Eastern’s Kadence Dumas, a freshman at Delaware, demolished her 800 PR and ran the 3rd-fastest time in school history Thursday at the CAA Championships
Dumas, seeded 19th in the Coastal Athletic Association coming into the meet, ran the 4th-fastest time in the qualifying rounds and advanced to the final on Friday at the Armory.
The final is scheduled for 1:25 p.m. on Friday.
Dumas lowered her PR from 2:14.54 – which she just ran last weekend at Ocean Breeze – to 2:11.03 in what was only her 2nd collegiate 800.
The only faster times in school history belong to Michaela Meyer, who ran 2:03.40 in 2020, and Jeanette Bendolph, who ran 2:09.61 in 2018. Dumas bumped Lenape graduate Carly Pettipaw [2:11.34 in 2019] out of the No. 3 spot on the all-time Blue Hens performance list.
At Eastern, Dumas ran 2:10.44 outdoors from her Meet of Champions win this past June and had an indoor PR of 2:17.12, so that’s come down more than six seconds.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 