FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 7, 2012
Contact:Terry Small, NJAC Commissioner
(856) 582-3679 or (609) 221-1342
RAMAPO’S BROWN NAMED 2011-12 NJAC MEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD MOST OUTSTANDING ATHLETE
Pitman, NJ—Ramapo College junior Ackeme Brown (Englewood, NJ/Dwight Morrow) has been named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Men’s Indoor Track & Field Most Outstanding Athlete for the 2011-12 season. His selection highlighted the 66-member NJAC men’s indoor track & field all-conference team which was announced on March 7. All NJAC special awards were determined by a vote of the league’s nine head coaches, while the league’sall-conference honorswere based on performances at the NJAC Indoor Track & Field Championships conducted at the New York Armory on February 24.
Brown garnered the conference’s top men’s indoor honor after claiming the NJAC championship in the 60 meter dash with a conference-record time of 6.89. He also finished second in the conference long jump with a runner-up leap of 6.69 meters, and third in the NJAC 200 meters with a time of 22.28. Brown also was a member of Ramapo’s NJAC third place 4x200 meter relay which produced a Ramapo school-record time of 1:30.31.
Rowan University junior Demetrius Rook (Galloway, NJ/Absegami)was named the NJAC Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Year. He claimed the NJAC championship in the 400 meters with a season-best time of 48.92. Rooks also was a member of Rowan’s NJAC champion 4x400 meter relay which produced a winning time of 3:18.55.
Farmingdale State College junior Edward Brown (Bay Shore, NY/Bay Shore) was selected as the NJAC Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Year. He claimed the NJAC championship in the weight throw with a conference-record toss of 18.09 meters. Brown also placed ninth in the conference shot put with a throw of 12.93 meters.
Farmingdale State freshman William Frederic (Brooklyn, NJ/Brooklyn Generation) and The College of New Jersey freshman James O’Connor (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan) were selected as NJAC Men’s Indoor Co-Rookies of the Year. Frederic was a member of Farmingdale’s conference second place distance medley relay which posted a runner-up time of 1:58.85. He also placed ninth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:01.19. O’Connor claimed the NJAC championship in the high jump with a personal-best leap of 1.98 meters. He also placed sixth in the 60 meter hurdles with time of 9.26.
TCNJhead coach Phil Jennings was selected as the NJAC Men’s Indoor Coach of the Year by his peers for the third consecutive season. Jennings guided the Lions to a first place finish in the 2011-12 NJAC Indoor Championship, marking his team’s 15th consecutive conference title.TCNJ remains the only program in the history of the conference to claim the NJAC men’s indoor team championship.
Please find attached a list of the 2011-12Men’s Indoor Track & Field
All-Conference Selections
ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS & AWARD WINNERS
Most Outstanding Athlete: / Ackeme Brown, Ramapo
Outstanding Track Athlete: / Demetrius Rooks, Rowan
Outstanding Field Athlete: / Edward Brown, Farmingdale State
Co-Rookies of the Year: / William Frederic, Farmingdale State & James O’Connor, TCNJ
Coach of the Year: / Phil Jennings, TCNJ
2011-12 NJAC MEN'S ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
Event / First Team / Second Team / Honorable Mention
60m Hurdles / Jaivon Palmer
Ramapo / Niyi Adenugba
Montclair State / Louis Fisher
TCNJ
60m Dash / Ackeme Brown
Ramapo / Christopher Medina
TCNJ / Dennis Willis Jr.
Rutgers-Newark
200m Dash / Christopher Medina
TCNJ / Ali Ejaz
Rowan / Ackeme Brown
Ramapo
400m Run / Demetrius Rooks
Rowan / Jayce Maxwell
Rowan / Steve D’Aiutolo
TCNJ
800m Run / Dominic Tasco
TCNJ / Erik Moutenot
TCNJ / Vladimir Manasse
Rutgers-Newark
Mile Run / Shaun McGeever
TCNJ / Eric DuBois
Rowan / Mike Carotenuto
Rowan
3000m Run / Eric DuBois
Rowan / Alec Connelly
Rutgers-Camden / Jon Sewnig
Rowan
5000m Run / Mark Sidebottom
TCNJ / Donald Docimo
TCNJ / Alex Matteson
TCNJ
4x200 Relay / TCNJ: Robert Jiggetts, Kevin Mulcahey,
Kyle Magliaro, Michael Spekhardt / Rowan: Brandon Taylor, Phil Guilford,
Taylor Purdue, Ali Ejaz / Ramapo: Ackeme Brown, Andre Williams,
Jaivon Palmer, Russell Jenkins
4x400 Relay / Rowan: Jayce Maxwell, Taylor Purdue,
Ali Ejaz, Demetrius Rooks / TCNJ: Michael Spekhardt, Kevin Mulcahey, Steven D’Aiutolo, Erik Moutenot / Ramapo: Russell Jenkins, Mike Calero,
Morgan Reilly, Christopher Cagiao
4x800 Relay / TCNJ: Michael Berti, James Seyffart,
Shaun McGeever, Dominic Tasco / Rowan: Mike Lewis, Dave Quimby,
Jesse Spector, Mike Carotenuto / Stockton: Alex Bruno, James Maloney,
Rich O’Connor, Dillon Glasser
Distance Medley / Rowan: Ethan Wolmark, Josh McGriff,
Dave Quimby, Stephen Hoffman / Farmingdale: Russell Darress, Daquan Grant,
William Frederic, Sean Tiernan / Camden: Jason Kendall, Ryan Cesaretti,
Andrew Berger, Adam Biner
Weight Throw / Edward Brown
Farmingdale State / Mike Jang
Farmingdale State / Ieshawn Johnson
Farmingdale State
Shot Put / Jon Tancer
Montclair State / Dorian Slavov
Ramapo / Frank Visconti
Rowan
Long Jump / Isaaic Patterson
Ramapo / Ackeme Brown
Ramapo / Steven D’Aiutolo
TCNJ
Triple Jump / Steven D’Aiutolo
TCNJ / Isaaic Patterson
Ramapo / Phillip Dowell
Ramapo
High Jump / James O’Connor
TCNJ / Scott Lisa
TCNJ / Bernie Brice
Ramapo
Pole Vault / Julio Alorro
TCNJ / Ryan Mazzeo
Richard Stockton / Adam Diekewicz
Rowan