Kadence Dumas, a Delaware freshman from Eastern, ran the 4th-fastest 500 meters in school history Saturday in a meet in Boston.
Dumas won the 500 at the Umass Lowell Riverhawk Invitational at the TRACK at New Balance in 1:14.92, finishing ahead of 2nd-place Victoria Guerrier, who ran 1:15.67.
This was Dumas’s first race as a collegian and first race of any kind since June, when she won the Meet of Champions 800 in 2:10.44 at Franklin High. It was also the first 500 she’s ever run on any level.
Her time trails only three women in Delaware Blue Hens history: Michaela Meyer ran 1:11.96 at Ocean Breeze in 2020, Lenape graduate Carly Pettipaw ran 1:14.71 at the Armory in 2019 and Sydni Stovall ran 1:14.80 at Ocean Breeze in 2020.
Dumas’s time is fastest in the Colonial Athletic Association this year, bumping Dominique Biron of Northeastern, who ran 1:15.32 earlier this month on the same track.
Dumas also ran the third second leg on Delaware’s 1,600-meter relay, which placed 7th in 3:54.43.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 