Rowan’s 1,600-meter relay team, with Woodbury’s Marquis Taylor, Triton’s Samuel Agbessi, Toms River North’s Teddy Wilson and Glassboro’s Dallas Hohney, ran the fastest time in NCAA Division 3 this year Monday in Chester.
The Profs ran 3:08.97, 25th-fastest in NCAA Division 3 history and 2nd-fastest in Rowan and New Jersey Athletic Conference history behind a 3:08.74 at the 2023 NCAA Division 3 Championships in Rochester, N.Y., with Sterling’s Marquis Young, Nana Agyemang from Parsippany, Sterling’s Jah’mere Beasley and Amara Conte from Ferris High in Jersey City.
They bumped Wisconsin-Eau Claire from the top spot in Division 3. Eau Claire ran 3:09.01 in a meet at La Crosse last week.
Taylor led off with a 46.42 split, Agbessi ran 49.12, Wilson split 47.41 and Hohney anchored in 46.02.
What’s remarkable about the performance is that not only was Rowan not pushed, they ran uncontested. It looks like Ramapo started the race but dropped out after two legs and Rowan ran the rest of the race with nobody else on the track.
Rowan’s previous best time this year was a 3:14.70 last week at the NJAC Championships in Mahwah with Nicholas Garman, Blaik Slavinski, Agbessi and Wilson.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 