LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ (May 7 and 8)–Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s College junior Sean Mayers set a new Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship record in the men’s long jump at 7.37 meters, in the 2005 MAAC Outdoor Track & Field Championship meet held at Rider University. Mayers’ 7.37-meter jump broke the old championship mark of 7.14 meters, set in 2004 by Manhattan’s Magnus Ahlen. Mayers’ jump is also a new school outdoor record, surpassing the 22-feet, 7-inches set by Stephen Hankins in 2001. Mayers’ 2005 MAAC championship jump converts to a little more than 24-feet, 2-inches. Mayers also placed third in the men’s 100-meter dash with a time of 10.87 seconds, which matched the previous MAAC championship record, set in 2003 by Rider’s Jamaal Harris. <\/p>\n
This year, Harris (10.59) and teammate David Payne (10.69) broke the old record, while Mayers matched it. The previous weekend, Mayers was a member of the Peacocks’ 1,600-meter relay team that set a new school record (3:16.87) and won the school’s first Penn Relays gold medal in over a decade, taking first in the "CTC" heat. The versatile Mayers is the all-time single-season (1,546 yards in 2004) and career (2,612 yards) rushing leader for the Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s College football team. In 2004, he ranked second nationally in among NCAA Division I-AA rushers, with 154.6 yards per game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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