Sophomore Noah Wampole from Radnor and freshman David Brown from Edison both cleared 7-0 ¼ in the high jump Saturday at Rowan’s own Oscar Moore Invitational in Glassboro.
Brown had two meets over seven feet indoors, including a school-record 7-2 ¼ at the Ott Center in February, No. 3 all-time in NCAA Division 3. This was his first college outdoor meet.
Wampole’s previous PR was 6-10 ¾, which he cleared once indoors, in February at Ocean Breeze, and again last week in Daytona Beach.
Wampole and Brown are Rowan’s 2nd and 3rd outdoor 7-footers. Jeffrey JonTucker of Eastern cleared 7-2 ¼ at the 2018 Lions Invitational in Ewing.
Wampole and Brown are the 3rd and 4th 7-footers this year in NCAA Division 3. Two jumpers from Lynchburg [Va.] cleared 7-1 at a meet last weekend in High Point, N.C. They are tied for 43rd on the all-time NCAA Division 3 performance list. Tucker is 7th.
Also Saturday, junior Arrington Rhym from Hamilton West, junior Jamile Gantt from Paulsboro, junior Isaiah Davenport from Pleasantville, junior Damarion Potts from South Brunswick and sophomore Malaka Pressey from Freehold Borough all cleared 6-7 ½ and senior Anaias Hughes from Willingboro cleared 6-4 in his first high jump competition since 2023.
On the 2026 Division 3 performance list, Wampole and Brown are tied at No. 3, Potts and Arrington are tied at No. 6 with 6-9 clearances, Gantt is tied at No. 9 with 6-8 ¾ and Pressey and Davenport are tied at No. 15 with 6-7 ½. Rowan has seven of the 24 jumpers who’ve cleared at least 6-7 ½ so far this year.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 