CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Indoor:
All-time PSU rankings:
- Ranks 3rd all-time in the weight throw - 47-05.25 (14.46m) - UW Open (2/14/16)
Outdoor:
Awards:
- Academic All-Big Sky (2016)
All-time PSU rankings:
- Ranks 5th all-time in the hammer - 157-00.50 (47.86m) - Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open (3/18/16)
 
PERSONAL BESTS:
Indoor:
Weight Throw - 47-05.25 (14.46m) - UW Open (2/14/16)
Outdoor:
Discus - 144-04 (44.00m) - Prep (PSU Best: 125-09.25 (38.33m) - John Knight Twilight - 4/8/16)
Shot Put - 45-10.75 (13.99m) - Prep
Hammer - 163-04 (49.80m) - Prep (PSU Best: 157-00.50 (47.86m) - Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open - 3/18/16)

2017 OUTDOOR:
Did not compete during the season.

2017 INDOOR:
Did not compete during the season.

2016 OUTDOOR:
Competed in the hammer at the Big Sky Championships (5/11-14), finishing 15th overall with a mark of 139-11 (42.65m)...Threw the hammer 155-03.75 (47.33m) at the OSU High Performance Meet (4/29)...Set a new PSU personal best in the discus with a throw of 125-09.50 (38.33m) at the John Knight Twilight (4/8)...Threw the discus and hammer at the Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open (3/18-19), finishing with marks of 121-05.25 (37.01m) and 157-00.50 (47.86m), respectively...Moved up to fifth all-time at Portland State in the hammer with his throw at Lewis & Clark...Surpassed 150 feet again in the hammer at his next two meets, throwing 153-04 (46.74m) at the Mondo Mid-Major Team Challenge (4/2), and 150-10.50 (45.98m) at the John Knight Twilight.

2016 INDOOR:
Moved up to third all-time in the weight throw with a personal best of 47-05.25 (14.46m) at the UW Open (2/14)...Returned to the weight throw at the Bronco Invitational (1/23), finishing with a mark of 44-06.75 (13.58m)...Made his PSU debut with a throw of 42-02.75 (12.87m) in the weight throw at the UW Indoor Preview (1/16).
 
OREGON CITY HIGH SCHOOL:
Art Skipper Jr. Memorial Award recipient as a senior in 2015…Earned three letters in track in high school, as well as two letters in snowboarding…Also competed for the Super Thrower Track Club from 2013-15.
 
PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:
Son of Curtis Dent and Stacey McInnes…Has two sisters, Emily and Hayley Dent…Lists snowboarding, computers, football, basketball and lifting as hobbies…Majoring in business.