Pennsauken’s Premier Wynn, a Norfolk State freshman, ran the fastest 400 split of the meet at the Penn State National Invitational Saturday in State College.
Wynn ran the 3rd leg on Norfolk State’s 4-by-400 in 46.59, helping the Spartans place 2nd in 3:11.54.
Princeton won the race in 3:09.90. The only other runners in the race who split sub-47 were Princeton’s 3rd runner, Princeton High grad Zachary Della Rocca, and Hampton anchor Dugion Blackman. Hampton was 3rd in 3:14.95.
Norfolk doesn’t have an all-time top-10 performance list on its web site. Norfolk’s time is No. 2 in the MEAC this year. Coppin State of Baltimore ran 3:11.47 in a meet in Columbia, S.C.
Wynn ranks 3rd in the MEAC with his 21.43 and 5th with his 48.30, also this past weekend. The 200 time is a lifetime best and his 400 time is an indoor PR. He ran 47.39 outdoors this past spring as a Pennsauken senior at Group 4 sectionals on his home track.
Princeton’s leadoff was freshman Xavier Donaldson, who ran for Seton Hall Prep last year. At the indoor Meet of Champions, Pennsauken edged Seton Hall Prep, 3:15.83 to 3:16.72, with Donaldson and Wynn running the third legs.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 