From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Ajani Dwyer continued his blazing hot spring with another wind-legal sub-10 at NCAA East Region Prelims this weekend in Lexington, Ky.

Dwyer, a Penn State sophomore from Washington Township, advanced to the NCAA Championships as the 3^rd-fastest qualifier in the East. He ran 9.99 in the regional final – the national quarterfinal – with a 0.1 meters-per-second headwind and will be the 3^rd seed at NCAAs at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., later this month.

Dwyer ran slightly faster in the first round, clocking a 9.98 with a 0.2 headwind. He’s now run sub-10 in three consecutive races and four times in all this spring.

With that 9.98, Dwyer ranks 15^th in the world and 6^th among U.S. men.