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The distance freestyler is a member of the USA Swimming National Junior Team.<\/p>\n<p>Dant&#8217;s top times include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1650 Free 14:53.07<\/li>\n<li>1000 Free 8:57.54<\/li>\n<li>500 Free 4:18.89<\/li>\n<li>400 IM 3:53.10<\/li>\n<li>200 Back 1:47.70<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At YMCA Nationals in April Dant won the 1650 in a new meet record of 14:57.03. At Winter Juniors East in December he finished second in the 1650, fourth in the 500, and eighth in the 400 IM.<\/p>\n<p>With a year and a half left of club swimming Dant would already be a significant contributor for the Wolfpack. His best 1650 time would have finished fourth in the ACC in 2017. He also would have been a 500 freestyle B finalist last year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Very proud to announce my verbal commitment to NC State University!!!!!  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PBG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PBG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dS0JoPCSM2\">pic.twitter.com\/dS0JoPCSM2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ross Dant (@Ross_Dant) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ross_Dant\/status\/956988763560988672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW COMMIT:\u00a0The NC State Wolfpack have received a verbal commitment from\u00a0Ross Dant\u00a0for the 2019-2020 season. Dant is a junior from Hickory, North Carolina. 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