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2023: Second-Team All-MAC...2023 MAC Championship Runner-up Team...Finished 11th at the 2023 MAC Championships...Ran in four races...Highest finish was 14th at the 6K Tommy Evans Invitational...Finished 48th at the NCAA Great Lkes Regional.
2022: Named Team Captain...Second-Team All-MAC...2022 MAC Championship Runner-Up Team...Ran a PR time of 24:13.2 and finished 13th at the 2022 MAC Championships on Oct. 29...Ran in four races anf set two PR times...Highest finish was 11th (24:45.7) at Indiana State’s John McNichols Invitational on Sept. 17...Finished 43rd with a PR time of 31:00.2 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships on Nov. 11...Finished 62nd in the 5K (14:17.02) at the Raleigh Relays...Ran the 5000m at the Penn Relays.
2021: Named to All-MAC Second Team… Ran in six races… Placed eighth with a time of 24:37.7 at the MAC Championships (Oct. 30) in Ypsilanti, Mich.… Earned 10th place with a time of 15:38.7 at the Mel Brodt Invitational (Sept. 3)… Placed 59th after running a 25:56.8 in the 5000M Gold Race at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite (Oct. 1)… Earned 59th place with a time of 25:32.4 at the NCAA Pre-Nationals (Oct. 15) in Tallahassee Fla… Finished 92nd with a time od 31:59.0 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regionals (Nov. 12).
2020: Earned Second-Team All-MAC honors... Finished 12th overall at MAC Championships in Bowling Green, Ohio (Nov. 21) with a season best of 24:40.1... Clocked a time of 25:25.9 coming in 11th overall at the Falcon Invitational in Bowling Green, Ohio (Nov. 7).
2018-19 (Manhattan College): Ran two seasons at Manhattan College before transferring to Toledo...Set an 8K season-best time of 26:54.4 in the Paul Short Gold race... Set a 6K season-best time of 19:20.7, coming in as the Jaspers’ second finisher and sixth overall at the Maris Invitational.
High School: 2017 Central New York cross country runner of the year... First-Team All-New York State winner.
Personal: Full name is Benjamin Edward Otis...Parents are Thomas Otis and AnnMarie Giannino Otis...Has three younger brothers, Sam, Anthony, and Julian, and one sister, Briana...Brother Sam runs cross country at the University of Pittsburgh and Anthony runs cross country at Toledo...Majoring in communication studies.
Best Time:
5K: 2021 Mel Brondt Collegiate Invitational – 10th place – 15:38.7
6K: 2023 Tommy Evans Invitational – 14th – 18:53.6
8K: 2022 MAC Championships – 13th place – 24:13.2
10K: 2023 NCAA Great Lakes Regional – 48th place – 30:54.9
5M: 2021Joe Piane Invitational – 59th place – 25:56.8
