Maxwell Otterdahl Season 2024-25

Career Performance List

Honors
USTFCCCA First-Team All-America (Shot Put - 2023 Indoor, 2023 Outdoor)
USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America (Discus - 2023 Outdoor)
USTFCCCA Honorable Mention (Shot Put - 2022 Outdoor)
Big Ten Champion (Shot Put - 2022 Outdoor; Discus - 2022 Outdoor, 2023 Outdoor)
Big Ten Silver Medalist (Shot Put - 2023 Outdoor)
Big Ten Bronze Medalist (Shot Put - 2023 Indoor)
Big Ten Men's Field Athlete of the Championships (2022 Outdoor)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Spring 2022)

2024
Indoor: Redshirted.

Outdoor: Did not compete.

2023
Indoor: Moved up to third on the all-time list in the shot put with a distance of 67-8 (20.62m) at the NCAA Indoor Championships, placing fourth... Won the weight throw at the Graduate Classic with the second-best mark in school history, 73-2 1/2 (22.32m)... Placed third and fourth at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a 65-3 1/2 (19.90m) in the shot put and a 72-1 1/2 (21.98m) in the weight throw... Secured the weight throw title at the Nebraska Tune-Up, the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational and the Mark Colligan Memorial... Claimed the shot put title at the Mark Colligan Memorial.

Outdoor: Claimed fourth in the shot put (67-4, 20.52m) and 13th in the discus (192-3, 58.60m) at the NCAA Championships…secured the Big Ten title in the discus (192-0, 58.53m) and placed second in the shot put with a personal-best 69-7 1/2 (21.22m)…finished first in the shot put (65-9 3/4, 20.06m) and second in the hammer throw with a personal-best 197-2 (60.11m)…placed third in the shotput at the Jim Click Shootout and the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.

2022
Indoor: Placed sixth in the weight throw at the Big Ten Indoor Championships at 68-3 (20.80m)...also finished ninth in the shot put at 60-8 (18.49m)...set a weight throw PR of 68-5 1/4 (20.86m) to finish third at the Adidas Classic...had a shot put season best of 61-7 (18.77m) at the Graduate Classic.

Outdoor: Was named the Big Ten Men's Field Athlete of the Championships after winning both the shot put at 64-8 (19.71m) and discus (190-11, 58.19m) at the conference meet, becoming the first Husker male to win both the shot put and discus titles at the same conference meet since 2004...finished 18th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the shot put at 61-8 1/2 (18.81m)...set a shot put PR of 65-6 3/4 (19.98m) to win the Michael Johnson Invitational with the No. 5 throw in NU outdoor history...won shot put titles at the Arizona State Invitational and Drake Relays...earned the discus gold medal at the Sooner Invitational.

Before Nebraska
Competed two seasons at North Dakota State...placed eighth at the 2021 NCAA Indoor Championships and was a First Team All-American in the shot put...ended his time at NDSU ranked fourth in school history in the indoor shot put...placed second in the discus, third in the shot put and ninth in the hammer at the 2021 Summit League Outdoor Championships...finished 13th in the shot put at the NCAA Prelims, missing a trip to the NCAA Outdoor Championships by one place...ranked fifth all-time in school history in the outdoor shot put.