Winslow senior Prince Owusu-Twum recorded the fastest 400 by a South Jersey runner this year Saturday morning at the Group 3 Sectionals at Delsea.
Owusu-Twum ran 48.12, dropping his PR from 48.46, which he just ran at the Camden County Championships last week at Haddon Township. Before that his PR was 49.31 from a meet earlier this month in Baltimore, and his lifetime best before this month was 49.70, so he’s dropped more than 1 ½ seconds just since the start of May.
His time is fastest in a South Jersey Group 3 race in 28 years, since Charlz Hester of Toms River South ran 47.4 at West Deptford. It’s the fastest FAT time, breaking the mark of 48.24 run by Pennsauken’s Premier Wynn at the 2022 meet, also at Delsea.
Owusu-Twum led three other runners under 49 seconds. Highland sophomore Elijah Capra ran 48.54 for 2nd, Timber Creek junior Timothy Whitaker was 3rd in with 48.62 and Moorestown senior Sean Sobin took 4h in 48.77. Capra’s former PR was 48.72 and Sobin’s was 49.14. Whitaker has run slightly faster, 48.45.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 