Sianni Wynn led all qualifiers into the semifinals of the 100-meter dash at West Philly Nationals Thursday at Franklin Field.
Wynn, a junior at Pennsauken, ran 11.36 with a 2.1 meters-per-second tailwind. She’s got a legal PR of 11.36 from the Meet of Champions earlier last week on her home track – that’s 3rd-fastest in state history with legal wind – and she’s run a wind-aided 11.25 – 2nd-fastest in any conditions in state history.
Wynn and Lisa Raye of West Warwick (R.I.) both ran 11.36, but Wynn was faster by 5-1,000ths of a second – 11.353 to 11.358. They were the only girls to run faster than 11.49 out of 119 starters.
Raye set the meet record of 11.21 in last year’s first round and won the final in 11.26. Her only loss at 100 meters this year was at at the Puma East Coast Invitational in Baltimore, where she was 2nd to Timber Creek’s Ryan Jennings.
The cutoff for the semis was 11.78, the 24th-fastest time in the field.
The 100 semis are coming up at 2:45 p.m.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 