Pennsauken sophomore Sianni Wynn sprinted her way into the record books Wednesday, recording a historic sprint double with a blaing win in the 200 to match her earlier win in the 100.
Wynn won the 100 on her home track at Pennsauken High in 11.36 with a legal tailwind of 1.3 meters per second. She won the 200 in a slightly wind-aided 23.34.
Wynn’s 100 time is 3rd-fastest in state history – 4th-fastest if you include an out-of-season race by Trenton’s Wendy Vereen in 1983 – and she edged Timber Creek senior Naylah Jones, who set the state record of 11.23 at the state Group 3 meet last weekend at Delsea.
Wynn broke the meet record of 11.47 set in 2011 by Myasia Jacobs of Paramus Catholic and along the way she edged both Jones and her Timber Creek teammate, junior Ryan Jennings, who own the two-fastest in-season times in state history– Jones’ 11.23 and Jennings’ 11.33 at sectionals, both with legal wind.
Vereen ran 11.17 at the National Sports Festival on July 3, 1983, in Colorado Springs, and whether or not that mark is considered a state record depends on who’s doing the record keeping. There are no official state records. We consider Jones’ 11.23 the state record since Vereen’s 11.17 was at a meet that was not a continuation of the regular season. Ed Grant’s New Jersey Track, the bible of the sport in New Jersey, did not recognize Vereen’s 11.17.
In the 200, Wynn’s winning time of 23.34 is 4th-fastest in state history in any conditions and 2nd-fastest in meet history, behind Vereen’s 23.24 at the 1983 Meet of Champions. The only faster time in South Jersey history is Jones’ 23.29 with a legal 0.3 wind reading last weekend at states.
She won the 200 by a full second.
Timber Creek’s Jones and Jennings skipped the 200 in favor of the 400-meter relay, which Timber Creek won in a meet-record 46.23. The previous mark was Piscataway’s 46.84 in 2014. Billie Frazier and Samiyah Puckett also ran on the 4-by-1 for Timber Creek.
Wynn won the Meet of Champions 400 last year as a freshman. She’s only the 2nd girl in meet history to win Meet of Champions titles in the 100, 200 and 400. The other is Columbia’s Olivia Baker, who won the 100 in 12.05 and 200 in 23.95 in 2013 and the 400 each year from 2011 through 2014 – 54.66, 53.38, 53.84 and 53.53.
Wynn’s 53.45 in the 400 is 8th in state history.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 