Pennsauken’s remarkable Sianni Wynn on Sunday morning raced to a share of a state record that was once thought to be untouchable.
Wynn won the 55-meter dash at the 57th annual Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze in 6.73, tying the hallowed state record set over 60 yards 41 years ago by Willingboro’s Michelle Glover, racing against a world-class field or professionals and top collegiates at the 1981 Dallas Times Herald Invitational at Reunion Arena.
Her time is 6th-fastest in U.S. scholastic track history.
Earlier Sunday, Wynn ran 6.79 in the trials, matching the 2nd-fastest time in state history. Trenton’s Wenda Vereen ran 6.79 at the 1984 TAC Championships at Madison Square Garden.
Wynn won the Meet of Champions sprint with a 7.00 in 2023, then set the meet record of 6.81 when she won last year, breaking the mark of 6.92 set by Montclair Immaculate’s Dominique Booker in 2009. She broke it with her 6.81 last year and twice more on Sunday.
She’s the first girl to win the MoC 55 three years in a row since Takara Wilks from 2000 through 2002 – for Lincoln in 2000 and Queen of Peace in 2001 and 2002 – and she’ll have a chance at No. 4 next year.
The only other South Jersey girl to win the same event three straight years at an indoor Meet of Champions is Bridgeton’s Melinda Boykin, who was 1st in the shot put in 1996, 1997 and 1998.
Wynn has raced eight times in her high school career in an indoor or outdoor Meet of Champions and won all eight races.
Wynn also won Meet of Champions titles indoors in 2023 [7.00 in 55, 24.48 in 200], outdoors in 2003 [400 in 54.56], indoors in 2024 [6.81 in 55, 24.00 in 200] and outdoors in 2024 [11.36 in 100, 23.34w in 200].
Wynn goes for her 3rd straight Meet of Champions 200 win later Sunday.
Timber Creek senior Ryan Jennings placed 2nd in 6.94, and Winslow junior Olivia Okaro was 6th in 7.16.
Here’s a look at the top 55 times in U.S. history:
6.63 … Lisa Raye [West Warwick, R.I.], 2025
6.67 … Melanie Doggett [Landmark Christian, Fairburn, Ga.], 2025
6.67 … Shawnti Jackson [South Granville, N.C.], 2023
6.68 … Aleisha Latimer [Palmer, Ill.], 1996
6.71 … Micayah Holland [Monteverde (Fla.) Academy], 2023
6.73 … Tamari Davis [Gainesville, Fla.], 2018
6.73 … Michelle Glover [Willingboro], 1981
6.73 … Lakya Brookins [Seneca, S.C.], 2007
6.73 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2025
6.74 … Deandra Carney [Arlington, Ind.], 1978
6.74 … Mikiah Brisco [Baton Rouge, La.], 2014
6.74 … Mia Brahe-Pedersen [Lake Oswego, Ore.], 2024
6.74 … Adaejah Hodge [Monteverde (Fla.) Academy], 2023
6.74 … Mia Maxwell [Atascocita, Humble, Texas], 2025
6.75 … McKenzie Travis [Evangelical Christian, Fort Myers, Fla.], 2024
All-Time New Jersey 55-Meter Dash List
6.73y … Michelle Glover [Willingboro], 1981
6.73 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2025
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 