Pennsauken’s Sianni Wynn became the 3rd South Jersey girl and 3rd junior to win a national title on Friday with a commanding win in the 100-meter dash final at West Philly Nationals at Franklin Field.
Wynn ran away from Lisa Raye of West Warwick (R.I.) with a lifetime wind–legal best 11.29 to win her 1st national title. Raye was 2nd in 11.38 and nobody else ran under 11.53.
Wynn had been a three-time nationals medallist and two-time runner-up – in the 100 last spring at West Philly Nationals and this past indoor season in the 60 at Armory Nationals – but on Friday she raced her way to the greatest performance of her remarkable career.
Earlier in the day Delsea junior Hannah Nuhfer won the discus with the 19th-fastgest time in U.S. history and Eastern junior Natalie Dumas won the 400-meter hurdles with the 6th-fastest time in U.S. history.
Wynn and Raye went 1-2 in both the first round and the semis, and the final shaped up as a two-girl race, with Wynn in Lane 5 and Raye in Lane 6.
Wynn got a better start than Raye, but Raye moved up almost even with Wynn at about the 50-meter mark. But Wynn began pulling away halfway through the race and gradually built on her lead, winning by a full meter.
Wynn ran 11.25 at this year’s Meet of Champions on her home track, but that was wind-aided. Her previous-best wind-legal time was 11.30, which she ran in Thursday’s semifinals. Before that it was 11.36 from last year’s Meet of Champions, also at Pennsauken.
The only faster wind-legal time in state history is an 11.23 by Timber Creek’s Naylah Jones at last year’s state Group 3 meet at Delsea.
Next for Wynn is the 200-meter first round at 12:14 p.m. on Saturday with the final at 3:22 p.m. on Sunday.
All-Time New Jersey Wind-Legal 100-Meter Dash List
11.23 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
11.29 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2025
11.33 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2024
11.42 … Michele Glover [Willingboro], 1981
11.44 … Myasia Jacobs [Paramus Catholic], 2010
11.49 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2008
11.50 … Wendy Vereen [Trenton], 1984
11.53 … Taylor Aska [Union Catholic], 2025
11.57 … Patti Dunlap [Camden], 1979
11.57 … M’elisa Barber [Montclair], 1998
11.57 … Jada Ellis [Manchster Twp.], 2021
11.58 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017
11.62 … Nester Wea [Willingboro], 2025
11.62 … Cathy Crawford [Perth Amboy], 1977
11.65 … Taylor Cox [Union Catholilc], 2025
11.65 … Ogechi Nwaneri [Chatham], 2006
11.65 … Aleah Williams [Montxlair
11.66 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2021
11.68 … Shavon Greaves [Lakewood], 2007
11.70 … Christiana Nwachuku [Kent Place], 2022
11.71 … Jay-Deen Batchelor [Hillside], 2025
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 