46.82 for Brandon Outlaw at Central Jersey Group 3 meet!!!!!! That’s #5 in South Jersey history!!!!!!!

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Moorestown senior Brandon Outlaw dipped under the 47-second barrier Friday for the first time, moving into the No. 5 spot in South Jersey history with a 46.82 at the Central Jersey Group 3 meet at Bernards High School.

Outlaw, who hadn’t run a serious 400 yet this spring, broke his PR of 47.60 set at last year’s BCSL meet at Northern Burlington.

Outlaw’s time is only 20-100ths of a second off the Burlington County record of 46.62 set 26 years ago by Olympic gold medalist Lamont Smith. It’s just 80-100ths off the South Jersey mark of 46.02 set in 1984 by another Olympic gold medalist, Edgewood’s Dennis Mitchell.

Here’s the updated all-time South Jersey list:

  • 46.02 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1984
  • 46.62 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 1991
  • 46.67 … Jamaad Muse [Timber Creek], 2014
  • 46.77 … Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 2004
  • 46.82 … Brandon Outlaw [Moorestown], 2017
  • 46.90 … Antonio Abney [Willingboro], 2007
  • 46.95 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 2012
  • 47.03 … Royce Reed [Bridgeton], 1994
  • 47.1h … Darron Outler [Lenape], 1984
  • 47.2h … Levin Handy [Vineland], 1969
  • 47.2h … Brian Bennett [Edgewood], 1985
  • 47.48 … Ron Hillian [Eastern], 2002
  • 47.3h … Curtis Mcintyre [Bridgeton], 1992
  • 47.59 … Jade Smith [Camden], 2002
  • 47.4h … Ken Moore [Overbrook], 1984
  • 47.4h … Chuck Carter [Eastern], 1985
  • 47.4h … Barry Douglas [Willingboro], 1993
  • 47.64 … Keith Griffith [Florence], 2010
  • 47.30 … Rob Gary [Lenape], 1998
  • 47.76 … Carl Smith [Camden], 2005
  • 47.88 … Shawney Kersey [Woodbury], 2009
  • 47.88 … Damiere Byrd [Timber Creek], 2011

Outlaw moved into the No. 14 spot on then all-time New Jersey list, just 14-100ths of a second out of the top 10. Here is the full sub-47-second list!

  • 45.71 … Clayton Parros [Seton Hall Prep], 2009
  • 46.02 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1984
  • 46.28 … Zyaire Clemes [Trenton], 2013
  • 46.34 … Ray Williams [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], 2002
  • 46.3h … Ron Freeman [Jefferson], 1965
  • 46.43 … Najee Glass [St. Peter’s], 2011
  • 46.62 … Gary Satterwhite [Rahway], 1985
  • 46.62 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 1991
  • 46.67 … Jamaad Muse [Timber Creek], 2014
  • 46.68 … Lance Wigfall [East Orange], 2003
  • 46.77 … Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 2004
  • 46.81 … Andrew Valmon [Manchester Twp.], 1983
  • 46.81 … Taylor McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2014
  • 46.82 … Brandon Outlaw [Moorestown], 2017
  • 46.84 … Kevin Lyles [Franklin], 1991
  • 46.87 … Ty Adams [Monmouth Reg.], 1993
  • 46.88 … Shaquan Brown [JFK Paterson], 2005
  • 46.90 … Antonio Abney [Willingboro], 2007
  • 46.94 … Bryant McCombs [Old Bridge], 2005
  • 46.95 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 2012
  • 46.95 … Adian Sanderson [Ewing], 2003
  • 46.95 … Charles Cox [Monmouth Reg.], 2007
  • 46.8h … Darrell Jeffress [Trenton], 1978

His time is No. 17 in the U.S. this year, with eight of the 16 faster times coming out of either Florida or Texas.

Outlaw won the CJ-3 race last year in 48.07. He was third as a sophomore with a 50.27 in the South Jersey Group 3 meet. As a freshman at St. Augustine, he placed eighth in the non-Public A sectional at Monsignor Donovan in 51.25.

Outlaw broke the Central Jersey Group 3 and overall Central Jersey sectional meet record of 46.95 set by Charles Cox of Monmouth in 2007.

The only faster 400 ever run in any sectional race was Mitchell’s hand-timed 46.4 at the 1984 South Jersey Group meet.

 

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