Sianni Wynn out-leaned Brianna Growalt Saturday morning at the SJTCA meet at the Ott Center in a battle of two of New Jersey’s fastest hurdlers.
Wynn, a senior at Pennsauken, won the race in 8.13, 1-100th of a second ahead of Growalt, a junior at Atlantic County Tech, who ran a lifetime-best 8.14 for 2nd place.
The times are 2nd– and 3rd-fastest in New Jersey at the moment and the fastest times run by South Jersey hurdlers so far this winter.
Wynn ran 7.99 – No. 8 in South Jersey history – this past February at Ocean Breeze. Growalt lowered her PR from 8.23, which she ran when she placed 2nd to a runner from the Scotch Plains-based all-star team at the Meet of Champions in March, also at Ocean Breeze.
Growalt’s time is No. 18 in South Jersey history and 4th-fastest all-time in Atlantic County and fastest since Claudine Smith of Atlantic City ran 8.03 when she won the 2019 Meet of Champions at the Bubble.
Just a few minutes later, Wynn won the 55 in 7.08 with teammate Sanaya Dupree 2nd in 7.36 and Growalt 3rd with a lifetime-best 7.37. Dupree missed her PR of 7.35 from last year’s sectionals at the Bubble by 1-100th of a second. Wynn shares the state record of 6.73 with. Michelle Glover.
All-Time South Jersey 55-Meter Hurdles List
7.89 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow Twp.], 2012
7.89 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], 2006
7.92 … Carol Lewis [Willingboro], 1981
7.94 … Lenaami Morton [Camden], 2017
7.97 … Jasmine Jackson [Winslow Twp.], 2025
7.98 … Nichole Belcher [Woodrow Wilson], 1992
7.98 … Tionna Tobias [Winslow Twp.], 2019
7.99 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2025
8.01 … Samantha Sharper [Woodrow Wilson], 2008
8.03 … Alethia Jenkins [Pennsauken], 2000
8.03 … Jailya Ash [Eastern], 2020
8.03 … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2018
8.04 … Zonya Cross [Edgewood], 1983
8.05 … Sherese Price [Pleasantville], 1998
8.06 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2006
8.10 … Nichole Hill [Oakcrest], 1997
8.11 … Cidae’a Woods [Winslow Twp.], 2014
8.14 … Brianna Growalt [Atlantic County Tech], 2026
8.15 … Jewel Ash [Eastern], 2020
8.16 … Dakota Jones [Washington Twp.], 2025
8.17 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2014
8.17 … Aliya Rae Garozzo [Paul VI], 2020
8.18 … Gabrielle Bennett [Winslow Twp.], 2015
8.18 … Te’seanna Harris [Camden], 2019
8.19 … Brittany Preston [Winslow Twp,], 2016
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 