ASHLAND — The Otterbein men's indoor track and field team saw notable performances at the Ashland Jud Logan Light Giver Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Sophomore
Izaac Swope set a personal-best in the 60m hurdles, while sophomore
Christian Barker and freshman
Joab Bockstoce earned spots on the program's all-time leaderboard in the 200m and long jump, respectively.
The Basics
- Venue: Niss Athletic Center - Ashland, Ohio.
- The invitational consisted of a mix of NCAA Division I, II, III, and NAIA teams.
- The invitational was not team scored.
- Online Results
- Results PDF
Otterbein's Top Performers - Running Events
- 60m Hurdles - Despite Swope not placing for the finals, he placed 11th with a personal-best time of 8.43 seconds.
- 200m - Barker came in 12th with a time of 22.29 seconds.
- 400m - Freshman Marquez Whitehead ran a time of 51.50 seconds to take 15th.
- 4x400m Relay - Whitehead, sophomore Cam Smart, junior Gavin Kelly and freshman Jack Van Fossen ran a 3:31.93 to take 15th.
- 3000m - Junior Chase Jackson ran a time of 8:42.13 to take 22nd.
Otterbein's Top Performers - Field Events
- Long Jump - Junior Khalil Jones placed sixth, jumping a mark of 6.90m, and in ninth was freshman Jaret Harting who jumped a mark of 6.59m. In 15th was Bockstoce with a mark of 6.45m.
- High Jump - Bockstoce hit a mark of 1.95m to put him in eighth place.
- Triple Jump - In ninth was sophomore Malvin Long with a mark of 12.81m.
- Pole Vault - Sophomore Joe Hill tied for 14th with a mark of 4.30m.
Notables
All-Time Otterbein Rankings:
- Swope ranks sixth all-time in the 60m hurdles (8.43 seconds, 2025).
- Graduate student Nick Agerter and Hill share sixth in pole vault (4.59m, 2024), with junior Brady Williams just behind in seventh (4.56m, 2024).
- Jones ranks seventh in the 60m (7.15 seconds, 2024), sixth in triple jump (13.42m, 2024) and tied for seventh in long jump (6.90m, 2025).
- Junior Payne 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.
- Harting is tied for ninth in the long jump (6.88m, 2025), while sophomore Richmond Honkpo ranks second (7.18m, 2024).
- Graduate Brock Pemberton ranks ninth in the weight throw (12.63m, 2025).
- Bockstoce is now tied for 10th in high jump (1.95m, 2025).
OAC Standings:
- Honkpo leads the long jump (7.13m), followed by Jones in fourth (6.90m), Harting in fifth (6.88m) and Bockstoce in sixth (6.71m).
- Hill is second in pole vault (4.45m).
- Ratliff sits in second for the 3000m (8:32.15) and second in the 5000m (14:47.52), with junior Chase Jackson in fourth (15:28.92).
- Swope ranks third in the 60m hurdles (8.43 seconds).
- Bockstoce is third in the high jump (1.95m).
- Sophomore Abreaham Belcher stands fifth in the triple jump (13.13m).
