Dante Oliver
Dante Oliver

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Columbus, Miss.

High School:
Columbus

Position:
Sprints


05/12/2013

Isiah Young Repeats As SEC 200m Champion

Young Wins SEC Commissioner's Trophy As High Points Scorer

05/10/2013

Rebels Score First Points At SEC Championships Friday

Mary Ashton Nall Places Fourth In Women's Heptathlon

04/27/2013

Young Breaks 100m School Record, Defends Drake Relays Title

Rebels Fare Well In Final Tune-Up For SEC Championships

04/26/2013

Rebels Have Big Day Alongside World's Elite At Drake

Saturday Set To Be A Huge Day Of Finals

04/20/2013

Isiah Young Blazes The Home Track At Mississippi Open

Rebel Men And Women Get Dual Meet Victories Over Bulldogs

AT OLE MISS (2011-12):

2012:

OUTDOOR: Competed at the NCAA East Preliminary in the 400 meters, 4x100 meter relay and 4x400 meter relay ... helped the 4x400 relay team finish 13th (3:06.81) and just miss a spot at the NCAA Championships ... placed 14th in the 400 (season-best 47.25) and helped the 4x400 team to a fifth-place result (3:07.79) at the SEC Championships ... had three top-five finishes in the 400, at the Ole Miss Invitational (3rd, 47.27), SEC/Big Ten Challenge (4th, 48.18) and Mississippi Open (5th, 47.43) ... helped the 4x400 relay team to a sixth-place result at the Drake Relays (3:09.83) ... helped the 4x400 relay team to victories at the Mississippi Open (3:08.01) and Rhodes Open (3:10.10) ... SEC Academic Honor Roll.

INDOOR: Placed seventh in the 400 meters (47.99) and helped the 4x400 meter relay team to a fifth-place result (3:09.87) at the SEC Championships ... ran a personal-best indoor 400 time of 47.31 in the SEC prelims ... helped the 4x400 relay team to top-three finishes at the Rod McCravy Memorial (2nd, 3:12.54) and Auburn Invitational (3rd, 3:14.11).

2011:

OUTDOOR: Finished fourth in the 4x400 meter relay at the SEC Championships ... Timed a personal best of 47.16 in the 400 meters, claiming first in the event at the Ole Miss Invitational ... finished second in the 400 meters at the Rhodes Open with a time of 47.74 ... placed fifth in the 400 meters at the Big Ten vs. SEC Challenge Meet with a time of 47.71 ... won the Mississippi Open as a member of the 4x400 relay team with a relay time of 3:07.36 ... finished fifth as a member of the Rebels 4x200 relay team with a time of 1:23.86 at the Florida Relays ... placed second apart of the Rebels 4x100 relay team at the Big Ten vs. SEC Challenge Meet ... SEC Academic Honor Roll and USTFCCCA All-Academic.

INDOOR: Competed in the 400 meters in all seven indoor meets ... member of the winning 4x400 relay team at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational ... also competed in the 200 meters in two meets ... won and recorded a season-best time of 47.56 in the 400 meters at the Arkansas State Kickoff Klassic ... also won the Arkansas State Invitational in the 400 meters with a time of 48.45.

BEFORE OLE MISS: Timed a personal best of 47.05 in the 400 meters, which is a school record ... State champion in the 400 meters in 2010 ... ranked 10th in the nation in the 400 from 2009-2010 ... finished high school with a 4.1 GPA.

PERSONAL: Born Oct. 20, 1991 ... son of Dennis and Angela Oliver ... wants to be a pharmacist ... chose Ole Miss over Mississippi State.

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