In her first 400 of the year, Pennsauken sophomore Sianni Wynn – the outdoor Meet of Champions winner last spring – ran the 6th-fastest time in South Jersey history and the No. 2 time in Camden County history.
Wynn won the 400 at the South Jersey Track Coaches Association Winter Meet #4 at Ocean Breeze on Staten Island in 55.51, smashing her indoor PR of 56.10 from her win at Easterns at the Armory this past March. She ran 53.97 outdoors when she won the state Group 4 title at Franklin.
Her time is No. 19 in state history and fastest by a sophomore since Olympic gold medalist and U.S. 800 record holder Athing Mu of Trenton ran 54.98 as a 10th-grader in 2018.
Wynn has never lost a 400 racing against a New Jersey field.
The only faster time in camden County history is 55.16 by Winslow’s Krystal Cantey at the 2006 Hispanic Games at the Armory.
Wynn’s time is No. 2 nationally according to the MileSplit U.S. database, behind only Sharlyn Ramirez-Castillo of Riverdale Baptist in Upper Marlboro, Md., who is listed with a 54.47 at the Coaches Hall of Fame Invitational at the Armory last weekend – a nearly four-second PR if that’s an accurate time.
Wynn also won the 55-meter dash with a 7.04, leading six girls at 7.43 or faster. Wynn just missed her PR of 7.00, which she set at Ocean Breeze last March when she won the Meet of Champions. Her 7.04 is listed as No. 6 nationally by MileSplit.
All-Time New Jersey Indoor 400 List
51.84 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2016
52.55 … Athing Mu [Trenton], 2018
53.49 … Olivia Baker [Columbia], 2014
53.73 … Julia Jackson [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], 2022
54.24 … Okechi Ogbuokiri [Willingboro], 2003
54.64 … Mikele Barber [Montclair], 1998
54.70 … Janine Davis [Queen of Peace], 2003
54.91 … Nijgia Snapp [Oakcrest], 2008
54.98 … Tawana Watkins [Paterson Kennedy], 2002
55.16 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2006
55.19 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], 2010
55.19 … Brooke’lyn Drakeford [Piscataway], 2023
55.21 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017
55.32 … Amber Allen [Passaic Vo Tech], 2009
55.34 … Symone O’Connor [Franklin Twp.], 2006
55.42 … Jennifer Edobi [Union], 2014
55.49 … Kristen Mahon [Notre Dame], 2006
55.49 … Victoria Vanriele [Governor Livingston], 2019
55.51 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2024
55.4h … English Gardner [Eastern], 2008
55.59 … Tiffany Grant [Ocean Twp.], 2006
55.6h … Denise Mitchell [Edgewood], 1984
55.6h … Emily Carrollo [Pope John], 2008
55.75 … Emilie Cowan [Columbia], 2014
55.79 … Kaira Brown [Kent Place], 2019
55.83 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2016
55.91 … Ajee Wilson [Neptune], 2011
55.94 … Sam Anderson [Matawan], 2014
55.95 … Natalie Englese [Cranford], 2010
All-Time South Jersey Indoor 400 List
54.24 … Okechi Ogbuokiri [Willingboro], 2003
54.91 … Nijgia Snapp [Oakcrest], 2008
55.16 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2006
55.19 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], 2008
55.21 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017
55.51 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2024
55.4h … English Gardner [Eastern], 2008
55.6h … Denise Mitchell [Edgewood], 1984
55.83 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2016
56.19 … Nylah Perry [Winslow], 2020
56.21 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1997
56.23 … Amirah Sharpe [Paulsboro], 2021
56.34 … Katrina Sye [Buena], 1997
56.44 … Avionne Sloan [Camden], 2006
56.62 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow Twp.], 2012
56.65 … Britney Kott [Millville], 2009
56.76 … Simone Thomas [Willingboro], 2003
56.78 … Ajae Alvarez-Tyler [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2018
56.85 … Emily Duffey [Lenape], 2012
56.85 … Nylah Perry [Winslow], 2020
56.88 … Marcene Jack [Mainland Reg.], 2004
56.90 … Nadia Davy [Bridgeton], 1999
56.98 … Jade Pope [Pennsauken], 2020
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 