Sianni Wynn and the Pennsauken girls got off to a hot start Friday on Day 1 of the state Group 4 meet in Somerset.
Pennsauken goes into Saturday with a 29 ½-21 ½ lead over Passaic County Tech, with Hillsborough and Eastern tied for 3rd with 20. Pennsauken is bidding to become the first school in more than a decade to win consecutive state Group 4 titles.
Wynn won the 100 in 11.53, her 8th individual outdoor state title, and also anchored Pennsauken’s record-setting 400-meter relay team, which ran 46.35, breaking the meet record of 47.24 that Pennsauken set last year. Junior Summer Schaffer and senior cousins Sanaya and Olivia Dupree ran the first three legs. Pennsauken set a state record of 45.30 last month at the Penn Relays with the same lineup.
Sophomore Hope Edwards placed 2nd to Natalie Dumas in the 400-meter hurdles with a 59.17, the 10th-fastest time in state history, and Sanaya Dupree tied for 5th in the 100 with a 12.28.
Wynn races the 200 and the 4-by-4 on Saturday, Edwards is among the top seeds in the 400 as are Sanaya Dupree in the 200 and Olivia Dupree in the 100-meter hurdles.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 