WITH ANOTHER HUGE 400 HURDLES PR, PREMIER WYNN FLIES TO 2ND PLACE IN MEAC AND 3RD-FASTEST FRESHMAN TIME IN NCAA DIVISION 1!!!!!!!!!!

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Another race, another monster PR for Norfolk State freshman Premier Wynn from Pennsauken.

Wynn, who had a PR of 52.29 from early Apri before Monday, dropped it to 51.21 in the qualifying heats at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championships on Monday and then lowered his PR to 50.72 in the final on Wednesday on his home track in Norfolk, Va.

In all, in just about a month, Wynn has dropped nearly two seconds from his high school PR of 52.68 from the Camden County Championships at Haddon Township last May to 50.72 on Wednesday.

Howard senior Noah Langford won the race in 50.72, and Wynn was 2nd.

Wynn’s time makes him No. 27 overall in NCAA Division 1 and 3rd among freshman behind high school rival Ryan Matulonis of Penn, who ran for Seton Hall Prep [49.75 at the Ivy League Championships Sunday at Princeton] and Markel Jones of South Florida [50.40 at the South Florida Invitational earlier this month].

Wynn’s time moves him ahead of high school teammate Bryce Tucker, the three-time Meet of Champions winner, who ran 50.96 when he won last year’s Meet of Champions at South Plainfield. Tucker, now at Rutgers, is the No. 8 freshman in Division 1 with his 51.46 last month in Columbia, S.C.

Younger ran 50.65 in the qualifying heats at the NCAA East Prelims in Greensboro, N.C., on May 28, 2010.

Wynn is also No. 29 among U.S. men. World Athletics hasn’t updated its Under-20 list lately, but no junior listed has run as fast as Wynn. Tucker is No. 2 on that list with his 51.82. Wynn and Tucker are both 19 and won’t turn 20 until after midnight on Dec. 31, so both are eligible for U.S. Under-20s next month in Eugene and a berth on the U.S. team going to World Under-20s in Lima, Peru, in August.

With only the 1,600-meter relay remaining, Norfolk led Howard 194-131 in team scoring.

ALL-TIME SOUTH JERSEY ALUMNI 400-METER HURDLES LIST
48.37 … Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], June 28, 2008, Eugene, Ore.
48.86 … Fred Sharpe [Paulsboro], May 18, 2003, Knoxville, Tenn.
49.50 … Dwight Ruff [Camden], June 12, 2003, Sacramento
50.04 … Mike Brown [Lenape], June 12, 2002, Holmdel, N.J.
50.52 … Martin Booker [Camden], May 12, 1984, Philadelphia
50.65 … Aaron Younger [Delsea], May 28, 2010, Greensboro, N.C.
50.69 … Danyne Brown [Camden], May 30, 2003, Fairfax, Va.
5o.72 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], May 8, Norfolk, Va.
50.84 … Nick Brown [Bridgeton], July 16, 2005, New York
50.96 … Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken], June 15, 2023, South Plainfield, N.J.
51.25 … Demetrius Rooks [Absegami], May 26, 2012, Claremont, Calif.

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