From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Sianni Wynn won her 4^th national title Friday in the closest fashion imaginable.

Wynn, a Pennsauken senior, won the 100-meter dash at West Philly Nationals in 11.27, edging freshman Mya Arrendell by 6-1,000ths of a second.

Both were timed in 11.27, with Wynn at 11.264 and Arrendell at 11.270. The race was run with a legal 0.8 meters-per-second tailwind.

Wynn came within 1-100^th of a second of the meet record of 11.26 set in 2024 by Lisa Raye of West Warwick, R.I.

Wynn’s time is just off her PR of 11.25 from last year’s Meet of Champions But it’s a wind-legal PR, lowering her best legal time from 11.29 when she won West Philly Nationals last year.,

She’s 3^rd-fastest in state history behind Wendy Vereen of Trenton, who ran 11.17 in Colorado Springs in 1983, and Timber Creek’s Naylah Jones, who ran 11.23 at the state Group 3 Championships at Delsea in 2024.

Wynn won won the 60 and 200 at Boston Nationals this past indoor season as well as the 100 outdoors last year.

Wynn races in the first round of the 200 at 1:02 p.m. Saturday.