PITMAN, NJ – Freshman hurdler Kevon Brown has been selected as the New Jersey Athletic Conference Men's Track & Field Rookie of the Week for his performance in the New Balance Invitational. 

NJAC Men's Indoor Track & Field Athletes Of The Week (PDF)

On Friday, he lowered his own school mark in the 60-meter hurdles to 8.65 seconds, finishing 16th in a field of 32 competitors who mostly represented NCAA Division I institutions. He was second among NCAA Division III finishers in the race.

On Saturday, Brown anchored the Scarlet Raiders' 4 x 200-meter relay quartet which qualified for the ECAC Indoor Championships with a school-record time of 1:32.22. He joined senior Nnaemeka Ibeh and classmates Shariff Stubbs and Corey Graves to shave 6.30 seconds off of the previous R-N record.