ASHLAND — The Otterbein men's outdoor track and field team closed out the Ashland Alumni Opener on Friday and Saturday behind a personal-best from sophomore Joe Hill in pole vault, moving him into the program's all-time top 10 ahead of next week's OAC Championships. 

The Basics

• Venue: Dwight Schar Athletic Complex - Ashland, Ohio
• This meet consisted of a mix of NCAA Division I, II, and III teams. 
• This meet was not team scored. 
• Results 

Otterbein's Top Performers - Running Events

• 3000m Steeplechase - Freshman Tucker See ran a 9:44.47 to secure third place and in sixth was sophomore Brady Pugh with a time of 10:12.95. 
• 5000m - In fourth was sophomore Caleb Rafferty with finish time of 15:38.61. 
• 4 x 400m Relay - Senior Dylan Burns, freshman Henry Barnes, junior Gavin Kelly, and Powers placed seventh with a time of 3:33.82. 
• 800m - Junior Jonny Powers took eighth with a time of 1:57.96. 

Otterbein's Top Performers - Field Events

• Javelin - Junior Collin Grundy took third place with a distance throw of 48.86m. 
• Pole Vault - Hill took 11th clearing 4.55m setting a personal-best and moving up to ninth all-time at Otterbein. 

Notables

All-Time Otterbein Rankings: 

• Sophomore Richmond Honkpo is the all-time record holder in long jump (7.40m) set in the 2024 season, and Jones ranks sixth (7.11m, 2023). 
• Graduate student Nick Argerter ranks fifth all-time in pole vault (4.80m, 2024) and Hill now ranks ninth all-time (4.55m).
• Sophomore Christian Barker is tied for second all-time in the 200m (21.59 seconds, 2025).
• Junior Khalil Jones ranks fifth all-time in the triple jump (14.15m, 2025). 
• Sophomore Izaac Swope ranks ninth all-time in the 110m hurdles (14.91 seconds, 2025).
• Junior Chase Jackson ranks 10th all-time in the 10,000m (31:29.79, 2025).
• Sophomore Jack Craigo ranks 10th all-time in the decathlon with 3,632 points, set in the 2024 season.
• Grundy ranks ninth in javelin (50.45m, 2025).
• Swope, Barker, sophomore Malvin Long, and freshman Jack Van Fossen now rank eighth all-time in the 4 x 100m relay (42.28 seconds, 2025).
• Grauate student Brock Pemberton ranks eighth all-time in the hammer throw (37.58m, 2025).

OAC Standings (entering Friday): 

• Barker ranks sixth in the 100m (10.70) and second in the 200m (21.59).
• Jackson sits seventh in the 5000m (14:58.43) and fourth in the 10,000m (31:29.79).
• In the 110m hurdles, Swope is second (14.91) and Smart sixth (15.56).
• Sophomore Cam Smart also ranks third in the 400m hurdles (55.94), with freshman Marquez Whitehead seventh (56.78).
• See sits sixth in the 3000m steeplechase (9:54.34) and Pugh eighth (9:55.05).
• The 4x100m relay (Swope, Barker, Van Fossen, Long) is fifth (42.28); the 4x400m relay (Van Fossen, Whitehead, Smart, Barker) ranks seventh (3:29.12).
• Freshman Joab Bockstoce is sixth in the high jump (1.96m).
• Hill and Argerter are tied for fifth in pole vault (4.50m), with Williams eighth (4.41m).
• Honkpo stands second in the long jump (7.36m) and Harting eighth (6.64m).
• Jones leads the triple jump (14.15m), while Honkpo is sixth (13.52m).
• Grundy ranks third in the javelin (50.45m).