The RCSJ Roadrunner men's and women's track and field teams finished up their season this past weekend at the NJCAA Division III Outdoor National Championships hosted by Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, NY.
Despite chilly and wet conditions, the teams were able to come home with 2 individual National Championships, 9 NJCAA All-Americans, 10 All-Region, and 20 season best performances. The meet included some historical firsts for the college, with Rae-Jaun becoming the first National Champion for the Roadrunners in the 100m and the 200m events, and the women's 4x100m team were the first to earn All-American for the women in that event. In the national team standings, the women finished in 5th place and earned the region 19 title with that placing. The men finished in 9th place and were the Region 19 Runners-up.
NJCAA All-Americans:
Emma Buttocovla 4x100m
Kayla Cream 4x100m
Devin Phillips 4x100m
Jordyn White 4x100m
Jordyn White 100m hurdles
Jordyn White 400m hurdles
Rae-Jaun Gayle 100m NATIONAL CHAMPION !
Rae-Jaun Gayle 200m NATIONAL CHAMPION !
Jimmy Reardon Javelin
Full results available:
https://www.tfrrs.org/results/96499/NJCAA_Division_III_Outdoor_Track__Field_Championships
2026 NJCAA Division III National Championships
WOMEN:
100m
13 Emma Buttocovla 13.02 Season Best
200m
11 Emma Buttocovla 27.43 Season Best ALL-REGION
16 Devin Phillips 28.25
400m
4 Devin Phillips 1:02.45 Season Best
800m
5 Kayla Ayars 2:32.36 Season Best
13 Devin phillips 2:43.76
1500m
6 Kayla Ayars 5:17.02 Season Best
100 hurdles
3 Jordyn White 16.58 Season Best ALL-REGION ALL-AMERICAN
400 hurdles
3 Jordyn White 1:12.87 ALL-REGION ALL-AMERICAN
Long Jump
8 Jordyn White 4.38m
12 Kayla Cream 4.03m
Triple Jump
7 Kayla Cream 9.77m
8 Jordyn White 9.29m
4x100m relay
3 52.80 Season Best ALL-REGION ALL-AMERICAN
(Jordyn White, Emma Buttocova, Devin Phillips, Kayla Cream)
4x400m relay
6 4:27.13 Season Best ALL-REGION
(Jordyn White, Kayla Ayars, Devin Phillips, Kayla Cream)
4x800m relay
7 12:02.39 Season Best ALL-REGION
(Kayla Ayars, Devin Phillips, Amelia Helkowski, Georgia Lorenzetti)
MEN:
100m
1 Rae-Jaun Gayle 10.61 Season Best ALL-REGION ALL-AMER. NAT. CHAMP.
12 Kassim Joseph 11.14 Season Best
200m
1 Rae-Jaun Gayle 21.79 Season Best ALL-REGION ALL-AMER. NAT. CHAMP.
8 Jamere Brooks 22.46 Season Best
29 Kassim Joseph 23.14 Season Best
110m Hurdles
8 Jamere Brooks 14.96
400m Hurdles
14 Desmond Vassell 59.85 Season Best
22 Liam Nixon 1:04.85
4x100m relay
4 43.07 Season Best ALL-REGION
(Desmond Vassell, Rae-Jaun Gayle, Kassim Joseph, Jamere Brooks)
4x400m relay
16 3:48.57
(Desmond Vassell, Rae-Jaun Gayle, Kassim Joseph, Jamere Brooks)
4x800m relay
12 9:48.10 Season Best
(Liam Nixon, Gary Schwegel, Ryne Handley, Alexis Huerta-Tapia)
High Jump
9 Jason Jones 1.83m Season Best
Long Jump
12 Jason Jones 5.98m
Triple Jump
9 Jason Jones 12.89m
Discus
5 Christian Lopez 37.22m
Hammer
11 Derrick Corbin 37.15m
13 David Macauley 36.08m Season Best
Javelin
3 Jimmy Reardon 51.26m Season Best ALL-REGION ALL-AMERICAN
7 Derrick Corbin 46.14m
TEAM FINISHES:
Women's Team = 5th
Men's Team = 9th
Track Nationals Preview
NJCAA Division III
Track & Field National Championships
May 9-11, 2024
Mohawk Valley Community College
Utica, NY
The Rowan College South Jersey - Gloucester Track and Field teams are set to compete at the NJCAA DIII Outdoor Track & Field National Championships from May 7-9. The meet is being hosted this year by Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, NY, the same site where the Runners won a Men's National Championship in 2018.
The talented RCSJ squads are currently both ranked in the latest United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National poll. The Roadrunner teams are also both ranked nationally in the USTFCCA East Region and in NJCAA Region IX.
RCSJ will be sending a large contingent of both men and women athletes who have qualified for the NJCAA Championships based on their performances throughout the season.
The following athletes are national qualifiers:
Women's Team
Emma Buttocovla 100m, 100m hurdles, 4x100m
Jordyn White 100m, 100m hurdles, 4x100m, 4x400m, long jump
Devin Phillips 200m, 400m, 800m, 4x100m, 4x400m
Kayla Cream 4x100m, 4x400m, Triple Jump
Kayla Ayars 4x100m, 4x400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m steeplechase
Men's Team
Rae-Jaun Gayle 100m, 200m,4x100m, 4x400m
Jamere Brooks 100m, 110HH, 200mm 4x100m, 4x400m
Desmond Vassell 400m hurdles
Jason Jones HJ, Javelin
Jimmy Reardon Javelin
Derrick Corbin Javelin, Hammer
Christian Lopez Discus
Malachi Streeter 4x100m
Desmond Vassell 4x400m
Derrick Corbin Javelin
AJ Davis Javelin
Kassim Joseph 100m, 4x100m, 4x400m
Andre Martinez 4x100m
Vince Zachamy 4x100m