Sianni Wynn got the 57th annual Meet of Champions off to an electrifying start Sunday morning with the 2nd-fastest time in state history in the 55-meter dash trials.
The Pennsauken junior, who set a meet of 6.81 in last year’s meet, ran 6.79 to lead all qualifiers into the final later Sunday at Ocean Breeze in Staten Island, N.Y.
The only faster time in state history was record 44 years ago in Dallas, when Willingboro’s Michelle Glover ran 6.73 against a world-class field at the 1981 Dallas Times Herald Invitational at Reunion Arena. Trenton’s Wenda Vereen also ran 6.79 – in the 1984 U.S. Championships at Madison Square Garden.
Her time is fastest in New Jersey in an all-high school race, supplanting her own 6.81 last year at Ocean Breeze. Her previous best this year was a 6.83 at the Ott Center in January.
It’s No. 5 in the U.S. according to the MileSplit national database.
Second-fastest qualifier was Timber Creek senior Ryan Jennings, who ran 6.99 in a different heat. She’s run 6.90 this year, 7th-fastest in state history. Winslow junior Olivia Okara ran a lifetime-best 7.14, the 4th-fastest qualifying time.
All-Time New Jersey 55-Meter Dash Sub-7 list
6.73y … Michelle Glover [Willingboro], 1981
6.79y … Wenda Vereen [Trenton], 1984
6.79 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2024
6.84 … Myasia Jacobs [Paramus Catholic], 2011
6.87 … Aleah Williams [Montclair], 1998
6.88y … Patti Dunlap [Camden], 1979
6.90 … Taylor Cox [Union Catholic], 2024
6.90 … Ryan Jennings [Timbrer Creek], 2025
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
6.94 … Taylor Aska [Union Catholic], 2025
6.95 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017
6.95 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
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
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 