Pennsauken’s Premier Wynn earned a trip to Peru for the World Under-20 Championships Thursday with a 2nd-place finish at the USATF Under-20 Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
Wynn, running out of challenging Lane 9, ran a lifetime-best 50.58, taking 2nd to Vance Nilsson, a senior at Gilbert (Ariz.) High School, who won the race in 50.23.
The World Under-20 Championships will be held in Lima, Peru, Aug. 26-31. The top two finishers, provided they have a World Under-20 qualifying time – which both do – represent the U.S. in Peru.
Wynn’s previous PR was 50.72 when he placed 2nd at the MEAC Championships on his home track at Norfolk State University last month.
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His time is 6th-fastest ever by a South Jersey high school alumni and fastest since Winslow’s Reuben McCoy ran 50.07 in a meet in Clermont, Fla., in June 2014. Wynn’s PR is now 3-100ths of a second faster than Tucker, his high school teammate.
Wynn led most of the race, clearing the 10 hurdles in 5.81, 9.61, 13.49, 17.55, 21.84, 25.89, 30.32, 34.99, 39.73 and 44.54. Nilsson passed him between the 10th hurdle and finish line. Lane 9 is a very tough lane to race out of because the stagger doesn’t allow you to see anybody else in the race until well onto the backstretch.
Wynn’s high school teammate, Rutgers rising sophomore Bryce Tucker, placed 7th in 53.66, and Deptford’s Lathan Brown III, also a Rutgers rising soph, ran 53.91 but was DQ’d for violating rule 168.3a, which prohibits a hurdler from hooking his trail leg.
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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
50.58 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], June 13, 2024, Eugene, Ore.
50.61 … Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken], May 12, 2024, Ann Arbor, Mich.
50.65 … Aaron Younger [Delsea], May 28, 2010, Greensboro, N.C.
50.69 … Danyne Brown [Camden], May 30, 2003, Fairfax, Va.
50.84 … Nick Brown [Bridgeton], July 16, 2005, New York
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 