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2022-23 Men's Track & Field Roster

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Bret Dannis

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Peru, Ill.
  • High School St. Bede HS
  • Position Hurdles
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Biography

NIL Opportunities

2023

Indoor

  • Ran the program's third fastest 60mH (7.74) and placed second at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational
  • Won the long jump at the Illini Challenge with a personal-best, 7.29m (23-11)
  • Personal-best 60m (6.91) at the Illini Classic
  • Placed eighth in the 60mH (7.84) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships

Outdoor

  • Ran the program's sixth fastest 110mH (13.78) in his fourth place finish at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships
  • Won the 100m with a personal-best (11.00) and part of the winning 4x100m team (40.71) at the Gary Wieneke Memorial

2022

Indoor

  • Placed second in the 60m with a time of 6.93 at the Illini Classic
  • Ran a 22.22 in the 200m at the Music City Challenge
  • Finished fifth in the 60mH at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (7.90)

Outdoor

  • Won the 110mH at the Illini Classic with a time of 13.90
  • Ran season-best time of 13.79 in the 110mH at the NCAA West Preliminary Round
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2021

Indoor

  • Finished seventh in the 60mH at the Big Ten Championships with a 8.01
  • Placed first in the 60mH at the Badger Icebreaker with a time of 8.03
  • Secured fourth place at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational in the 60mH with a time of 7.99

Outdoor

  • Finished in 28th place at the NCAA West Regionals with a time of 14.00 in the 110mH
  • Placed seventh in the 110mH at the B1G Championships to earn two points for the team
  • Placed second in the 110mH at the Fighting Illini B1G Relays with a personal best mark of 13.79
  • Won the M City Classic 110mH with a time of 14.12
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2020

Indoor

  • Placed 2nd at the Illini Invitational and the Music City Challenge in the 60 m hurdles.
  • Finished in 8th place for the Illini at the B1G Championship in the 60 m hurdles

Outdoor

  • Season canceled due to COVID-19

2019

Indoor

  • Contested the 60mH at Big Ten Championships
  • Ran his indoor-season best at the Illini Open, timing 8.09 to win the event title

Outdoor

  • Competed at NCAA West Prelims in the 110mH, clocking a PR of 14.17
  • Competed in the 110mH at Big Ten Championships
  • Won event titles in the 110mH at the Illini Twilight and The Reveille
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic

High School

  • Three-time IHSA State Champion (110H (2) and 300H)
  • Set the IHSA Class 2A 110H record (13.93)
  • 2017 IHSA Class 2A 300m Hurdles Runner-Up
  • 2015 IHSA Class 1A 300m Hurdles seventh place

TFRRS Profile

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Hurdles
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Hurdles
  • 2020-21Junior

    Hurdles
  • 2021-22Senior

    Hurdles
  • 2022-23Graduate Student

    Hurdles