Successful even one occasion at a U.S. highschool nationwide observe meet is a big feat. Successful three? Nearly exceptional. And but, at New Steadiness Outside Nationals (NBON) on Sunday, Natalie Dumas of Voorhees, N.J., did precisely that.
Racing at Franklin Area in Philadelphia, the 16-year-old pulled off a uncommon triple: the 400m hurdles, 400m and 800m–claiming three meet data and three nationwide titles within the course of.
A junior at Japanese Regional Excessive College in Voorhees Township, Dumas opened her weekend on Friday with a private better of 55.99 within the 400m hurdles–the quickest U18 time on the earth in 2025, and fifth on the all-time U18 record.
On Saturday, she returned for the 400m, diving throughout the road in 51.14. As soon as once more, she made historical past: #1 U18 on the earth for 2025, and #2 U18 all-time.
On Sunday, Dumas closed out her weekend with a 2:00.11 within the 800m, narrowly beating Emmry Ross of Onsted Excessive in Onsted, Mich., who clocked a formidable 2:00.25. Former U.S. high-school mile report holder Sadie Engelhardt took third in 2:02.50.
Once more, Dumas’ time made the report books: #1 on the earth this 12 months, and #10 on the world all-time U18 record.
“I’m going on the market and I deliver my very own mindset to the sport,” Dumas instructed DyeStat after amassing her trio of gold medals. “The toughest one was the 800m, as a result of it was my final occasion and longest distance–however on the identical time, it was lots of enjoyable. I had no stress after already successful two different titles.”
“That competitors actually pushed me,”she added. “These ladies are so gifted.”
However this isn’t Dumas’ first hat trick–she’s now accomplished the sweep 5 occasions in lower than two months. In Could, Dumas received all three occasions on the Camden County Champs, New Jersey state sectionals and the New Jersey group championships. It was at sectionals the place she first turned heads, clocking 51.87 to match world report holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone‘s state report set in 2017 and overtake 800m Olympic champion Athing Mu on the NJ (2020) on the all-time state 400m record.
She repeated the triple-win efficiency once more at state championships earlier this month.
