Sianni Wynn won her 2nd sectional title of the weekend Saturday morning with the 13th-fastest 400-meter dash time in state history.
Wynn, a Pennsauken sophomore, ran 53.80 on her home track at South Jersey Group 4 sectionals, lowering her PR from 53.97 from her win at last year’s state Group 4 meet at Somerset. She ran unpressed, winning by about 15 meters.
She broke her own South Jersey Group 4 sectional record of 54.01 that she ran last year at Pennsauken on the way to the Meet of Champions title. She’s never lost a high school 400-meter dash race in New Jersey.
The only faster time in South Jersey sectional history in any group is a 53.49 run by Clayton’s Arianna Sharpe at the 2022 South Jersey Group 1 sectionals at Buena.
Her time is 2nd-fastest ever by a South Jersey sophomore, behind a 53.64 by Seneca’s Michelle Brown – who was inducted into the South Jersey Track Hall of Fame in March – at 2008 Greensboro Nationals. It’s fastest by any New Jersey sophomore since Olympic 400 hurdles gold medalist and world record holder Sydney McLaughlin of Union Catholic ran 52.59 at the 2015 state Parochial A meet at South Plainfield.
On Friday, Wynn won the 100 with a blazing 11.39 but without a wind gauge.
The first 11 finishers overall broke 60 seconds, with Eastern sophomore Natalie Dumas PR’ing with 56.34 for 2nd place and Washington Township senior Dahlia Beasley 3rd in 56.50.
All-Time New Jersey 400 List
51.87 … Sydney McLoughlin [Union Catholic], 2016
51.98 … Athing Mu [Trenton], 2019
52.46 … Olivia Baker [Columbia], 2014
52.56 … Mikele Barber [Montclair], 1998
52.91 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], 2009
53.12 … Julia Jackson [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], 2022
53.0h … Stephanie Saleem [Neptune], 1985
53.49 … Arianna Sharpe [Clayton], 2022
53.51 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1996
53.60 … Amirah Sharpe [Clayton], 2022
53.64 … Nijgia Snapp [Oakcrest], 2008
53.66 … Giselle Harris [Shabazz], 1986
53.80… Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken ], 2023
53.84 … Drexel Long [Monmouth], 1991
53.98 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2006
All-Time South Jersey 400 List
52.91 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], 2009
53.51 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1996
53.64 … Nijgia Snapp [Oakcrest], 2008
53.00 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2007
53.49 … Arianna Sharpe [Clayton], 2022
53.60 … Amirah Sharpe [Clayton], 2022
53.80… Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken ], 2023
54.04 … Nadia Davy [Bridgeton], 1998
54.19 … Okechi Ogbuokiri [Willingboro], 2003
54.36 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2018
54.41 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2019
54.51 … Katrina Sye [Buena], 1998
54.62 … Audrey Wilson [Deptford], 2008
54.75 … Faleesha Dowe [Penns Grove], 2014
54.93 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2004
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 