Entering second day of the MIAA Division 1 track & field championship meet with a three-point lead, Franklin’s historic senior class could feel the state title within their grasp.On Friday’s opening day of competition, star Sarah Dumas achieved the rare feat of winning the pentathlon and 400-meter hurdles on the same day. Her fellow senior teammates had risen to the occasion in the shot put and discus throw.With one final afternoon to finish the job as a group, the seniors delivered.Behind victories Sunday from Dumas in the 100 hurdles (14.29) and senior Elizabeth Hopkins in the javelin (137 feet, 2 inches), Franklin tallied 74 points at Westfield State to top runners-up Lowell and Westford (62 points each) and capture the program’s first Division 1 title.“Winning a Division 1 championship has been a goal of ours since freshman year. And we’ve been working so hard, especially the senior class, for four years to make this happen,” said Dumas, who will run next year at Penn. “I sensed early in this season we had enough to do it … This ultimately is the culmination of all that hard work.”
D1 state meet article from Boston Globe ->
The FHS boys finished 15th.
Complete performance results for FHS athletes can be found in the PDF
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| The Franklin girls' track team poses with the Division 1 state trophy after taking the program's first title Sunday at Westfield State. MATTY WASSERMAN FOR THE GLOBE |
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