In his first race competing for Tennessee, Premier Wynn ran the 4th-fastest 300 in Vols history Saturday in Nashville.
Wynn, a Pennsauken graduate and junior transfer from Norfolk State, ran 33.05 at the Vanderbilt Winter Challenge and placed 2nd to sophomore teammate Saad Hinti, the Moroccan 400-meter hurdles record holder.
That’s 1 1/2 200s at 22.03 pace.
Terry McDaniel set the Tennessee 300 record of 32.68 when he placed 2nd to Lorenzo Daniel [29.60] of Mississippi State at the 1986 SEC Championships in Baton Rouge, La. [converted from 29.99 for 300 yards] and Emmanuel Bynum ran 32.83 at the 2024 Clemson Invitational. Hinti’s time Saturday is 3rd-fastest in school history. (Daniel, a 1988 Olympian, was the world’s fastest 200 runner in 1988 with a 19.87.)
Wynn had run only one previous college 300, and that was one year ago today in Lynchburg, Va., where he ran 34.76.
Wynn’s time is 6th-fastest ever by a New Jersey runner and 3rd-fastest by a South Jersey sprinter, behind Olympic gold medalists and Willingboro track club teammates Carl Lewis [32.18 in 1984] and Dennis Mitchell [32.22 in 1988].
Wynn was the MEAC champion at 400 meters last spring in Norfolk at 46.53 after a lifetime-best 46.00 in the trials. He ran 50.70 in the 400-meter hurdles in Tampa last spring and has a 400IH PR of 50.58 from the 2024 USATF Under-20 Championships in Eugene. The 46.00 is 6th-fastest ever by a South Jersey runner and the 50.70 is 7th-fastest
I cobbled together an all-time New Jersey 300-meter dash list because why wouldn’t I? Some great names on here!
32.04 … Andrew Valmon [Manchester Twp.], Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, 1990
32.18 … Carl Lewis [Willingboro], London, 1984
32.22 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, 1988
33.00 … Clayton Parros [Seton Hall Prep], Boston, 2015
33.01 … Jordaine Johnson [East Orange], New York, 2025
33.05 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], Nashville, 2025
33.48 … Charles Cox [Monmouth Regional], Blacksburg, Va., 2010
33.50 … Zyaire Clemes [Trenton], New York, 2014
33.62 … Clayton Gravesande [Franklin Twp.], Blacksburg, Va., 2013
33.62 … Taylor McLaughlin [Union Catholic], New York, Jan. 31, 2015
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 