As a result, each participant will earn first-team All-American honors. Rowe’s advancements to the 200m and 4×100 finals put him an exclusive Aggie Club. He will join Chris Belcher as the only two Aggies in history to be three-time first-team All-Americans after Rowe earned first-team honors in the 4×100 last season.
Four more Aggies will walk away with second-team All-American honors. Freshman Trevor Stewart will earn multiple second-team All-American accolades. Stewart placed 10th in the 400m with a time of 45.35 while he and his 4×400 teammates, senior Justin Hamilton, junior Michael Dickson and senior Dajuan Harding ran 3:07.02 to place 16th.
N.C. A&T opened competition at nationals with the 4×100. Senior Joel Thomas, junior Michael Dickson, freshman Michael Bell and Rowe completed the relay with a season-best time of 39.05 falling just short of heat winner Florida State (39.00). They earned an automatic qualifying berth into Friday’s final ranking 10th amongst the field.
Last year, the 4×100 team ran 38.57 to win bronze at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. During the qualifying round last season, the 4×100 ran a 38.48 for the ninth-fastest time in NCAA history. The Aggies relay squad will be back on the track at 8:32 p.m. EST, Friday.
Rowe won the third heat of the 200m semifinals with a time of 20.49 qualifying for Friday’s final at 10:07 p.m. EST. He ranks eighth heading into the finals and looks to wrap up a superb 2018 after earning second-team All-American honors during the NCAA indoor championships in February.
Courtesy: NCA&T Athletics
