Natalie Dumas, Jasmine Jackson and Dylan Hosty are on their way to the Seattle area to race in the 15th annual Brooks PR Invitational Sunday.
Th invitation-only meet is scheduled for Sunday at Renton Memorial Stadium, 12 miles southeast of Seattle.
Dumas is only entered in the 400-meter dash, which she won Wednesday at the Meet of Champions in a season-best 52.14, 8th-fastest in the U.S. this year. She PR’d at 51.14 as part of her West Philly Nationals triple last year.
It appears the next-fastest competitor in the 400 is Sophia Castaneda of Newberg, Ore., who ran 52.17 at a meet in May in Bend, Ore. The meet record is 52.01 by Skyler Franklin of Monteverde (Fla.) Academy in 2024.
There is an 800 at Brooks PR and New Jersey junior Paige Sheppard, who ran 2:01.50 at this meet last year, is the No. 1 seed. Sheppard and Dumas haven’t raced each other since Track Night NYC at Icahn Stadium on May 1, when Sheppard ran 2:02.37 and Dumas 2:04.00.
Jackson, who dropped the South Jersey 100-meter hurdles record to 13.28 on Wednesday, is No. 5 in the country and No. 1 among underclassmen. She’s No. 3 in New Jersey history and the state sophomore class record holder.
Hosty will race in the freshman mile after running 2:06.04 for 800 meters Wednesday, the New Jersey freshman record. She’s No. 15 nationally, No. 1 among freshmen and No. 14 on the all-time New Jersey list. She’s run 4:49.48 for a full mile and a slightly faster 4:47.58 for 1,600 meters. She’s 6th nationally among freshman at 1,600 meters and No. 5 among New Jersey freshmen. The South Jersey freshman record is 4:45.97, which Briana Gess ran at the 2014 Meet of Champions in South Plainfield.
Assuming the times on the meet’s web site are listed in Pacific Daylight Time, Dumas’s 400 is scheduled for 5 p.m. EST, Jackson will race at 5:28 p.m. in a one-race final and Hosty runs at 7:01 p.m.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 