Sianni Wynn shattered her own state record in the 200-meter dash Wednesday in West Philadelphia.
Wynn, a Pennsauken junior, ran 23.60 at the South Jersey Elite at the Ott Center at the University of Pennsylvania, breaking her state record of 23.79, which she ran on the same banked 200-meter track in December.
That 23.79 broke a 41-year-old state record of 23.87 set by Wendy Vereen at the 1984 The Athletic Congress Championships at Madison Square Garden.
Her time is 4th-fastest in the country this year, according to the MileSplit national database.
Wynn ran a wind-aided 23.34 outdoors last spring when she won the Meet of Champions on her home track. Her wind-legal outdoor PR is 23.79 from the state Group 4 meet in Somerset, so this was her fastest legal 200 indoors or out.
Her time is 14th-fastest this year among all U.S. women, according to the World Athletics database.
It’s also 11th-fastest on the all-time New Jersey indoor alumni list and No. 4 among South Jersey sprinters.
Eastern junior Natalie Dumas, following a personal-best 54.45 in the 400, ran a PR 24.41 for 2nd place behind Wynn.
Wynn also ran 6.83 unpressed to win the 55-meter dash. Her PR is 6.81 from last year’s Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze, and that’s No. 3 in state history.
All-Time New Jersey Indoor 200-Meter Dash Alumni List
22.68 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], March 9, 2018, College Station, Texas
22.98 … Shavon Greaves [Lakewood], Feb. 28, 2010, University Park, Pa.
23.06 … Mikele Barber [Montclair], March 10, 2000, Fayetteville, Ark.
23.07 … Wendy Vereen [Trenton], March 13, 1993, Toronto
23.08 … Me’Lisa Barber [Montclair], Feb. 23, 2002, Fayetteville, Ark.
23.12 … Dennisha Page [Wilson], Feb. 2, 2024, Albuquerque, N. Mex.
23.26 … Dominique Booker [Immaculate Conception], Jan. 29, 2011, University Park, Pa.
23.34 … English Gardner [Eastern], Feb. 10, 2012, Albuquerque, N. Mex.
23.49 … Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], March 11, 2016, Birmingham, Ala.
23.56 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], Feb. 24, 2018, Clemson, S.C.
23.60 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], Jan. 22, 2025
All-Time New Jersey 200-Meter Dash Alumni List
22.39 … Dennisha Page [Wilson], May 11, 2024, Gainesville, Fla.
22.62 … English Gardner [Eastern], May 12, 2013, Los Angeles
23.07 … Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], May 15, 2016, Lincoln, Neb.
23.24 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], June 10, 2004, Austin, Texas
23.53 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], May 14, 2017, Atlanta
23.53 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], May 12, 2023, Bloomington, Ind.
23.60 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], Jan. 22, 2025, Philadelphia
23.67 … Aisha Morgan [Schalick], May 10, 2002, Louisville, Ky. [+0.9]
23.71 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], Feb. 23, 2019, Ann Arbor, Mich.
23.90 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], June 11, 2009, Fayetteville, Ark. [+1.3]
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 