Otto Spain
Otto Spain

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Columbia, SC

Event:
Sprints

Experience:
5VL

Major:
Management

Clemson Highlights
2002-2003 Outdoor: Competed in the 400m and the 4x100m relay at the East Region Championships...helped Tigers’ 4x100m relay team to a time of 39.87 in the preliminaries of the event...member of 4x400m relay team that recorded a season-best time of 3:07.23 at the Georgia Tech Invitational...at the Orange & Purple Classic, clocked a 45.57 in the 400m, finishing second and moving into third on the Tigers’ all-time list in the event...competed as a member of the 4x100m, 4x200m and sprint medley relay teams at the Penn Relays...ACC Champion in the 400m with a time of 46.30...earned All-ACC honors in the 200m with a third-place finish and time of 21.37...recorded a time of 21.31 in the preliminaries of the 200m at the conference meet...member of 4x100m relay team that won the ACC Championship and qualified for the region meet...set time of 46.17 in the 400m at the Clemson Invitational, winning the event...won the NC-SC All-Star meet 200m with a regional qualifying time of 20.94.
Indoor: NCAA All-American as a member of the Tigers’ 4x400m relay team that finished seventh and recorded a time of 3:08.92 at the NCAA Championships...ACC Champion in the 400m, recording a provisional qualifying time of 47.63...won the 400m at the Maryland Invitational with a time of 47.73...also a member of the 4x400m relay team that won the event at Maryland.

2001-2002: Outdoor: NCAA All-American and member of 4x100m relay team that finished second at the NCAA Championships...400m relay team set a Clemson and ACC record time of 38.82...posted a personal-best time of 46.39 in the 400m at the NC-SC All-Star meet, finishing second...also recorded another personal-best at the Clemson Invitational with a time of 21.09 in the 200m...member of 4x400m relay team that had season-best time of 3:05.71 at the Georgia Tech Invitational... member of 4x100m relay team that provisionally qualified for NCAA Outdoor Championships with time of 39.57. Indoor: Member of 4x400m relay team that set school record of3:06.67 at the Iowa State Last Chance meet... recorded a season-best time of 47.45 in the 400m dash at the Iowa State Last Chance meet...that time ranks fourth on Clemson’s all-time list ...posted a time of 47.49 in the 400m dash at the Virginia Tech Challenge, finishing third...recorded a time of 22.18 in the 200m dash at the Kroger Invitational.

2000-2001: Recorded best time of season in the 200m at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a time of 21.30, finishing fifth...ran a time of 21.68 in the preliminaries of the 200m at the conference meet...earned All-ACC honors with a third-place finish and a season-best time of 46.40 in the 400m at the ACC Outdoor Championships...member of the 4x100m relay team that recorded a time of 40.79 at the Penn Relays...member of 4x400m relay team that set season-best time of 3:07.34 at the Orange and Purple Classic...member of the 4x400m relay team that won the event at the USA Indoor Championships, recording a time of 3:11.10...Indoor All-ACC in the 400m dash with a second-place finish and time of 47.70...all-conference in the 200m dash with a third-place finish and a time of 21.66...member of team that recorded a provisional qualifying time of 3:08.46 in the 4x400m relay at the Iowa State Classic...won the 400m at the Clemson Opener with a time of 47.85.

1999-2000: Recorded a personal best time of 47.51 (indoor) in the 400m at the Gator Invitational...finished third in the 500m at the Clemson Invitational to record the third-best time of the indoor season (1:04.30)...placed eighth at the Clemson Invitational in the 400m with a time of 47.03...recorded a time of 49.12 in the 400m at the Gator Invitational.

Irmo High School
Coached by Mike Moore...won the state championship in the 100m as a senior...was the region and upper-state champion in the 200m and 400m in 1999...team was the state runner-up in 1998 and 1999... holds school records in the 100m, 200m and 400m.

Personal
Born 2/27/81...majoring in business management.

Honors
2003: Outdoor NCAA East Region Qualifier 200m, 400m, 4x100m relay; NCAA Indoor All-American 4x400m relay; NCAA Indoor Qualifier 400m; Indoor ACC Champion & All-ACC 400m.
2002: NCAA Outdoor All-American 4x100m relay; NCAA Qualifier Outdoor 4x400m relay; Outdoor ACC Champion & All-ACC 4x100m relay; NCAA Qualifier Indoor 4x400m relay.
2001: Outdoor All-ACC 400m; USA National Champion Indoor 4x400m relay; NCAA Qualifier Indoor 4x400m relay; Indoor ACC Champion & All-ACC 4x400m relay; Indoor All-ACC 200m, 400m.
2000: NCAA Qualifier Indoor 4x400m relay; USA Junior National Team Outdoor 400m.

Best Times
200m – 20.94
400m – 45.57
500m - 1:04.30
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