Rowan senior Evan Corcoran from Kingsway ran a PR and advanced to the 100-meter dash finals at the NCAA Championships Friday in Wisconson.
Corcoran ran 10.39, the 3rd-fastest qualifying time. His previous wind-legal PR was a 10.42 last week in Collegeville. He has run 10.38 with excessive assisting wind. Corcoran’s heat of the 100 trials had a 1.9 wind reading.
Corcoran is a two-time NCAA Division 3 All-America for his relay work but has never earned All-America honors in an individual event. He’ll get his chance in the 100 final at 3:40 p.m. Saturday at Veterans Memorial Stadium in La Crosse, Wisc.
Corcoran’s time is No. 2 in Rowan history behind Eastern’s Rajahn Dixon, who ran 10.32 last month in Glassboro. Dixon did not advance out of the rounds on Friday.
Corcoran also advanced as part of Rowan’s 400-meter relay team that ran 40.01, the 2nd-fastest qualifying time.
Rowan hasn’t had a national placer in the 100 in 47 years, since another Gloucester County sprinter, Charles Cooper of Paulsboro, placed 4th in the 1979 meet in Berea, Ohio, with a hand-timed 10.8.
The top two qualifiers were Davian Willems of Wisconsin-Oshkosh [10.34] and Kai Smith of Salisbury [Md.] [10.37].
Corcoran’s time is 3rd-fastest all-time by an NJAC sprinter. Here’s the top 5:
10.18 … Cheickna Traore [Ramapo], 2023, Rochester, N.Y.
10.32 … Rajahn Dixon [Rowan], 2026, Glassboro
10.39 … Evan Corcoran [Rowan], 2026, La Crosse, Wisc.
10.43 … Maxim Rychkov [TCNJ], 2026, Mahwah
10.43 … Shamar Love [Bridgeton], 2025, Ewing
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 