Profs’ own Oscar Moore Invitational in Glassboro.
Rowan ran 57.58 unpressed, breaking the D-3 record of 58.18 set on April 26, 2025, by Central College of Pella, Iowa, at the Drake Relays in Des Moines.
Valentin Augustin, a grad student from Hamilton West, led off for Rowan, followed by senior Anaias Hughes from Willingboro and former D-3 national champions Jason Agyemang of North Plainfield, a junior, and senior Kwakyu Nkrumah of Teaneck.
Rowan hoped to make a run at the record last year when Division 3 record holder Jamir Brown was still in school, but they never had the chance because of bad weather. Brown is now running for Syracuse.
The NJAC web site does not list a conference record for the shuttles. Rowan’s web site shows a previous school record of 58.3 hand-timed from 1982 with Robert Abdullah from Paulsboro, Gary Smith of West Deptford, Stanley Moore of Overbrook, Anthony Abbica of Butler.
Earlier in the day, Agyemang ran 13.72 in the hurdles trials and they have finally a wind reading of 0.3 posted in the results, making it a legal race, and although he skipped the final Nkrumah ran 13.72 in the final with a 0.8. They are now tied for 2nd in Division 3 history behind only Brown, who ran 13.60 in the trials of the NJAC Championships in Ewing last May.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 