Pennsauken sophomore Sianni Wynn, seeking her 2nd straight Meet of Champions 55-meter dash title, ran the 2nd-fastest time in meet history Sunday morning in the trials.
Wynn led all qualifiers in 6.93 in the 3rd semifinal race, matching the No. 4 time in South Jersey history and the No. 7 time in state history.
Wynn’s 6.93 is only 1-100th of a second off the meet record of 6.92 set at the 2009 meet at the Bubble in Toms River by Montclair Immaculate’s Dominique Booker. The fastest previous time run at a Meet of Champions by a South Jersey girl was 6.95 by Winslow Township’s Torie Robinson when she won the 2014 final in 6.95 at the Bubble.
Her time is No. 13 in the U.S. according to the MileSplit national database and No. 3 among sophomores.
Union Catholic’s Taylor Cox and Timber Creek’s Naylah Jones both also ran under 7.05, Cox with a 7.03 in the 4th qualifying race and Jones in the 1st. Willingboro junior Nester Wea also qualified for the final with a 7.26.
All-Time New Jersey 55-Meter Dash Sub-7 list
6.73y … Michelle Glover [Willingboro], 1981
6.79y … Wenda Vereen [Trenton], 1984
6.84 … Myasia Jacobs [Paramus Catholic], 2011
6.87 … Aleah Williams [Montclair], 1998
6.88y … Patti Dunlap [Camden], 1979
6.91 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2010
6.93 … Ogechi Nwaneri [Chatham], 2008
6.93 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
6.93 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2024 [-]
6.94 … Stephanie Saleem [Neptune], 1985
6.95 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017
6.95 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2014
6.95 … Denise Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
6.95 ….Christiana Nwachuku [Kent Place], 2022
6.97 … Melissa Barber [Montclair], 1998
6.97 … Jenna Harris [Franklin], 2003
6.97 … Dominique Booker [Immaculate Conception], 2008
6.98 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2020
6.98 … Sydney Hawkins [Phillipsburg], 2017
6.73y … Michelle Glover [Willingboro], 1981
6.88y … Patti Dunlap [Camden], 1979
6.91 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2010
6.94 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
6.95 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017
6.95 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2014
6.95 … Denise Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
6.98 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2020
All-Time Meet of Champions 7.00 List
6.92 … Dominique Booker [Montclair Immaculate], 2009 [1]
6.93 … Ogechi Nwaneri [Chatham], 2008 [1]
6.93q … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2024 [-]
6.95 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2014 [1]
6.7h … Wendy Vereen [Trenton], 1984 [1]
6.96 … Myasia Jacobs [Paramus Catholic], 2011 [1]
6.97 … Aleah Williams [Montclair], 1998 [1]
6.97 … Melisa Barber [Montclair], 1998 [2]
6.98 …….. Booker, 2008 [2]
6.98 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2020 [1]
6.99q …….. Nwaneri, 2008 [-]
6.99q … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017 [-]
7.00 … Haisha Bisiolu [Union], 2013 [1]
7.00 … Iyanla Kollock [Our Lady of Mercy], 2017 [2]
7.00 …… Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023 [1]
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 