Delaware junior Kadence Dumas ran the 2nd-fastest 800 in University of Delaware history with a 3rd-place finish at the Conference USA Championships in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Dumas, from Eastern, lowered her PR more than a second – from 2:07.30 to 2:06.29 – in the finals of the 800 after a 2:09.77 in the qualifying round.
Her time is No. 11 on the all-time South Jersey list and No. 2 on the all-time Delaware performance list, behind a 2:04.82 by Holly Manning in the 2021 NCAA Division 1 East Prelims in Jacksonville.
Dumas finished behind only Liberty’s Allie Zealand, who won the race in 2:05.26, and Privilllege Chikara of Middle Tennessee, who was 2nd in 2:05.53.
Dumas is also No. 5 in Delaware history indoors at 500 meters [1:14.92], 2nd in the 600 [1:33.15], 3rd indoors in the 800 [2:11.03], 7th in the 1,000 [2:55.83] and 7th outdoors in the 400 [55.37].
The 3rd-place finish is Dumas’s highest ever in a conference meet. She was 4th in the 800 at the indoor conference meet in Lynchburg.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 