Education
Dendy graduated from Concord High School, where she set a state record in the 400 meters.
Dendy graduated from Concord High School, where she set a state record in the 400 meters.
Dendy was ranked among the top ten women in the United States. for the 400 meters event from 1986 through 1989 and again in 1993. She was an alternate on the United States. 4 x 400 meters relay team at the 1988 Summer Olympics. She continued her career at George Mason University, where she set school records indoors at 300 meters (3877), 400 meters (5257), 500 meters (1:1145) and outdoors 400 meters (5145).
Dendy was a semi-finalist in the 200 meters event at the 1989 World Indoor Championships, running 23.75 seconds.
In 1993, at the World Indoor Championships in Toronto, Dendy won a silver medal in the 4x400 m relay. Outdoors, she also won a silver medal at the World Championships in Stuttgart, where she ran in the heats of the 4x400 m relay but not the final. Her sister Dionne Jones-Dendy was also a track and field athlete, and her nephew Marquis Dendy is an American champion in the long jump.
