PITMAN, NJ --- The New Jersey Athletic Conference has announced its men's indoor track and field weekly honors for the week ending Jan. 29.


TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
DAVE ETIENNE • New Jersey City University
Senior • Jersey City, NJ/Dickinson

Etienne earns his first NJAC Indoor Track Athlete of the Week honor of his senior season after he climbed up the NJCU indoor record books this weekend with a pair of strong performances at the Boston University John Thomas Terrier Classic on Friday, Jan. 27. He tied a 17-year-old program record with a personal-record time of 21.71 in the 200 meter dash to place fifth overall out of 121 runners. That ranks as the ninth-fastest time in Division III to this point in the season. Etienne also placing seventh out of 121 runners in the 400 meters with a personal-record time of 48.17 to climb to third in the NJCU record books. That ranks as the third-fastest time in Division III this season (just 0.01 short of second).


FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
AHMIR JOHNSON • Rowan University
Senior • Penllyn, PA/Wissahickon

Johnson picks up his second consecutive NJAC Field Athlete of the Week honor after a record-setting performance at the Columbia Challenge on Friday. He set a new Rowan program record with a leap of 7.38 meters in the long jump, which is also the top-ranking long jump in NCAA Division III this season. He broke Rowan’s 42-year-old record of 7.34 meters, set by Robert Beaman in 1981. He placed third in the meet, only behind jumpers from UCLA and UConn. 


ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
LUKE GNOSPELIUS • Rowan University
Freshman •Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood

Gnospelius becomes the third Prof this season to earn NJAC Rookie of the Week honors, joining teammates Evan Corcoran (Week 1) and Kwaku Nkrumah (Week 3). Gnospelius competed in the pole vault at the Seamus McElligott Invitational at Haverford, clearing 4.40 meters. His vault ranks him tied for first in the NJAC and tied for third in the NCAA Metro Region.