Profitable even one occasion at a U.S. highschool nationwide observe meet is a big feat. Profitable three? Virtually unparalleled. And but, at New Stability Outside Nationals (NBON) on Sunday, Natalie Dumas of Voorhees, N.J., did precisely that.
Racing at Franklin Subject 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 Jap 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 this planet in 2025, and fifth on the all-time U18 checklist.
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 this planet 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 file holder Sadie Engelhardt took third in 2:02.50.
Once more, Dumas’ time made the file books: #1 on this planet this 12 months, and #10 on the world all-time U18 checklist.
“I am going on the market and I carry my very own mindset to the sport,” Dumas advised DyeStat after accumulating 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 quite a lot 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 instances in lower than two months. In Might, Dumas gained 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 file holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone‘s state file set in 2017 and overtake 800m Olympic champion Athing mu on the NJ (2020) on the all-time state 400m checklist.
She repeated the triple-win efficiency once more at state championships earlier this month.
