Otterdahl's Performance History & Personal Bests
2022-23 SEASON
CoSIDA Academic All-America first team selection
Indoor: Competed unattached after exhausting his collegiate indoor eligibility … Placed 9th in the weight throw and shot put at the USATF Indoor Championships … Set a weight throw career-best of 77-04.50 (23.58m) at the Bison Open.
Outdoor (Senior): NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier in the hammer throw, placing 18th at the national meet in Austin, Texas … Summit League Field Athlete of the Year … Named the Summit League Outdoor Championships Field MVP after winning the hammer throw, shot put, and discus to score 30 team points … First athlete ever to earn that MVP honor in back-to-back seasons … Hammer throw personal-best of 231-11 (70.70m) at the NCAA West Prelims, ranking him 2nd in NDSU history … Shot put personal-best of 63-00.75 (19.22m) to win the conference meet, ranking 6th in NDSU outdoor history … Also ended his career at No. 4 on the NDSU discus list … Qualified for the USATF Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw … Set the NDSU facility record in the hammer throw at 230-10 (70.35m).
2021-22 SEASON
CoSIDA Academic All-America first team selection
Indoor (Senior): First Team All-American in the weight throw for the second straight year, placing 5th at the NCAA Indoor Championships … Summit League Indoor Field Athlete of the Year … Summit League champion in the weight throw and runner-up in the shot put … Career-best 74-05.50 (22.69m) in the weight throw at the Summit League Championships, ranking 3rd-best in NDSU history … Indoor shot put PR of 62-09.25 (19.13m) to win the UND Tune-Up on Feb. 19, ranking 6th in NDSU indoor history … Summit League Championships Field MVP … Ranked 31st nationally in the shot put.
Outdoor (Junior): Named Summit League Outdoor Championships Field MVP after placing 1st in the hammer throw, 2nd in the shot put, and 4th in the discus at the conference meet … Won the Summit League hammer throw title with a career-best throw of 225-4 (68.69m) … NCAA West Preliminary Rounds qualifier in the hammer throw, shot put and discus, taking 14th place in the hammer and 19th in the shot put … Ended the season ranked 2nd in NDSU history for the hammer, 4th in the discus, and 6th in the outdoor shot put … Discus PR of 181-5 (55.30m) at the UMary Al Bortke Open on Apr. 9.
2020-21 SEASON
CoSIDA Academic All-America first team selection
Indoor: First Team All-American in the weight throw, placing 4th at the NCAA Indoor Championships … Career-best mark of 73-05.25 (22.38m) in the weight throw at the national meet … Placed 2nd in the weight throw and 5th in the shot put at the Summit League Championships … Ended the season ranked 3rd in NDSU history for the weight throw and 6th in the indoor shot put … Season-best shot put mark of 60-05.25 (18.42m) … Academic All-League selection.
Outdoor (Sophomore): NCAA West Preliminary Rounds qualifier in the hammer throw and shot put … Placed 2nd in the hammer throw, 6th in the shot put, and 11th in the discus at the Summit League Championships … Personal-best hammer throw of 216-0 (65.83m) at the conference meet, ranking him 5th all-time at NDSU … Personal-best discus mark of 170-8 (52.03m) at the NDSU Spring Classic, ranking 8th in school history … Academic All-League selection.
2019-20 SEASON
Indoor (Junior): Placed 2nd in the weight throw and 4th in the shot put at the Summit League Indoor Championships … Finished the season ranked 18th in the NCAA for the weight throw and 46th nationally in the shot put … Weight throw personal-best of 70-02.50 (21.40m) to win the Dakota Classic on Dec. 6, ranking 3rd all-time at NDSU … Threw a shot put personal-best of 60-06.00 (18.44m) twice – at Washington’s Husky Classic and again at the conference meet … Summit League Academic All-League selection.
Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2018-19 SEASON
Indoor (Sophomore): Placed 4th in the weight throw and 6th in the shot put at the Summit League Championships … Season-best weight throw of 65-08.25 (20.02m) at the Bison Open on Feb. 1, ranking 6th in NDSU history … Season-best shot put mark of 56-09.25 (17.30m) at the conference meet, ranking 9th all-time at NDSU … Won the weight throw at the UND Indoor Tune-Up on Feb. 16, throwing 65-07.50 (20.00m) ... USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.
Outdoor (Redshirt): Sat out the outdoor season as a redshirt.
2017-18 SEASON
Indoor (Freshman): Placed 6th in both the shot put and weight throw at the Summit League Indoor Championships … Threw a personal-best 62-03.75 (18.99m) in the weight throw at the conference meet, ranking him 10th all-time at NDSU in the event … Indoor shot put PR of 55-03.50 (16.85m) at the Summit League Championships, ranking him 10th in NDSU history … USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.
Outdoor (Freshman): Placed 7th in the shot put, 10th in the discus, and 11th in the hammer throw at the Summit League Outdoor Championships … Registered personal-bests in all three events at the NDSU Tune-Up on May 4 … 56-00.00 (17.07m) in the shot put at the NDSU Tune-Up ranks him 8th in outdoor school history … Personal-best 160-7 (48.96m) in the discus … Personal-best 180-0 (54.86m) in the hammer … Won the shot put title at the South Dakota Invitational on Apr. 11 and the discus and hammer titles at the Cobber Twilight on Apr. 25.
High School: Minnesota Class AA state placewinner in the discus and shot put as a senior in 2017, taking 3rd in the discus and 7th in the shot put ... As a junior in 2016, he finished 4th in the shot put and 8th in the discus at the state meet ... High school personal-best marks of 172-5 in the discus and 57-11 in the shot put ... Served as captain of the Rosemount HS football team his senior year.
Personal: Son of Cory and Shannon Otterdahl ... Has one older brother, Payton, and one younger brother, Max ... Both brothers were throwers on the NDSU track & field team ... Majoring in mathematics and statistics.
