Scoring 82 of 83 points in the sprints, hurdles and relays, Pennsauken raced to its third sectional championship this weekend on their home track.
Pennsauken outscored Southern Regional 83-65 to win South Jersey Group 4, the most competitive sectional in New Jersey.
The Indians scored 36 points in the 100, 200 and 400, 26 points in the hurdles and 20 in the relays.
Their previous sectional titles came in South Jersey Group 4 in 2005 and Central Jersey Group 3 in 2021.
Once again, the peerless duo of seniors Bryce Tucker and Premier Wynn was the key to the Indians’ success.
Tucker won the 400-meter hurdles in 51.40, No. 8 in New Jersey history – you can read about that race here – and placed 2nd in the 110-meter highs [14.42] and 3rd in the 400 [49.37] – and Wynn won the 400 in a monster 47.39, fastest in any South Jersey sectional in 19 years, and took 2nd in both the 200 [22.48] and intermediates [53.82]. More on Wynn’s 400 soon.
Wynn also anchored the winning 4-by-1, and Tucker anchored the winning 4-by-400.
Junior Elijah Jennings also had a big day with a 2nd place in the 100 in 11.10 and a 5th in the 200 in 22.61 and legs on the winning 4-by-1 and 4-by-4 teams, and freshman KaRon Ali added a 5th place in the 49.39 and ran on the 4-by-4.
Robert Byard and Bronze Whitmore joined Jennings and Wynn on the 4-by-1, and Ladanian McGrath joined Jennings, Ali and Tucker on the 4-by-4.
Pennsauken’s one point in the field came from junior Jayden Farmer, who placed 6th in the shot put with a PR 48-7.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 