Is there an event Natalie Dumas can’t run?
Dumas, who so far this year has run 12.23 for 100 meters, 24.02 for 200, 51.87 for 400, 2:13.37 in the 800 and 58.37 in the intermediates, became South Jersey’s fastest miler Thursday night.
Dumas, a junior at Eastern, ran 4:55.66 in her first outdoor 1,600 ever at the 1,600 Night at the Nest at Allentown.
That’s 7th-fastest in New Jersey this year, 18th-fastest in South Jersey history and No. 7 on the all-time Camden County list.
Dumas was out in 69.34 and came through 800 in 2:28.78 and 1,200 in 3:45.63 before closing in 70.02.
Nobody in state history has ever run as fast as Dumas in every event from 200 meters to the 1,600.
She goes into the state Group 4 meet in Somerset with the fastest times out of all sectionals in the 400 and intermediates, 3rd-fastest in the 200 and 8th-fastest in the 800.
Dumas has run a couple indoor 1,600s with a PR of 5:05.92 at Ocean Breeze this past February.
All-Time South Jersey Sub-5 List
4:41.16 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2000
4:41.5y … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1982
4:45.91 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024
4:45.97 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2014
4:48.73y … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
4:48.82y … Nicole Clifford [Cherokee], 2022
4:49.11 … Renee Tomlin [Ocean City], 2005
4:49.26 … Rachel Vick [Kingsway], 2017
4:51.43 … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland Reg.], 2017
4:51.84 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2024
4:52.95 … Caitlin Orr [Lenape], 2009
4:54.25 … Sarah Naticchia [Haddonfield], 2021
4:54.71 … Megan Hartman [Ocean City], 1994
4:54.76 … Allison Colflesh [Haddonfield], 2021
4:54.88 … Bridget Flynn [Holy Spirit], 2012
4:55.41 … Brittany Sedberry [Ocean City], 2004
4:55.45 … Julianna Catania [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2016
4:55.66 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2012
4:55.66 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2025
4:55.70 … Dina Iacone [Washington Twp.], 2012
4:55.90 … Sarah Naticchia [Haddonfield], 2019
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 