Dante Lander

Photo by: Benjamin Suddendorf

ITF Class:
Sophomore
OTF Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Dayton, Ohio
High School:
West Carollton

PERSONAL RECORDS
Outdoor
200: 22.94
110 hurdles: 15.25
400 hurdles: 54.02

Indoor
400: 48.99
60 hurdles: 8.33
Long jump: 5.82

2020 (Outdoor): Redshirted.

2020 (Indoor): Placed fourth in the distance medley relay (10:01.40) and fifth in the 4x400 relay (3:20.82) at the Mid-American Conference Championships at Kent, Ohio (2/28-29) … set a personal record (48.99) in the 400 meters and placed seventh (3:15.22) in the 4x400 relay at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational (2/7-8) … finished fifth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.33) at the CMU Jack Skoog Open (1/31) … finished second in the 4x400 relay (3:15.35) and was fourth in the 60 hurdles (8.36) in a dual meet at Akron (1/17) … placed third in the 4x400 relay (3:15.88) and fourth in the 60 hurdles (8.37) at the GVSU Holiday Open (12/6).

2019 (Outdoor): Finished third in the 4x400 relay (3:14.07) and seventh with a personal-record of 54.02 in the 400-meter hurdles at the MAC Championships (5/9-11) in Muncie, Ind. … ran a personal-best 22.94 in the 200 meters at the Michigan Len Paddock Open (5/3) … finished seventh in the 400 hurdles (54.39) and set a personal best in the 110-meter hurdles (15.25) at the Ohio State Jesse Owens Classic (4/26-27) … won the 400 hurdles (55.04) at the Virginia Challenge (4/19-20) … finished third in the 4x400 relay (3:12.58) at the Tennessee Relays (4/11) … finished first in the 400 hurdles (55.13) and fifth in the 110 hurdles (15.25) at the Western Michigan Jack Shaw Classic (4/5) … finished sixth in the 4x400 relay (3:19.00) at the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational (3/22-23).

2019 (Indoor): Set a personal best (5.82 meters) in the long jump at the Kent State Doug Raymond Invitational (2/9) … finished sixth in the 4x400 relay (3:26.08) at the Notre Dame Invitational (1/19) … placed second in the 400 meters (53.01), second in the 4x400 relay (3:33.51), and sixth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.71) at the CMU Jack Skoog Open (1/11) … finished fifth in the 4x400 relay (3:22.00) at the GVSU Holiday Open (12/7).

High School: Four-year varsity letterwinner in track & field, one year in cross country ... two-year track team captain ... owns two school records (110-meter hurdles, 300-meter hurdles) ... named track & field MVP and scored the most points as a senior ... two-time OHSAA state competitor ... Dayton Daily News Athlete of the Week (6/20/18) ... selected most improved runner as a sophomore and junior ... competed for Northwest Track Club under coach Lefty Martin.