For the second time in two days, the South Jersey indoor 200-meter dash record has fallen.
In the prelims of the 2006 Easterns at the Armory, Winslow’s Krystal Cantey ran 24.38, breaking the South Jersey 200 record of 24.46 set by Moorestown’s Amandi Rhett at 2000 Easterns at the Armory.
Cantey’s record stood until Timber Creek senior Naylah Jones ran 24.15 on Sunday at Ocean Breeze.
Cantey’s record stood for 18 years. Jones’ stood for one day.
On Monday, in a South Jersey Track Coaches Association meet on the same track on Staten Island that Jones tore up on Sunday, Pennsauken sophomore Sianni Wynn ran 24.12, breaking Jones’ South Jersey record.
Wynn’s time is No. 4 in state history – behind two Olympic gold medalists and a World Championship gold medalist – and No. 15 nationally.
Wynn broke the New Jersey sophomore class record of 24.21 set by Dominique Booker of Immaculate Heart High of Washington Township, Bergen County, at 2008 Easterns at the Armory.
As a freshman, Wynn won Meet of Champions titles indoors in the 55 [7.00] and 200 [24.48] and the Easterns title in the 400 [56.10]. She was M-of-C champ outdoors in the 100 [11.82] and 400 [54.46].
Before Monday, her 200 PR was 24.38 from Group 4 states at Franklin High, where she placed 2nd to Elizabeth senior Cynthia Boakye, who ran 24.06. Her indoor PR was 24.48 from last year’s Meet of Champs at Ocean Breeze. She had a season best of 24.51 from last month at the Armory.
Only eight girls in South Jersey history have run faster than Wynn outdoors, most recently Egg Harbor’s Lauren Princz, who ran 23.90 to win the 2018 Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington.
Wynn set the South Jersey girls indoor 200 record about 15 minutes after Washington Township’s Ajani Dwyer broke the boys record.
All-Time New Jersey 200-Meter Dash List
23.84 … Wendy Vereen [Trenton], 1984
24.00 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2016
24.11 … Athing Mu [Trenton], 2019
24.12 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2024
24.14 … Melisa Barber [Montclair], 1998
24.15 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
24.16 … Aleah Williams [Montclair], 1997
24.21 … Dominique Booker [Immaculate Conception], 2008
24.24 … Stephanie Saleem [Neptune], 1985
24.34 … Toneisha Friday [Franklin Twp.], 2005
24.34 … Mariah Fede [Paramus Catholic], 2020
24.36 … Abigail Dennis [Old Tappan], 2024
24.37 … Myasia Jacobs [Paramus Catholic], 2010
24.38 … Racquel Vassell [East Orange], 2006
24.38 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2006
24.38 … Kiya Lawson [Montclair], 2022
24.39 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
21.42 … Dennisha Page [Wilson], 2019
24.46 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
24.47 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2024
24.48 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
All-Time South Jersey 200-Meter Dash List
24.12 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2024
24.15 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
24.38 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2006
24.39 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
21.42 … Dennisha Page [Wilson], 2019
24.46 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
24.47 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2024
24.48 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
24.52 … Cecelia Gerstenbacher [Delsea], 2017
24.61 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow Twp.], 2012
24.61 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017
24.78 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1996
24.83 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2020
24.83 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2014
24.87 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2023
24.94 … Shardae Anderson [Paulsboro], 2005
24.96 … Toni Glatz [Delsea], 2017
24.96 … Jackie Dim [Washington Twp.], 2008
24.99 … Aliya Harrison [Sterling], 2018
24.99 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2024
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 