Junior Natalie Dumas moved Eastern into the lead on her anchor leg and the Vikings shattered the South Jersey sprint medley record Sunday with a triumph at Virginia “Nationals.”
Dumas, who set a South Jersey 800 record of 2:07.68 last weekend at Armory Nationals after racing the 400 at Boston Nationals, ran 2:07.78 and Eastern won the sprint medley at Virginia “Nationals” at the Virginia Beach Sports Center.
The team of senior Jasmine Davies, freshman Brynn Dumas, senior Samantha Osei-Kyei and Dumas ran 4:00.48, lowering the South Jersey record from 4:01.41, which Willingboro’s Halimah Bashir, Channel Hamilton, Rhea Mann and Okechi Ogbuokiri ran at 2003 Armory Nationals.
Osei-Kyei split 57.00 to set up Dumas, who got the stick in 3rd place – five meters behind Hermitage High of Virginia and Ursuline School of New Rochelle, N.Y. – but won by four meters over 2nd-place Ursuline, whih ran 4:01.04.
Eastern’s time is No. 5 in state history indoors and it’s No. 36 on the all-time U.S. performance list [which doesn’t exist, but I looked it up].
The previous Camden County record was Haddonfield’s 4:03.93 with Kristina Keegan, Bridget Barnes, Holly Cosnett and Olympian Erin Donohue at the 2001 Prince George’s Learning and Sports Complex Nationals in Landover, Md. Long Beach Wilson set a national record of 3:53.17 in the same race.
Eastern ran 4:01.78 with Johnay Stilley, Lomaria Tengbeh, Dumas and older sister Kadence Dumas in Virginia Beach and 4:03.75 with Johnna Gonter, Eva Sprewell, Natalie Dumas and Osei-Kyei at last year’s Armory Nationals. This is the 3rd straight year Eastern has had the fastest time in New jersey during the indoor season.
We’re pretty sure there aren’t any more so-called national meets coming up.
All-Time New Jersey Indoor Sprint Medley List
3:54.62 … Union Catholic, 2024
3:57.19 … Columbia, 2014
3:58.46 … Union Catholic, 2019
4:00.33 … Neptune, 2011
4:00.48 … Eastern, 2025
4:01.41 … Willingboro, 2003
4:01.78 … Eastern, 2023
4:03.13 … Sparta, 2010
4:03.14 … Westwood, 2014
4:03.18 … Columbia, 2010
4:03.22 … Columbia, 2013
4:03.57 … Piscataway, 2006
4:03.69 … Pope John, 2007
4:03.75 … Eastern, 2024
4:03.85 … Hopewell Valley, 2005
4:03.93 … Haddonfield, 2001
4:04.27 … Cherokee, 2022
4:04.36 … Columbia, 1983
4:04.38 … Washington Twp., 2010
4:04.47 … Neptune, 2009
4:04.49 … Hunterdon Central, 2015
4:04.63 … Rumson-Fair Haven, 2025
4:04.81 … Union Catholic, 2017
All-Time U.S. Indoor Sprint Medley List
3:52.68 … Rush Sperry [Henrietta, N.Y.], 2015
3:53.17 … Wilson Long Beach, CA 2001
3:54.31 … Randolph Campus, NYC, NY 2002
3:54.48 … Suffern [N.Y.], 2015
3:54.62 … Union Catholic, 2024
3:54.78 … Cardozo [Queens, N.Y.]
3:55.40 … Mount De Sales Academy [Catonsville, Md.], 2020
3:55.48 … Rush Sperry [Henrietta, N.Y.], 2016
3:55.92 … Randolph Campus, NYC, NY 2004
3:56.46 … Easton [Pa.] Area, 2007
3:56.47 … West Catholic, Philly, PA 2005
3:56.67 … Penn Charter, Philly, PA 1997
3:56.80 … Oak Park [Mich.], 2015
3:56.97 … Oak Park [Mich.], 2025
3:57.02 … Wilson Long Beach, CA 2003
3:57.19 … Columbia, 2014
3:57.20 … Boys & Girls, NY 2002
3:57.53 … Poly Long Beach, CA 1997
3:57.66 … Oak Park [Mich.], 2024
3:57.78 … Bellport, Brookhaven, NY 2004
3:57.83 … West Catholic, Philly, PA 2006
3:58.46 … Union Catholic, 2019
3:59.16 … Western Branch [Chesapeake, Va.], 2018
3:59.31 … Assumption [Davenport, Iowa], 2017
3:59.42 … Randolph Campus, NYC, NY 2001
3:59.62 … Wilson Long Beach, CA 2002
3:59.81 … West Catholic, Philly, PA 2004
3:59.81 … Bullis School [Potomac, Md.], 2023
3:59.96 … Oak Park [Mich.], 2023
3:59.98 … Oak Park [Mich.], 2021
4:00.05 … Washington, NYC, NY 1995
4:00.11 … Bullis School [Potomac, Md.], 2024
4:00.33 … Neptune, 2011
4:00.36 … Hempstead [N.Y.], 2009
4:00.43 … Magnet, Baton Rouge, LA 2005
4:00.48 … Eastern, 2025
4:00.54 … Cardozo, NY 2005
4:00.58 … Hillhouse [New Haven, Ct.], 2012
4:00.72 … Gratz, Philly, PA 1998
4:00.77 … Southridge [Miami, Fla.], 2017
4:00.77 … Hillhouse [New Haven, Ct.], 2013
4:00.82 … James Logan, CA 2006
4:00.84 … Westerly, RI 2005
4:00.86 … Poly Long Beach, CA 1995
4:00.94 … Roosevelt, Greenbelt, MD 2002
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 