Former Pennsauken teammates Bryce Tucker and Premier Wynn as well as Deptford’s Lathan Brown III all advanced to tomorrow’s final of the 400-meter hurdles at the USATF Under-20 Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
So South Jersey has three of the eight qualifiers for the final.
The top three in each of two sections plus the next-three-fastest times advanced to the final.
Tucker, the Big Ten champ last month as a freshman at Rutgers, ran 52.09 and placed 3rd in the 1st section. Wynn, the MEAC runner-up, ran 52.36 and placed 3rd in the 2nd section. And Brown, who also just finished his freshman year at Rutgers, ran a near-PR 52.25, the 2nd-fastest “small-Q” qualifying time.
Tucker has a lifetime-best 50.61 from the Big Ten meet, Wynn has a PR of 50.72 from the MEAC meet and Brown has a PR of 52.16 from a meet in Tampa in April.
The final is scheduled for 8:52 p.m. EST Thursday. The top two finishers will have the opportunity to represent the U.S. at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships Aug. 26-31 in Lima, Peru.
In the final, Brown will be in Lane 2, Tucker in Lane 4 and Wynn in Lane 9.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 