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University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

2022-23 Men's Track and Field Roster

Tamera Adderley
Tamera Adderley
Jose Juarez

Dante Bassham

Dante Bassham

  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    New Baltimore, Mich.
  • High School:
    Anchor Bay

Summary

Biography

Official Collegiate Results

Career Highlights
  • 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)

Career Best:
  • 60m: 6.66 at 2023 Silverston
  • 200m: 21.33 at 2022 HL Outdoor Championships

2023 Outdoor
  • Took silver in the 100-Meter and fourth in the 200-Meter at the HL Championships

2022-23 Indoor Season
  • 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

2022 Outdoor
  • 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

2022 Indoor
  • 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

2021 Outdoor 
  • Placed 3rd at the Elaine Leigh invite 100  

2020 Indoor:
  • Was the team's 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

Prior to Detroit Mercy: 
  • Lettered in two sports
  • Earned Best Sprinter Award junior year
  • Earned Athlete of the Year honors senior year

Personal: 
  • Son of Nikki Hughes
  • Has three siblings
  • A Pre-Science major

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Sprints

  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Sprints

  • 2021-22Junior

    Sprints

  • 2022-23Senior

    Sprints