Stockton University Athletics

Lewis Repeats as NJAC Field Athlete of the Year

Men's Track & Field | 2/28/2018 10:35:00 AM

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Galloway, NJ – Eleven members of the Stockton University men's indoor track & field team earned NJAC all-conference honors for the 2017-18 season. Senior Jared Lewis (Westville/Deptford) was voted NJAC Outstanding Field Athlete for the second consecutive season to head the list of honorees.
 
The all-conference teams are based on finish in each event at the NJAC Championships on February 19. Event winners at the NJAC Championships receive NJAC First Team honors while runners-up are slotted for NJAC Second Team kudos and third-place finishers are recognized as NJAC Honorable Mention. As a team, the Ospreys placed second at the conference meet for their highest finish in school history.
 
Lewis, a five-time NJAC Field Athlete of the Week this season, received two NJAC First Team accolades for his wins in the triple jump (15.00m) and long jump (7.10m) as he took both events for the third straight year. The senior ranks second nationally in the triple jump and is tied for 11th in the long jump. Lewis was voted NJAC Outstanding Field Athlete last season and NJAC Most Outstanding Athlete in 2016.
 
Freshman Keith Holland (Bayville/Central Regional) joined Lewis as an NJAC First Team honoree by capturing the men's pole vault (4.25m) at the NJAC Championships. Qudratullah Qadiri (Ocean Twp./Ocean Twp.) finished second behind Holland in the pole vault (4.10m) for an NJAC Second Team nod.
 
Donovan Bryan-Frank (Teaneck/Teaneck) and freshman Olivier Paul (Mays Landing/Oakcrest) earned NJAC Second Team spots as the runners-up in the high jump (1.98m) and 400m (49.30 seconds) respectively. Paul and Bryan-Frank also joined Omar Dogbey (Manalapan/Manalapan) and Jahmir Ellis (Glassboro/Deptford) for third place and NJAC Honorable Mention status in the 4x400 relay (3:23.82).
 
Freshmen Gunnar Pearson (Barnegat/Barnegat) and Cooper Knorr (Manalapan/Manalapan) teamed with Matt Cohen (Robbinsville/Robbinsville) and Christian Mele (Cherry Hill/CH East) for third in the 4x800 relay (8:09.93) to qualify for NJAC Honorable Mention in that event.