Dante Bassham

Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
New Baltimore, Mich.
High School:
Anchor Bay
Position:
Sprints
Major:
Real Estate Development

PRIOR TO MICHIGAN

• 4x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• 3x Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022)
• 3x Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)
• 2x First Team Indoor All-Horizon League (60m-2023, 200m-2023)
• 2x First Team Outdoor All-Horizon League (4x100m-2022, 2023)
• 3x Second Team Outdoor All-Horizon League (100m-2022, 2023, 200m-2022)
• Horizon League Indoor All-Academic Team (2023)
• Horizon League Outdoor All-Academic Team (2023)
• CSC Academic All-District (2023)
• USTFCAA All-American Scholar (2023)

Collegiate PR | Indoor: 60m - 6.66; 200m - 21.70; 400m - 55.43 | Outdoor: 100m - 10.39; 200m - 21.33; 400m - 52.77
High School PR | LJ - 6.15m (20-2.5); TJ - 13.08m (42-11); 60m - 7.90i; 100m - 12.23 (-0.1m/s)

TFRRS Profile (for PRs and full results)

Graduate Student (2023-24)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran 10.75 in the 100-meter dash for 15th and 41.29 in the 4x100-relay at the Big Ten Championships (May 10-12)
• Ran 10.42 (not wind legal) in the 100-meter dash preliminaries and 10.44, the No. 8 mark in program history, in the finals for fourth at the Len Paddock Open (April 27)
• Ran 21.78 in the 200-meter dash for 19th and 40.86 in the 4x100 relay for fourth at the Jim Green Invitational (April 19-20)
• Ran 10.40 (not wind legal) in the 100-meter dash for 11th and 40.89 in the 4x100 relay for eighth at the USF Alumni Invitational (March 15-16)

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran 6.83 in the 60-meter dash for 15th at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 23-24)
• Ran 6.82 in the preliminaries and a season best 6.80 in the finals to win the 60-meter dash at the Michigan Invitational (Jan. 26-27)
• Ran a season-best 6.81 in the preliminaries and 6.94 in the finals of the 60-meter dash to finish fifth at the Michigan Invitational (Jan. 26-27)
• Ran 21.98 in the 200-meter dash to finish seventh at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 13)

Senior at Detroit Mercy (2022-23)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Took silver in the 100-Meter and fourth in the 200-Meter at the HL Championships

Indoor Track & Field
• Personal record in the 60-Meter at 6.66 second at the Silverston Invitational
• Won the 60-Meter and 200-Meter at the HL Champs

Junior at Detroit Mercy (2021-22)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Finished 2nd in the 100-meter, 2nd in the 200-meter, and a member of the 1st place 4x100 relay team at the Horizon League Championships

Indoor Track & Field
• PR in 60-Meter Dash (6.87) at Silverston Invitational placing second - tied for third fastest time in school history
• PR in 200-Meter Dash (22.13) during the preliminary heat of the Horizon League Indoor Championships

Sophomore at Detroit Mercy (2020-21)

Outdoor Track and Field
• Placed 3^rd at the Elaine Leigh invite 100

First-Year at Detroit Mercy (2019-20)

Indoor Track & Field
• Rookie of the Year
• Took first in the 60m at the GVSU Big Meet in 6.98, seventh in school history
• Ran a PR with a time of 22.69 in the 200m dash at the Silverston Invitational
• Won the 60m in at the Windsor Team Challenge in a run-off at 7.03 and was a member of the 4x200m relay that placed eighth at the Windsor Team Challenge