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2020 Track and Field Roster

Dante Berggren

Dante Berggren

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Major:
    Human Development
  • Hometown:
    Modesto, Calif.
  • High School/Previous School:
    Waterford HS '15 / Modesto Junior College

Summary

Biography

2020: Ran the lead leg of a 4x100m Relay team that finished first at the Cal Invite (3/7) with a time of 41.62... Also posted the fastest time in the 400m (49.20)... That was the only meet the Aggies competed in since COVID-19 forced a premature end to the season.

2018: Mainly sprinted the 100 and 200 meter events… Recorded a cleared 200 dash time of 21.84 seconds at the Trojan Invitational, the sixth fastest time on the UC Davis Outdoor Performance List for that event… Was a part of the 4x100 relay team that set the fifth and seventh best times in Aggie history… Set a personal best mark of 10.83 seconds in the 100 at the Titan Team Challenge on Mar. 31… Made an appearance in both the long jump and javelin throw at the Aggie Open.

WATERFORD HS’15/MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE: Added track and field to his sports repertoire during his senior year after also playing football and baseball for the Wildcats… Did the 100m and 200m sprints, setting his personal bests of 10.92 and 21.88, respectively, at the SJS D4-D5 Finals… Was all-league MVP after becoming San Joaquin section’s D4-6 record holder in the 200m and the 100m champion… At Modesto Junior College, he did the 200m, 400m, 4x1, and 4x4 events… in the 2016 outdoor season, he beat his high school’s 200m personal best by 11 seconds, got a long jump measurement of 22’11,” and contributed to the 4x1 school record time… In the 2017 outdoor season for the Pirates, he was a top NorCal finisher with also the fifth fastest time in the 200m event at Modesto Junior College (21.20), and he was part of the team who received the second fastest time in school history in the 4x1 event (40.70).

PERSONAL: Born in Miami, Fla… Majoring in Human Development, and wants to pursue a career in medicine… Parents are Lorena and Jason… Has three younger brothers Bryce, Cj, and Donnaven… Says his career sports highlights were setting a state record and a section record in the 200m event… His sports hero is Jackie Robinson, and his non-sports hero is his father… The reason he chose UC Davis was for the high-quality athletics and academics provided at the university.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2018Junior

    Sprints
    6'"
  • 2019Senior

    Sprints
    6'"
  • 2020Senior

    Sprints
    6'"