Rowan senior Jason Agyemang led all qualifiers into the 110-meter hurdles final at the NCAA Division 3 Nationals Friday, tying the meet record and the 4th-fastest time in NCAA Diision 3 history. Rowan senior Kwaku Nkrumah from Teaneck was 3rd-fastest qualifier. Both are former NCAA Division 3 national champions.
Agyemang, from North Plainfield, ran 13.72 at Veterans Memorial Stadium in La Crosse, Wisc., matching his PR from a home meet in Glassboro last month. He tied the meet record set by Taylor Rooney of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., in the 2021 meet in Greensboro, N.C.
By the luck of the draw, Rowan had all five of its hurdles qualifiers in the same heat, which isn’t ideal since the winner of each heat automatically qualifies for the final. Four hurdlers were unable to finish the race, including Willingboro’s Eric Foster, a Rowan sophomore.
Agyemang won the 60-meter highs at 2025 indoor Nationals, placed 2nd in last year’s outdoor nationals and was 3rd in the 60-meter hurdles at Indoor Nationals this past March.
Nkrumah, who also ran 13.72 earlier this year in a home meet in Glassboro, qualified for the final with a 13.88 behind Agyemang’s 13.72. Nkrumah, from Teaneck, won the 110-meter highs at 2024 Nationals and was 5th in the 60-meter highs indoors in 2025 and 2nd indoors this year.
No. 2 qualifier was Division 3 record holder Luke Schroeder of host La Crosse. He ran a wind-aided 13.20 last week on his home track and set the D-3 record of 13.32 with legal wind earlier this month, also in La Crosse. He broke the D-3 record of 13.60 set by Riveride’s Jamir Brown as a Rowan freshman last year in the trials of the NJAC Championships in Ewing. He’s now a sophomore at Syracuse.
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The final is scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 