RAJAHN DIXON FROM EASTERN, ELI HENDRICKS FROM PENNS GROVE PLACE 2ND, 4TH IN 200 AT NCAA DIVISION 3 CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH TWO-FASTEST TIMES IN ROWAN HISTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Rajahn Dixon from Eastern and Eli Hendricks blazed speedy 200-meter dash times, placing 2nd and 4th Saturday in the 200-meter dash at the NCAA Division 3 Championships at La Crosse, Wisc.

Dixon and Hendricks, seeded just 12th and 7th, ran the two-fastest 200 times in Rowan history, Dixon placing 2nd in 20.76 and Hendricks 4th in 20.86. Senior Evan Corcoran, racing soon after he took 3rd in the 100, placed 8th in 21.31.

The race was held with a legal 1.7 wind reading.

The previous school record was 20.91, which Sterling’s Jah’mere Beasley ran at the 2022 National Championships in Geneva, Ohio.

Dixon’s time is 21st-fastest in NCAA Division 3 history. Hendricks is No. 45.

Top-seeded Kai Smith of Salisbury [Md.] won the race in 20.42, making him 3rd-fastest in NCAA Division 3 history.

Dixon’s 20.76 is 6th-fastest ever by a South Jersey high school alum, and Hendricks’ 20.86 is 8th-fastest. Dixon is fastest from Camden County since Olympic gold medalist Dennis Mitchell. Hendricks is fastest ever from Salem County.

With 14 points in the 200, Rowan increased its total to 79, 12 behind leader Wisconsin-La Crosse and 24 more than 3rd-place Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

The full list of sub-21 sprinters is below.

19.75 … Carl Lewis [Willingboro], June 19, 1983, Indianapolis

20.09 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], June 2, 1989, Provo, Utah

20.51 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], Feb. 28, 2026, Indianapolis

20.61 … John Stone [Mainland Reg.], May 22, 1999, Atlanta [-0.4]

20.64 … Bruce Owens [Deptford], May 29, 2010, Greensboro, N.C. [1.1]
20.76 … Rajahn Dixon [Eastern], May 23, 2026, La Crosse, Wisc. [1.7]

20.83 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], May 7, 2005, Columbus, Ohio
20.86 … Eli Hendricks [Penns Grove], May 23, 2026, La Crosse, Wisc. [1.7]

20.88 … Kevin Holloway [Palmyra], April 21, 1979, Bloomington, Ind.

20.90 … Jack Pierce [Woodbury], May 23, 1984, Cape Girardeau, Mo.

20.91 … Jah’mere Beasley [Sterling], May 26, 2022, Geneva, Ohio [1.9]
20.94 … Jayden Poteat [Winslow], May 16, 2026, Elon, N.C.
20.97 … Matt Rose [Bordentown], May 24, 1987, Villanova, Pa.

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