ALLIANCE — Soon-to-be junior
Richmond Honkpo placed first in the long jump and soon-to-be senior
Khalil Jones finished third in the triple jump as the lone competitors for the Otterbein men's outdoor track and field team at Mount Union's Last Chance Meet on Thursday.
The Basics
- Venue: Kehres Stadium - Alliance, Ohio
- This event was not team scored.
- The meet served as the last chance for Otterbein student-athletes to qualify for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships in Geneva, OH., on May 22-24. The top 20 in each individual event and top 12 relay teams in the TFRRS rankings earn qualification to the national meet.
- Results
Otterbein's Top Performers - Field Events
- Long Jump - Honkpo posted a winning leap of 7.19 meters to take first place. He entered the event with a personal-best mark of 7.36 meters, which currently ranks eighth nationally. He'll move on to compete at next week's national championships.
- Triple Jump - Jones turned in a solid showing, posting a mark of 13.82 meters to finish third overall.
Notables
All-Time Otterbein Rankings:
- 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), sophomore Joe Hill ranks ninth all-time (4.55m), and junior Brady Williams now ranks 10th (4.53m, 2025).
- Sophomore Christian Barker is tied for second all-time in the 200m (21.59 seconds, 2025).
- Jones ranks fifth all-time in the triple jump (14.15m, 2025) and Honkpo now sits in 10th (13.75m, 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.
- Junior Collin 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).
- Graduate student Brock Pemberton ranks eighth all-time in the hammer throw (37.58m, 2025).
