GLASSBORO, NJ – Freshman Kevon Brown inched closer to becoming the first Rutgers-Newark track athlete to qualify for the NCAA Division III Championships by lowering his school record in the 110-meter hurdles twice at the Rowan Open. 

R-N Results at 2010 Rowan Open (PDF)     
2010 Rowan Open Results (PDF)

Brown ran a 15.07 to finish fourth in the preliminary round before taking third in the finals with a clocking of 14.94 – just .06 off the provisional qualifying standard for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships. 

Freshman Tcahz Amevor won the 5000-meter run with a personal best of 16:43.20 in a field of 13 runners while sophomore Tauqeer Qazi was second in a field of 24 in the 800-meter run in a time of 2:03.02. 

Freshman Corey Graves was fifth in the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 59.93 while rookie Shariff Stubbs took ninth in a field of 27 runners in the 100-meter dash with a clocking of 11.40. 

Senior Nnaemeka Ibeh ran a 52.82 in the 400-meter dash to finish ninth in a field of 40 runners. 

Rutgers-Newark will compete in the CTC Outdoor Championships at DeSales University on April 18.