Walter Pierce, seen competing in the long jump portion of the heptathlon last Saturday, won the NJAC title in the event on Friday and broke his own program record with 4,230 points
Pierce, Dinerman break program records at NJAC Indoor Track & Field Championships
PHILADELPHIA, Penn. (Feb. 27, 2026) – The Rutgers University-Camden men's track team scored 43 points, its most at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships since a program-record 72 in the 2018-19 season, as the Scarlet Raptors completed the two-day conference meet here Friday. The NJAC Indoor Championships started last Saturday before the final day was postponed by the weekend snowstorm.
The Raptor men finished sixth of nine programs, while the women finished ninth with four points.
Rutgers-Camden saw two of its men break their own program records, including senior
Walter Pierce, who won the eight-athlete heptathlon event by scoring 4,230 points. He broke his own mark of 3,897 points, set at the 2025 NJAC Championships. He finished the second day of the heptathlon with the final three events, placing second in the pole vault (a PR of 3.51 meters), fourth in the 60-meter hurdles (9.36) and sixth in the 1,000-meter run (3:12.01).
Junior
Jacob Dinerman broke his own program record in the mile, running a 4:09.85 to finish second out of 16 athletes in the event. His old mark of 4:10.92 was set on Feb. 7, 2025, at the FastTrack National Invitational. Dinerman also placed fourth out of 16 athletes at 800 meters (1:55.42).
The men's team also had two other second-place finishes, as freshman
Jayden Deleon placed second of 17 with a high jump of 2.03 meters, barely missing his own program record of 2.05 meters. Junior
Dyheim Watson, meanwhile, set his PR of 15.55 meters in the weight throw while finishing second of 15 athletes.
The men also saw sophomore
Kristopher Ewell finish 13th of 25 in the 400-meter dash (a PR of 50.55) and freshman
Dylan Davies set his PR at 3,000 meters (9:55.37) while finishing 10th of 15.
Leading the Raptor women was senior
Kayla Franklin, who finished ninth of 18 in the weight throw (11.39 meters) and junior
Sydnie Marshall, who was 10th of 18 in the 400-meter dash (1:03.01).
New Jersey Athletic Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships
(at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA)
MEN: 1. Rowan, 265; 2. TCNJ, 152; 3. Stockton, 85; 4. Ramapo, 54; 5. Farmingdale State, 46;
6. Rutgers-Camden, 43; 7. Montclair State, 35; 8. New Jersey City, 12; 9. Rutgers-Newark, 5.
WOMEN: 1. Rowan, 201; 2. TCNJ, 182.5; 3. Stockton, 112; 4. Montclair State, 88; 5. Ramapo, 44.5; 6. New Jersey City, 33; 7. Farmingdale State, 16; 8. Rutgers-Newark, 15;
9. Rutgers-Camden, 4.
Rutgers-Camden Records:
* Heptathlon,
Walter Pierce, 4,230 points (Old: 3,897 points by Pierce, Feb. 22-23, 2025, at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships)
* Men's Mile,
Jacob Dinerman, 4:09.85 (Old: 4:10.92 by Dinerman, Feb. 7, 2025, at the FastTrack National Invitational)
Rutgers-Camden Winners:
* Heptathlon,
Walter Pierce, 4,230 points
