SPRINGFIELD — The Otterbein men's indoor track and field team posted multiple top-10 finishes at the Wittenberg Invite on Saturday led by freshman Marquez Whitehead's runner-up performance in the 500 meters and sophomore Richmond Honkpo's second-place mark in the long jump.

The Basics

• Venue: The Steemer Fieldhouse - Springfield, Ohio.
• This invite was not team scored. 
• Online Results

Otterbein's Top Performers - Running Events

• 500m - In second was Whitehead with a time of 1:07.07, in fifth was sophomore Cameron Smart in 1:08.67, and right behind in sixth was junior Alec Spangler in 1:09.42. 
• 1000m - Junior Jonny Powers ran a 2:32.57 to come in third.
• 1 Mile - Junior Payne Ratliff ran a 4:20.70 to take seventh, and in ninth was junior Chase Jackson with a time of 4:22.47.
• 200m - Sophomore Christian Barker ran a 22.22 to place sixth. 
• 5000m - Sophomore Caleb Rafferty took sixth with a time 16:00.24. 
• 800m - Junior Gavin Kelly took eighth with a time of 1:56.55.
• 3000m - Freshman Joshua Porter ran a 9:06.73 to take ninth.  
• 60m Dash - Despite not qualifying for finals, Barker ran a personal-best with a time of 7.10 seconds to put him in ninth.

Otterbein's Top Performers - Field Events 

• Long Jump -  Honkpo hit a mark of 7.11m to take second, and freshman Joab Bockstoce took eighth with a 6.41m mark. 
• Pole Vault - Hitting the 4.25m mark was both sophomore Joe Hill, who took fourth, and in sixth was junior Brady Williams. 
• High Jump - Sophomore Gabriel Scialdone took ninth with a mark 1.79m.

Notables

All-Time Otterbein Rankings:

• Barker ranks fourth all-time in the 200m (22.54 seconds, 2025) and seventh all-time in the 60m (7.10 seconds, 2025).
• Sophomore Izaac Swope ranks fourth all-time in the 60m hurdles (8.26 seconds, 2025).
• Honkpo ranks second in long jump (7.18m, 2024), while freshman Jaret Harting is sixth (7.08m, 2025).
• Graduate student Nick Agerter and Hill share sixth in pole vault (4.59m, 2024) with Williams just behind in eighth (4.56m, 2024).
• Junior Khalil Jones ranks eighth in the 60m (7.15 seconds, 2024), sixth in triple jump (13.42m, 2024) and tied for fourth in long jump (7.12m, 2025).
• Ratliff holds two top-10 all-time marks, ranking eighth in the 5000m (14:57.02) and 10th in the 3000m (8:38.10) this season.
• Graduate Brock Pemberton ranks ninth in the weight throw (12.63m, 2025).
• Powers is added to the Otterbein all-time record books after running a 2:32.57 on Saturday in the 1000m to rank ninth.
• Whitehead joins the the all-time records, running a 1:07.07 in the 500m to sit in 10th.
• Bockstoce is tied for 10th in high jump (1.95m, 2025).

OAC Standings:

• Honkpo is second in the long jump (7.13m), followed by Harting in third (7.08m), Jones in fifth (6.90m) and Bockstoce tied for sixth (6.71m).
• Hill is third in pole vault (4.45m).
• Ratliff sits in second for the 3000m (8:32.15) and third in the 5000m (14:47.52). 
• Swope ranks second in the 60m hurdles (8.26 seconds).
• Bockstoce is third in the high jump (1.95m), and in fourth is Scialdone (1.91m). 
• Barker sits in sixth place for the 200m (22.15 seconds).