Today, we highlight Men's Track and Field star Jamere Brooks, a top-caliber sprinter and record-breaking hurdler who is off to a solid start under veteran Roadrunners' Coach Ryan Hughes at the midway point of the 2026 NJCAA season.
Year: Freshman
High School: Willingboro, Class of 2025.
Positions: Sprinter (100, 200 meters), Hurdler, and Relays (4 x 100, 4 x 400).
Major: Electrical Engineering.
Favorite Athletes: Fred Kerley, Olympics silver and bronze medalist in the 100 meters; Messiah Russell, Olympics gold medalist hurdler; and Grant Hollooway, Olympic gold medalist in the 110 meters hurdles.
About Jamere Brooks: In the recent West Chester Invitational, Brooks ran the fastest NJCAA DIII 110-meter hurdler in the country. The second occurrence set an NJCAA DIII all-time record.
Brooks had a best of 15.25 when he settled in the blocks for the prelims at West Chester. He followed that with a time of 14.92 that gave him the national lead, albeit wind-aided with a wind reading of 3.5 meters per second.
Brooks was even faster in the final, clocking. His time took down the 14.84 best-known NJCAA DIII mark set in 2024 by Chase Vickery of St. Charles (Mo.) CC.
For his outstanding performances, Brooks was selected as NJCAA D III Men's Track and Field National Athlete of the Week.
In the recent Ursinus Springfest at Ursinus College, Jamere ran the second fastest JUCO hurdles time in the country in the 110 hurdles event on 42-inch hurdles. His time in the event was a blistering 15.25 seconds. He had lowered that time from an opening day mark of 16.02 seconds in the Stocktion University Ivitational.
At Willingboro High, Jamere competed for 3 seasons in indoor and outdoor track and field, earning NJSIAA state and sectional qualifying finishes in hurdles competition. He also emerged as a Burlington County champion in the 110 hurdles with a high school PR of 14.79 seconds in the meet held at Lenape High School.
Jamere Brooks on competing in track and field at the college level: The standout hurdler though he might have somoe difficulty adjusting to a higher hurdles lvel when he began his Roadrunner career. The NJSIAA competition uses a 39-inch hurdle in high school meets -- but so far Jamere has not experienced any difficulty transitioning to the 42-inch hurdles on the college level.
"I thought it might be tough, but I've adjusted pretty quickly to the college high hurdles," he said. "And I'm confident I can lower my times even more as I run more meets."
RCSJ Coach Ryan Hughes on Jamere Brooks: "Jamere is a high-level competitor for us in the sprints and hurdles, and we are fortunate to have him in our lineup," Coach Hughes commented. "He works hard each and every meet to lower his times and provide the team with good results."