Norfolk State freshman Premier Wynn from Pennsauken advanced to the 2nd round of the NCAA Division 1 Championships in the 400-meter hurdles Wednesday.
Wynn ran 51.43 at the NCAA East First Round in Lexington, Ky., and advanced to the quarterfinals, which are scheduled for 7:25 p.m. Friday. The top 12 finishers there and the top 12 in the West Regional in Fayetteville, Ark., advance to the NCAA Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., June 5-8.
Wynn’s 51.43 is off his PR of 50.72 that he ran at the MEAC Championships earlier this month in Norfolk, but it was a slow race in general run in humid and rainy conditions. Only four of the 47 starters PR’d.
Wynn’s high school teammate, Rutgers freshman Bryce Tucker, missed qualifying as did Rutgers senior Micah Wood of Rancocas Valley, who ran 51.79 and came up just 7-100ths of a second short of advancing to the next round.
Wynn and Tucker are both eligible for the USATF Under 20 Championships, which determines the U.S. team for the World Under-20 Championships in Lima, Peru, in August.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 