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2025 Men's Cross Country Roster

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Joshua Otten

Joshua Otten

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Dimondale, Mich.
  • High School:
    Lansing Catholic

Summary

Biography

Official Collegiate Results

Career Highlights:
  • All-Horizon League Second Team (2025)
  • 3x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)
  • 2x Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2023, 2024)
  • 2x Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2024, 2025)
  • 2x Horizon League All-Academic Team (2023 - Honorable Mention, 2024)

2024:
  • All-Horizon League Second Team
  • Led the team in all six races on the year, with a pair of top-10 finishes and four top-20 efforts
  • Finished 34th in 25:15 at Notre Dame's National Catholic Championship, taking more than a minute off of his time at the race last season
  • Crossed the line in fifth place at the Louisville Classic with a time of 24:48.8, just the third Titan to post a top-five effort at Louisville, joining Patrick Liederbach '11 (4th in 2010) and Ben Kendell '18 (4th in 2015 and 5th in 2018)
  • Led the way with his second-straight top-five effort, taking fourth at the Falcon Invite in 24:59
  • Clocked a 24:43 for 11th place and Second Team honors at the Horizon League Championship, passing his career low by a few seconds and also good for ninth in school history
  • Tallied a time of 31:44 for 105th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship, 12 seconds better than his run at the regionals last year and the 10th-best 10k time in school history

2023:
  • Competed and led the team in all six races on the year
  • Started the season taking 21st at the Michigan Open in 15:49
  • Claimed 40th in 26:22 at Notre Dame's National Catholic Championships
  • Broke 26 in the 8k for the first time at Louisville placing 65th with a time of 25:49
  • Clocked his 8k PR of 24:47 and crossed the finish line sixth at the Canisius Alumni Classic, the 12th fastest 8k time in school history and the best by a Titan since 2018
  • Finished 23rd in 24:56 at the Horizon League Championships
  • Ended the year with a 10k run of 31:56 for 116th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships, the 11th-best 10k in school history and the best since 2018
  • The GLR run was also the second-best time by a rookie at the event, trailing only freshman Ben Kendell's 31:53 in 2014

2022:
  • Did not race

Prior To Detroit Mercy:
  • Played soccer, track and field, and cross-country
  • Was soccer team MVP in 2021 and 2022, All-State Honorable Mention in '22
  • All-State 2022 for cross-country
  • Team State Championship in track and field

Personal:
  • Son of Todd and Angie Otten
  • Chose Detroit Mercy for the opportunity to compete at the Division 1 level
  • An English and Political Science major

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