Otterdahl, Phillips Capture Summit League Titles on Day One in Tulsa

Thursday, May 12

Tulsa, Okla.

10 a.m.

North Dakota State

Summit League Outdoor Championships

Photo by: Bill Powell

Otterdahl, Phillips Capture Summit League Titles on Day One in Tulsa

5/12/2022 7:38:00 PM | Men's Track and Field

TULSA, Okla. – Trevor Otterdahl and Benji Phillips led a dominant showing in the throwing events for the North Dakota State men's track & field team on the opening day of the Summit League Outdoor Championships.

The Bison men claimed an early lead in the team standings, putting up 40 points on Thursday to outpace second-place South Dakota State at 30.

Otterdahl launched a career-best 225-4 (68.69m) to win the Summit League hammer throw title. He moved up to No. 2 all-time at NDSU, and into the Top 20 in the nation this season.

Phillips defended his conference title in the javelin, winning with a mark of 208-2 (63.46m) in his first meet of the year. NDSU sophomore Matt Kraft took runner-up honors with a throw of 202-11 (61.84m). Freshman Sam Roller threw a personal-best 200-7 (61.13m) for fourth place in his conference meet debut.

NDSU's Kristoffer Thomsen (197-0 / 60.04m) and Tristan Bush (194-8 / 59.34m) both posted the second-best hammer throw marks of their careers to take fifth and sixth, respectively.

Eric VanErp is the Summit League decathlon leader after Day 1, scoring 3,634 points through five events. VanErp opened the decathlon with a wind-legal personal-best of 11.22 in the 100m dash, and later added an outdoor long jump PR of 22-10 (6.96m) and a career-best shot put of 42-10.75 (13.07m).

The meet will resume Friday at 10 a.m. with the decathlon 110m hurdles. Field events begin at 2 p.m.