Willingboro’s Rae-Jaun Gayle won a couple national titles over the weekend at the NJCAA Division 3 National Championships at Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, N.Y.
Gayle, a sophomore at Rowan College South Jersey Gloucester County campus in Deptford, won the 100 in 11.04 into a 3.1 meters-per-second headwind after a wind-aided 10.61 in the trials and ran 22.22 to win the 200 into a 2.4 headwind after a 21.79 in the prelims with an assisting wind.
He also earned All-America honors in the 400-meter relay, which placed 4th in 43.07 with freshman Kassim Joseph of Sparta, freshman Jamere Brooks of Willingboro and freshman Desmond Vassell from Glassboro.
Jimmy Reardon from Delsea placed 3rd in the javelin with a throw of 168-2.
In the women’s meet, freshman Jordyn White from Clearview ran 16.68 and placed 3rd in the 100-meter hurdles and 1:13.81 for 3rd in the 400-meter intermediates, and freshman Devin Phillips of Paul VI placed 4th in the 400 in 62.82
White and Phillips also ran on the 3rd-place 400-meter relay team, which ran 52.80. Freshman Emma Buttocovla from Seneca and freshman Kayla Cream from Washington Township also ran on that team.
Rowan College South Jersey finished 7th in the men’s meet with 39 points and 5th in the women’s meet, also with 39 points. Full results here.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 