Ramapo College's Jeremy Hernandez wins Division III national championship in the mile

Ramapo College star Jeremy Hernandez has achieved the exclamation point in his storied track and field career — a national championship.

The senior from Clifton, top seeded, won the mile run in a meet record 4:05.95 and finished second in the 3,000-meter run Saturday at the NCAA Division III indoor championships in Birmingham, Alabama.

Earlier this season, Hernandez ran 3:59.01, breaking the Division III record and becoming the first Division III athlete to run a sub four-minute mile.

Jeffrey Dove of Christopher Newport College, who ran 4:10.85 to finish second in the mile, denied Hernandez's bid to be a double winnner. Dove was first in the 3,000 meters in 8:10.86, and Hernandez was timed in 8:14.83.

On the women's side, Amber Edwards brought home another gold medal for Ramapo. The senior from Sayreville won the triple jump with a personal-best jump of 12.52 meters (40'1).

Harrison Escoffery of Rowan, a senior from Hackensack, finished second in the high jump (6-11.75). Stefan Divivier of Tufts (7-0.85), who cleared 7-foot four times, was first.

Escoffery also competed in the triple jump, finishing 13th (14.31 meters, 46-50). Jared Lewis of Stockton was first (15.28 meters, 50-1.75).

In the NCAA Divsion 1 championships in College Station, Tex., former St. Joseph star Zach Brazile, Ohio State's Big Ten champion, finish fourth in the long jump. His best jump was 7.96 meters, 26-1 1/2. Will Williams of Texas A&M (8.19 meters, 26-10 1/2) won the event in front of his hometown crowd.

Ben Malone, a fifth-year senior from River Vale, was part of Villanova's distance medley relay team that finished eighth. The former Pascack Valley star ran the opening leg and the Wildcats were in fourth place when he finished his 1,200 meters in 2:57.18. Virginia Tech won the event.

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