Dwyer breaks school record as she rolls into 400-meter quarterfinals

  • Rushana Dwyer (pictured, left) clocked a school-record 51.03 in the 400-meter dash to earn a trip to Saturday's quarterfinals on the first day of women's competition at the NCAA East First Round on Thursday. Photo courtesy of Southland Conference
    Rushana Dwyer (pictured, left) clocked a school-record 51.03 in the 400-meter dash to earn a trip to Saturday's quarterfinals on the first day of women's competition at the NCAA East First Round on Thursday. Photo courtesy of Southland Conference
    LEXINGTON, Kent.—In her one season in Natchitoches, Rushana Dwyer has put her fingerprints all over the Northwestern State record books in the 400-meter dash.She continued that by achieving one mark she hadn’t yet achieved—breaking the school record in the outdoor season.Dwyer, a senior from St. Eliizabeth, Jamaica, accomplished that feat in resounding fashion with a time of...

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