His sister is one of the top sprinters in the country. His teammate is one of the fastest quarter-milers and intermediate hurdles in the country. So it’s easy to lose sight of just what a remarkable season Premier Wynn is having in his own right.
But he sure is.
Wynn was a double winner at the Meet of Champions Sunday at Ocean Breeze, taking 1st in the 200 in 21.75 – No. 3 in South Jersey history, No. 16 in state history – and running a blazing 47.53 third leg on Pennsauken’s winning 1,600-meter relay team, which ran the No. 11 time in U.S. history.
He’s the 8th South Jersey boy in the meet’s 55-year history to win an individual event and run a leg on a winning relay team, following Brian Bennett and Lee Jerkins of Edgewood in 1985, Lamont Smith of Willingboro in 1991, Rob Gary of Lenape in 1998, Danye Brown of Edgewood in 1999, Mohamad Kanu of Lenape in 2000 and Darnell Charles of Oakcrest in 2012.
For more on Pennsauken’s historic performance in the 4-by-4, click here.
As for the 200, Wynn won the seeded section decisively, finishing five meters ahead of the field, and 2nd through 5th place all came from a fast 4th heat. Cole Cramer of Southern Regional wound up 2nd in 22.12 out of the 4th heat. So Wynn wasn’t pushed in his one-lapper at Ocean Breeze.
This was only the 10th time the 200 has been contested at a Meet of Champions, but Wynn’s time is 2nd-fastest ever, behind only the meet-record 21.68 set in 2020 by Shamali Whittle of Nottingham, who went on to win Armory Nationals last year.
The only faster indoor 200 times in South Jersey history were recorded by Washington Township’s Todd Dutch [21.62 at 2002 Easterns at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym] and Woodbury’s Darrell Bush [21.53 at 2012 Easterns at the Armory in the only indoor 200 he ever ran].
Wynn actually broke the Camden County record in the trials at Easterns last week when he ran 21.77. That broke the county mark of 21.82 set in the prelims of the 2018 Armory Nationals by Paul VI’s Antonio Tarantino. So he broke that record for a second time in five days.
Wynn will race the open 200 at Boston Nationals this weekend and also run on Pennsauken’s 4-by-4 with freshman Ka’Ron Ali, junior Ladanian McGrath and Tucker and on the sprint medley with junior Elijah Jennings and Bronze Whitmore as well as Tucker anchoring.
The Norfolk State-bound Wynn has run 48.45 for 400 meters this winter – tied for No. 5 in state history. He’s only the 5th sprinter in New Jerey history to run sub-22 and sub-48.5 indoors:
21.34 … Adian Sanderson [Ewing], 2004 [47.76]
21.36 … Xavier Donaldson [Seton Hall Prep], 2022 [47.35]
21.37 … Taylor McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2015 [46.80]
21.48 … Najee Glass [St. Peter’s Prep], 2012 [46.06]
21.75 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023 [48.45]
All-Time New Jersey Indoor 200-Meter Dash List
20.90 … Mario Heslop [Franklin Twp.], 2019
21.05 … Shamali Whittle [Hamilton North], 2022
21.24 … Fitzroy Ledgister [St. Peter’s Prep], 2022
21.34 … Adian Sanderson [Ewing], 2004
21.36 … Xavier Donaldson [Seton Hall Prep], 2022
21.37 … Taylor McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 20152
21.48 … Najee Glass [St. Peter’s Prep], 2012
21.51 … Zamir Thomas [Snyder], 2010
21.53 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 2012
21.62 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2002
21.63 … Brian Bucknor [St. Benedict’s], 2008
21.67 … Greg McQueen [Elizabeth], 2022
21.68 … Rahmir Johnson [Bergen Catholic], 2019
21.71 … Ty Adams [Monmouth Reg.], 1993
21.73 … Akeem Lindo [East Orange], 2017
21.75 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
21.76 … Louis Akpadago [Hamilton North], 2020
21.80 … Damien Miles [Teaneck], 2008
21.80 … Harmodio Cruz [South Brunswick], 2017
21.82 … Antonio Tarantino [Paul VI], 2018
21.6h … Gary Satterwhite [Rahway], 1985
21.6h … Ray Williams [Scotch Plains], 2002
21.83 … Chris Turner [Seton Hall Prep], 2001
21.83 … Jermaine Collier [Trenton], 2012
21.85 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 1991
21.85 … Charles Cox [Monmouth Reg.], 2006
21.86 … Antonio Abney [Willingboro], 2007
21.86 … Akheem Gauntlett [Roselle], 2008
21.89 … Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 2004
21.90 … Richie Luzzi-Liggins [St. Peter’s Prep], 2019
21.90 … Anthony Thulin [Mount Olive], 2022
21.90 … Dana Ridley [Hamilton North], 2020
21.91 … Sterling Pierce [Rancocas Valley], 2015
21.92 … Rajahn Dixon [Eastern], 2023
21.93 … Peter Frei [Freehold Boro], 1990
21.93 … Bryant McCombs [Old Bridge], 2005
21.93 … Masaki Aerts [St. Peter’s Prep], 2017
21.7h … A.J. Bunton [West Deptford], 2006
21.95 … Zyaire Clemes [Trenton], 2014
21.96 … Mike Bolling [Willingboro], 2001
21.97 … Semaj Willis [Trenton], 2017
21.99 … Ishmael Hyman [St. John Vianney], 2012
All-Time South Jersey Indoor 200-Meter Dash List
21.53 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 2012
21.62 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2002
21.75 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
21.82 … Antonio Tarantino [Paul VI], 2018
21.85 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 1991
21.86 … Antonio Abney [Willingboro], 2007
21.89 … Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 2004
21.91 … Sterling Pierce [Rancocas Valley], 2015
21.92 … Rajahn Dixon [Eastern], 2023
21.7h … A.J. Bunton [West Deptford], 2006
21.96 … Mike Bolling [Willingboro], 2001
22.04 … A.J. Dawson [Holy Spirit], 2013
22.06 … Albert Newark [Camden], 1996
22.12 … Philip Reid [Rancocas Valley], 2006
22.13 … Tyriq Bundy [Deptford], 2019
22.20 … Michael Mazero [Paul VI], 2022
22.21 … Martin Booker [Pennsauken], 2017
22.0h … Dwight Ruff [Camden], 2001
22.28 … Evan Corcoran [Kingsway], 2022
22.32 … Ejani Shakir [Winslow], 2023
22.34 … Louis Smith [Burlington Twp.], 1998
22.1h … Sherron Bullock [Camden], 2003
22.37 … Joel Bartow [Lenape], 2014
22.38 … Ray Wilson [Pleasantville], 2007
22.38 … Will Rapp [Cherokee], 2009
22.40 … Curtis McIntire [Bridgeton], 1992
22.40 … Royce Reed [Bridgeton], 1994
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 