Another 400 PR for Norfolk State sophomore Premier Wynn from Pennsauken Saturday at the Duke Invitational in Durham, N.C.
Wynn ran 46.38 and finished 2nd among 85 runners, behind only Virginia Tech senior and UCLA transfer Samuel Herenton, who PR’d at 46.13.
Wynn’s time is 10th-fastest all-time by a South Jersey high school graduate and fastest by a Camden County high school graduate since Olympic gold medalist Denmis Mitchell of Edgewood ran 45.26 in Tampa in 1986 in one of his last 400s before be began focusing on the 100 and 200.
It was Wynn’s first outdoor 400 since he ran 47.25 at the same meet last year. His previous PR was 46.64 when he took 2nd at the indoor MEAC Championships in February in Virginia Beach. His previous outdoor PR was that 47.25 a year ago.
Wynn’s primary event is the 400-meter hurdles, and his 50.58 PR is 6th-fastest on the all-time South Jersey alumni list. He ran 50.70 in Tampa last month and that’s No. 18 in NCAA Division 1 this year. On the NCAA Eastern Region list Wynn is No. 9 in the 400IH.
In the MEAC, Wynn is No. 3 in the 200 at 20.91, No. 3 in the 400 with Saturday’s 46.38 and No. 1 by more than a second in the intermediates.
Here’s the updated all-time South Jersey alumni 400-meter dash list:
44.30 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], June 19, 1996, Atlanta
45.26 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], April 12, 1986, Tampa, Fla.
45.49 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], April 11, 2015, Tucson, Ariz.
45.81 … Gabriel Moronta [Pleasantville], May 10, 2024, San Antonio, Texas
45.98 … Antonio Abney [Willingboro], May 29, 2010, Charlotte, N.C.
46.05 … Schefer Sherrer [Vineland], May 18, 2005, Levelland, Texas
46.13 … Brandon Outlaw [Moorestown], May 15, 2021, Raleigh, N.C.
46.19 … Maurice Ransome [Vineland], May 23-25, 1990, Naperville, Ill.
46.26 … Marvin Lewis [Willingboro], July 29, 2010, Nairobi, Kenya
46.38 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], April 12, 2025, Durham, N.C.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 