WAVERLY, Iowa - A strong day two performance was enough to lift the University of Dubuque men's track and field team to a runner-up finish at the 2025 American Rivers Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. The Spartans finished with 131 team points led by three conferences champions and nine all-conference performances. Otis Patterson was the leading force on the day winning gold in all three of his events on the track, and also earning a silver medal in the high jump. The Spartans were able to pull away to themselves in sole possession of the runner-up team spot after a sweep of the podium in the 200-meter dash by Patterson, Jaberrius Peake and Nolan Lentz. 

The 200m dash saw a Spartan sweep of the podium as Otis Patterson won the event will a 22.07 run, last years outdoor 200m champion Jaberrius Peake finished as the runner-up with a 22.08, and senior Nolan Lentz took third with a 22.17. All three Spartans earned all-conference honors in the event. Patterson also was crowned conference champion in the 400-meter dash aby dropping a 49.53 run in the event. The 4x400 meter relay team of Otis Patterson, Jaberrius Peake, Blake Hardison, and Andrew Hutchinson were crowned conference champions by running a winning time of 3:19.63. 

Senior Andrew Hutchinson claimed all-conference honors in the 800 meter run finishing second with a time of 1:52.56. Jacob Edwards earned all-conference honors by finishing runner-up in the weight throw after launching a throw of 18.23 meters. Jaidyn Williams finished as runner-up in the triple jump with a seasons best of 14.47 meters to earn all-conference. Otis Patterson completed the five for five in all-conference honors by earning the silver medal in the high jump after clearing 1.96 meters. 

University of Dubuque Finishes

200m Dash 
1 Otis Patterson - 22.07 (A-R-C Champion) 
2 Jaberrius Peake - 22.08 (All-Conference) 
3 Nolan Lentz - 22.17 (All-Conference) 

400m Dash 
1 Otis Patterson - 49.53 (A-R-C Champion) 
11 Matthew Haerle - 51.89

800m Run
2 Andrew Hutchinson - 1:52.56 (All-Conference) 

3,000m Run 
7 Anthony Carney Jr. - 8:41.18 
8 Aiden Mohr - 8:46.64
21 Calvin Richey - 9:08.25 

4x400m Relay 
1 University of Dubuque (Jaberrius Peake, Otis Patterson, Blake Hardison, Andrew Hutchinson) - 3:19.63 (A-R-C Champion)  

4x800m Relay
7 University of Dubuque (Logan Karottu, Evan Robertson, Jack Mulert, Hunter Snyder) - 8:12.89

Weight Throw 
2 Jacob Edwards - 18.23m (All-Conference) 
6 Lucas Cummings - 17.34m 
8 Zach Steffensen - 16.27m 
9 Zach Sanford - 16.26m 

Triple Jump 
2 Jaidyn Williams - 14.47m (All-Conference) 
4 Akim Baba Traore - 13.94m  
5 Jakhari Anderson - 13.58m 
9 Ya-aqob Lozano - 12.99m 

High Jump 
2 Otis Patterson - 1.96m (All-Conference) 
7 Jacob Hoffman - 1.91m 
12 Keith Keahna - 1.81m 

Heptathlon  
10 Ryker Strong - 4087

Final Team Scores
1 Wartburg - 207.5
2 University of Dubuque - 131
3 Loras - 117
4 Nebraska Wesleyan - 83
5 Central - 76.5
6 Simpson - 44
7 Buena Vista - 20
8 Luther - 13
9 Coe - 10

Up Next
The Spartans wlll look to qualify as many events as possible to the NCAA Indoor Championship next Friday, March 7 as a selct few events will travel to Platteville for the UW-Platteville Final Qualifier. Saturday, March 8, the Spartans will split to head to the UW La-Crosse Final Qualfier and Wartburg Final Qualfier. Start times will be announced at a leter time.